(AGENPARL) – Thu 27 March 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 27, 2025
Audible Theater & TOGETHER
Announce Collaboration
Presenting Two Plays in Repertory
as well as Readings, Panels, and Workshops at
Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre
Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes by Hannah Moscovitch
New York Premiere
With Ella Beatty & Hugh Jackman
Directed by Ian Rickson
August Strindberg’s Creditors
Adapted by Jen Silverman
With Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff, and Justice Smith
Directed by Ian Rickson
New Initiative Unveiled for the Plays, With
Free Community Tickets through TDF Collaboration
and $35 Day-Of Tickets
Plays Will Also Be Recorded and Released Globally as Audible Originals
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NEWARK, NJ and NEW YORK, NY – Audible, Inc., the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, and TOGETHER, the new theatrical partnership led by Sonia Friedman and Hugh Jackman, are pleased to announce an exciting collaboration that will include two fully-produced plays, readings, panels, and workshops to be mounted over eight weeks this spring at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre (18 Minetta Lane, between MacDougal & 6th Avenue), Audible’s creative home for live performances in New York City. Driven by a shared commitment to accessibility, Audible Theater and TOGETHER have also introduced an innovative initiative in collaboration with TDF to welcome the widest possible audience.
Sonia Friedman and Hugh Jackman said: “The Minetta Lane is a gem of a theater with a rich history, and over the past seven years, Audible has re-established it as a crucial center for top-tier productions, and a shining example of off-Broadway excellence. Adding to that their innovative model of producing work on stage and in audio, it was clear to us and director Ian Rickson that launching our first TOGETHER venture with Audible was a perfect match. What makes this collaboration even more meaningful is our shared belief in access and audience development: 25% of tickets to every performance will be free to community groups through our collaboration with TDF, and another 25% will be available day-of for just $35—an unprecedented effort to honor the audience of today while building the audience of tomorrow, by welcoming people who might not otherwise have the opportunity to attend.”
Jeremy Blocker, Audible Head of Live Creative Producing, said: “Audible Theater is proud to be a home for creators to imagine outside the bounds of traditional models, and we’re honored to collaborate with the team at TOGETHER who are doing just that. We’re both devoted to connecting talented artists with audiences in intimate spaces like the Minetta. With TDF, we’re excited to ensure that every audience at the theater reflects the brilliant diversity of our community. By later releasing these plays as Audible Originals, our service has the ability to share these powerful works with people across the globe.”
Headlined by two plays directed by Ian Rickson and presented in repertory – the New York premiere of Hannah Moscovitch’s Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, with Ella Beatty and Hugh Jackman (April 28 – June 18), and Jen Silverman’s new adaptation of August Strindberg’s Creditors, with Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff, and Justice Smith (May 10 – June 18) – the collaboration rounds out Audible Theater’s sixth off-Broadway season at the Minetta Lane Theatre, where the company has produced numerous live shows since 2018, and marks the debut stage productions for Friedman and Jackman’s recently announced company, TOGETHER. Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes and Creditors will also be recorded and released on Audible at a later date, extending their reach to millions of listeners around the world.
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New York Premiere
Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes
Written by Hannah Moscovitch
With Ella Beatty & Hugh Jackman
Directed by Ian Rickson
Jon is an acclaimed novelist, a charismatic university professor, and a middle-aged man staring down the end of his third marriage. Enter Annie – nineteen years old, a star student and a huge fan of Jon’s work. An undeniable attraction draws them into dangerous territory. With Ella Beatty and Hugh Jackman, the US premiere of award-winning playwright Hannah Moscovitch’s Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes takes us down the most slippery of slopes and will have you questioning your perspective throughout.
April 28 – June 18, detailed performance calendar to be released soon.
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Creditors
Written by August Strindberg and adapted by Jen Silverman
With Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff, and Justice Smith
Directed by Ian Rickson
Adi, a struggling painter, finds his creative spark reignited by Gustav, a magnetic stranger at an isolated sea-side hotel. Their connection is instant and intimate, but what seems like a chance encounter quickly twists into something far darker, as Gustav becomes intrigued by Adi’s wife, the dazzling Tekla. Talk into the night devolves into an intricate web of deception, seduction and revelation, where the lives of all involved may be destroyed or transformed. Jen Silverman’s gripping adaptation of August Strindberg’s psychological thriller, Creditors, will include Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff, and Justice Smith.
