ON STAGE
FANTASMA
by Benjamin Benne
directed by Laurie Woolery
presented by Primary Stages and Lucille Lortel Theatre
in association with Jan McAdoo
59E59 Theaters | 59 East 59th St.
November 7 - December 20, 2026
On Christmas Eve, three generations of women gather in Rosie’s newly renovated kitchen to make chuchitos – a traditional Guatemalan recipe passed down by heart, touch, and intuition. While her granddaughters attempt to document the dish step-by-step, they discover that what’s being preserved isn’t just food, and that recording and remembering are entirely different things. Spanning nearly two decades, Fantasma is a bittersweet exploration of what we keep, what we lose, and the impossibility of ever capturing it exactly right.
Aasif Mandvi: A Work in Progress
written by and starring Aasif Mandvi
directed by Kimberly Senior
59E59 Theaters | 59 East 59th St.
January 9 - February 6, 2027
A funny, furious, and deeply personal solo show about the stories we tell ourselves, how long they hold, and what's left when they finally don't. Part immigrant epic, part celebrity confession, part 3am parental spiral, Aasif Mandvi traces the journey of the immigrant boy who crossed an ocean to chase the American dream, mastered every room he was never supposed to be in, and perfected the art of making the right people comfortable, only to realize that all along, the joke was on him.
Baby Shower Katie
by Beth Hyland
directed by Jaki Bradley
59E59 Theaters | 59 East 59th St.
February 27 - April 11, 2027
Best friends Rebecca and Hannah are at a crossroads: Rebecca desperately wants a child, while Hannah can't imagine anything worse. Across four baby showers (thrown for three different women named Katie), Rebecca and Hannah are forced to confront their divergent dreams, the absurd expectations placed on mothers, and the terror and uncertainty that can surround pregnancy. Beth Hyland's irreverent new comedy asks what happens when the life we have been told to want no longer fits the person we are becoming.