Previews have begun for the Broadway premiere of Jordan Harrison’s Marjorie Prime at the Helen Hayes Theater, with an official opening night scheduled for December 8.
The production stars Academy Award nominee June Squibb in the title role. She is joined by Tony Award winners Danny Burstein and Cynthia Nixon, alongside Christopher Lowell. The company also includes understudies Mike Shapiro, Collin Kelly-Sordelet, Kate Hampton, and Barbara Kingsley.
A 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist, Marjorie Prime is set in a near-future where holographic projections, or “Primes,” are created to serve as companions for the living by embodying their deceased loved ones. The play first premiered at the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles in 2014, followed by an Off-Broadway run at Playwrights Horizons in 2015. A film adaptation starring the original stage lead, Lois Smith, was released in 2017.
Anne Kauffman, who directed the Playwrights Horizons staging, returns to direct the Broadway production. The creative team features scenic design by Lee Jellinek, costume design by Márion Talán de la Rosa, lighting design by Ben Stanton, and sound design and original music by Daniel Kluger. Casting for the production is by Daniel Swee.
