Above: wet brain, playwrights horizons, dir. dustin wills. l to r: julio monge, arturo luÍZ soria, frankie j. alvarez, ceci fernÁndez. SET by KATE noll. costumes by haydee zelideth. photo by JOAN MARCUS.

WET BRAIN NEWS

8 Lucille Lortel Award Nominations INCLUDING OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY

DRAMA LEAGUE AWARD NOMINATION FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY

OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE NOMINATION FOR THE JOHN GASSNER AWARD FOR BEST NEW AMERICAN PLAY

Winner of the OBIE Award for Best Direction and Outstanding Creative Team

Best Theater of 2023 by Vulture Magazine

New York Times Critic’s Pick

Winner of the L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award

Winner of the Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Prize, Kennedy Center

PRESS

“JOHN J. CASWELL, JR.’S WRITING IS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE TO THE CONSTRAINTS OF THEATRICAL CONVENTION.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES

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“WET BRAIN FORCES YOU TO RECKON WITH THE SINGULAR NATURE OF WHAT THEATER CAN DO. EQUAL PARTS HEART-STOPPING AND HEART-WRENCHING.”

VOGUE

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“A PAINFUL, OFTEN BRILLIANT NEW PLAY. WET BRAIN’S STORY IS HARROWING, HEARTENING, AND, EVENTUALLY, SURREALISTIC IN A MANNER THAT I’VE NEVER SEEN ACHIEVED ON STAGE.”

THE NEW YORKER

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“BEGUILING AND TANTALIZING! IF YOU TRIED TO ADAPT AN M.C. ESCHER PAINTING FOR THE STAGE, YOU MIGHT END UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE JOHN J. CASWELL, JR.’S SCENE PARTNERS.”

NEW YORK MAGAZINE

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“BATSHIT CRAZY.”

TIME OUT NEW YORK