2:22 - A GHOST STORY to make New York premiere this Autumn
Photo credit: Helen Murray
It has been announced that – following seven West End engagements, two record-breaking UK tours, and thirty productions across the globe – Olivier Award-nominated stage thriller 2:22 – A GHOST STORY has set its New York premiere for this autumn at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.
The play will begin previews on 20 October and play for a strictly limited engagement of 13 weeks only until 17 January 2027.
2:22 – A Ghost Story is written by Danny Robins, award-winning writer and creator of the hit BBC podcasts The Battersea Poltergeist and Uncanny, and is directed by Matthew Dunster and Gabriel Vega Weissman. The play’s New York premiere production will feature sets by Anna Fleischle, costumes by Cindy Lin, lighting by Lucy Carter, sound by Ian Dickinson for Autograph Sound, illusions by Chris Fisher, and casting by Caparelliotis Casting (David Caparelliotis & Joe Gery). Casting for the New York premiere will be announced at a later date.
Playwright Danny Robins said: “I am still pinching myself on the journey my play 2:22 - A Ghost Story has been on, from the West End to theatres on five continents across the world. Bringing it to New York really is a childhood dream come true, and this new production is a thrilling chance to bring this story to a fresh audience. What I set out to do when I wrote it was to create a play that will make you jump, laugh, cry and go off into the night debating that age-old question ‘do ghosts exist?’ I love how our brilliant director Matthew Dunster has injected a dose of rock ‘n roll into the staging that makes for an exciting, exhilarating, adrenaline-filled night out. I can't wait to share this experience with New York audiences! Come – if you dare!”
Director Matthew Dunster said: “I think the Lortel will be the perfect home for 2:22. The intimacy of the play and the venue are so well suited. Danny's play relaunched the horror-thriller genre in the UK and has been successfully played in many different countries – but it's so much more than jump-scares. 2:22 moves and stimulates audiences because it's really about something.....belief...in many forms, love, grief, faith, competition. I'm looking forward to watching the good people of NYC throw their drinks all over each other as they jump out of their seats.....BOO!”