"Williams, who earned acclaim for his cine-theater staging of The Picture of Dorian Gray starring Sarah Snook, resets Genet's claustrophobic two-hander in the social media era. In this version, the maids' ritualized role-playing unfolds not just in private but on their phones, livestreamed and filtered into glossy unreality."
"Genet's original play centers on two servants who, while their mistress is away, obsessively reenact fantasies of humiliating and murdering her. Williams reframes Madame as an abusive influencer. The production stars Phia Saban (House of the Dragon) and Lydia Wilson (an Olivier nominee for King Charles III) as Solange and Claire."
"The play, also available for listening as an Audible Original, unfolds as a deceptively casual monologue-turned-duet. Jackman plays a celebrated middle-aged novelist and college professor who recounts and reframes his encounters in a narrative that blurs truth and fiction."
St. Ann's Warehouse will host Kip Williams' production of Jean Genet's The Maids from May 17 through June 14, featuring Phia Saban, Lydia Wilson, and Yerin Ha. Williams resets the 1947 psychodrama in the social media era, with the maids' role-playing livestreamed and filtered into glossy unreality, while Madame is reframed as an abusive influencer. Additionally, Hugh Jackman will return Off-Broadway in Hannah Moscovitch's Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes from March 17 through April 20, 2026, with Ella Beatty reprising her role and Ian Rickson directing. The play unfolds as a deceptively casual monologue-turned-duet featuring Jackman as a celebrated middle-aged novelist and college professor.
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