About The Show

January 7 – February 11, 2026
Previews January 7 – 8
Open January 9
Mertz Theatre

By Eboni Booth
Directed by Chari Arespacochaga

One of the most awarded off-Broadway premieres of 2024, Eboni Booth’s absorbing, funny, and ultimately profound new play is about a middle-aged man scraping by in small town America. Kenneth spends his days working in a quiet bookstore and his evenings sipping Mai Tais at the local tiki bar, but when he loses his job, he’s forced to confront a world he’s long avoided. A deceptively ordinary story about the extraordinary possibility inside each of us.

“Eboni Booth’s tender 2024 Pulitzer winner, finds value in every life.”   – Los Angeles Times