May 10 – June 18, detailed performance calendar to be released soon.
The creative team for both productions is Brett J Banakis and Christine Jones (co-scenic design), Ásta Hostetter (costume design), Isabella Byrd (lighting design), and Mikaal Sulaiman (sound design). Ann James is Intimacy Coordinator and Jim Carnahan is Casting Director. Merrick Williams is the Production Stage Manager for Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes and Angela Griggs is the Production Stage Manager for Creditors. Theatrical supervision is by Beacon Theatrical Services and general management is by ShowTown Theatricals.
Biographies
HUGH JACKMAN is a multi-talented actor, producer and philanthropist. He is best known for his long-running role as Wolverine in the X-Men film series, as well as for his lead roles in the romantic-comedy fantasy Kate & Leopold, the action-horror film Van Helsing, the drama The Prestige and The Fountain, the epic historical romantic drama Australia, the film version of Les Misérables, and the thriller Prisoners (2013). His work in Les Misérables earned him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy in 2013. On Broadway, Jackman won a Tony Award for his role in The Boy from Oz. A four-time host of the Tony Awards themselves, he won an Emmy Award for one of these appearances. Jackman also hosted the 81st Academy Awards in 2009. His most recent appearance on Broadway was as Harold Hill, in the revival of The Music Man. Hugh then co-starred in the Marvel Films 2024 blockbuster movie Deadpool and Wolverine. His upcoming films, scheduled to be released are 3 Bags Full and Song Sung Blue. In early 2025 Jackman will appear back on stage with a new LIVE show at Radio City Music Hall entitled From New York, With Love. He has also wrapped production on a feature film entitled The Death of Robin Hood. 
ELLA BEATTY is a Juilliard-trained actress who can currently be seen in Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts, alongside Lily Rabe and Billy Crudup. Recently, she wrapped her Broadway debut in Appropriate at the Belasco Theater, the hit play which won the 2024 Tony Award for “Best Revival of a Play,” where she assumed the role of “River” previously played by Elle Fanning. Additionally, she was seen in the role of “Kerry O’Shea” in the Gus Van Sant-directed, Ryan Murphy-produced FX series, “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.” Upcoming, she will star in Sophia Takal’s psychological thriller Act One, opposite Ari Graynor and Nate Mann, as well as appear in the A24 film If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, alongside Rose Byrne and A$AP Rocky.  
LIEV SCHREIBER. Hailed by The New York Times as “the finest American theater actor of his generation,” Liev Schreiber is known for his powerful performances across film, television, and theater. Schreiber will soon star in Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing alongside Austin Butler and Regina King. He recently starred in Netflix’s “The Perfect Couple” with Nicole Kidman and the war drama Across The River And Into The Trees. His acclaimed stage work includes a Tony-nominated turn in Broadway’s Doubt: A Parable. On television, Schreiber won acclaim for his role in “Ray Donovan,” earning five Golden Globe nominations and three Emmy nods. He also starred as Otto Frank in “A Small Light” and appeared in Asteroid City and Golda. His film credits include Spotlight, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Manchurian Candidate, Salt, Isle of Dogs, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. A Tony Award winner, Schreiber has starred in Glengarry Glen Ross, A View from the Bridge, and Talk Radio. He made his directorial debut with Everything Is Illuminated. Beyond acting, Schreiber co-founded BlueCheck Ukraine, providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine, and serves as an ambassador for President Zelensky’s United24 initiative.
MAGGIE SIFF recently completed a seven-season run starring as ‘Wendy’ on Showtime’s “Billions,” for which she has received three Satellite Award nominations. She is also known for the FX series “Sons of Anarchy” (two Critics’ Choice Award nominations,) and for playing ‘Rachel Menken’ on the first season of AMC’s “Mad Men” (Screen Actors Guild Award nomination). Recent films include The Short History of the Long Road, A Woman/A Part, The Sweet Life, The Fifth Wave, One Percent More Humid, and Concussion. Siff is also an established theater actress, starring most recently in Breaking the Story at Second Stage, directed by Jo Bonney, as well as in TFANA’s production of Orpheus Descending, directed by Erica Schmidt. She also starred in Signature Theatre’s production of Curse of the Starving Class, as well as in A Lie of the Mind at the New Group (directed by Ethan Hawke) and in Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming of the Shrew at TFANA.
