BREAKING NEWS! – Harbor in New York

January 8, 2013

 

We’re thrilled to announce that Harbor, which had its World Premiere at the Playhouse in 2012, will have its New York premiere at Primary Stages, running from July through September 2013.   

Written by two-time Tony Award nominee Chad Beguelin (The Wedding Singer), the play will again be directed by Artistic Director Mark Lamos.  

“Chad Beguelin's Harbor was a wonderful success in its world premiere at the Playhouse,” said Lamos. “Audiences not only fell in love with the characters, they identified with their dilemmas and felt the heartache that comes from the human necessity, at whatever cost, to seek and find harbor. With a mate, a soul, a life choice.” 

The original designers will be attached to the New York production: Andrew Jackness, scenic design; Candice Donnelly, costume design; Japhy Weideman, lighting design; and John Gromada, sound design. 

Harbor centers on Ted and Kevin, who have been together for 10 years in their picture perfect Sag Harbor home. When Kevin's ne'er-do-well sister Donna, whom he hasn’t seen in years, and her 15-year-old daughter arrive out of the blue, the pair's life changes and tensions quickly bubble to the surface. The bonds between kith and kin are tested in this alternately biting, touching and hilarious new comedy about the constantly shifting nature of the meaning of family.    

Harbor was named “The Best New Play of 2012” by BroadwayWorld.com.   

Westport Country Playhouse has nearly 40 world premiere productions that have moved to New York stages, most recently Our Town and Thurgood, and in past history, Come Back, Little Sheba and Butterflies Are Free.

 

Paul Anthony Stewart, Alexis Molnar & Bobby Steggert in the Playhouse production of Harbor
photo by T. Charles Erickson