JUSTICE SMITH stars in the upcoming Lionsgate’s film Now You See Me 3 out November 14, 2025. In 2024, he led A24’s I Saw the TV Glow which earned him nominations for Outstanding Lead Performance at the Gotham Awards and Best Lead Performance at the Independent Spirit Awards. In 2023, he starred in A24’s Sharper with Julianne Moore and the Paramount blockbuster Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Justice also reprised his role in Jurassic World in 2022, following his debut in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018). Prior, he led HBO Max’s “Genera+ion” and Netflix’s All the Bright Places. In 2019, Justice starred in the highest-grossing video game adaptation, Pokemon: Detective Pikachu. Beyond acting, he makes waves in the fashion industry, having fronted the Saint Laurent Spring/Summer 2021 campaign.
HANNAH MOSCOVITCH is one of Canada’s most acclaimed playwrights. She has been honoured with numerous awards for her work, including Canada’s highest literary honour The Governor General’s Award, the Trillium Book Award, the Nova Scotia MasterWorks Arts Award, and the prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize. Hannah’s music-theatre hybrid Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, co-created with Christian Barry and Ben Caplan, became a TimeOut and New York Times Critic’s Pick, receiving six Drama Desk Award nominations, and winning the Herald Angel and a Scotsman Fringe First at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story has been touring since 2017 and recently crossed the 400 performances line. In television, Hannah was the Co-Creator, Executive Producer and Head Writer of “Little Bird” alongside showrunner Jennifer Podemski, which garnered a landslide of critical praise and won thirteen Canadian Screen Awards including Best Drama Series. Hannah is currently a writer and Executive Producer on the hit series “Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire” for AMC.
IAN RICKSON was the Artistic Director of the Royal Court from 1998 to 2006 where he directed many key new plays of the era. His productions of Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem and The River transferred to Broadway, as did his productions of Conor McPherson’s The Weir and Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull. Ian has worked widely at the National Theatre, Old Vic, Almeida Theatre, and London’s West End; select credits include Rosmersholm; Uncle Vanya; The Birthday Party; Old Times; Betrayal; The Children’s Hour; Edward Albee’s The Goat or Who is Sylvia?; Paradise; All of Us; Translations by Brian Friel; Evening at the Talk House by Wallace Shawn; The Red Lion by Patrick Marber; The Hothouse by Harold Pinter; The Day I Stood Still by Kevin Elyot; Electra; The Nest; Now We Are Here; Hamlet; Against by Christopher Shinn; and many more. He also collaborates with PJ Harvey on her tours.
About TOGETHER
Working alongside artistic director Ian Rickson, TOGETHER will stage short runs of fully rehearsed, full-length plays, along with readings, panel discussions and other events in the US, UK, and beyond. The focus will be on collaboration, ensemble, equal pay for actors, and shared creative credit. By stripping the fully rehearsed productions down to their essentials, with minimal décor, TOGETHER aims to celebrate the raw power of storytelling — getting back to what often makes theater so compelling in the first place.
Performances will take place in small venues, where established actors will perform just feet from the audience, creating an intimate, elemental experience and heightened sense of community. Above all, TOGETHER is committed to keeping its productions genuinely affordable for a large proportion of the house and open to as many people as possible.
About TDF
About Audible Theater
In May 2018, Audible announced that the Minetta Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village would serve as its creative home for live performances in New York, with Audible members receiving exclusive access to discounted tickets and related audio content. Since then, Audible has hosted and produced a wide variety of live performances at the Minetta Lane including dramatic plays, comedic shows, original musical performances, and more.
About Audible, Inc.
Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), is the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, offering global audiences a powerful way to enhance and enrich their lives through extraordinary content. Audible’s catalog includes more than 1,000,000 audio titles, including Audible Originals as well as audiobooks and podcasts from leading studios, print, audio and magazine publishers and world-renowned entertainers.
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