Eliya Smith's Dad Don't Read This to Play Return Off-Broadway Engagement This Summer

Following a recent engagement at St. Luke’s Theatre, Eliya Smith’s new play Dad Don’t Read This will transfer to the Greenwich House Theater for a limited run, June 17-July 11.

Directed by Chloe Claudel, this world premiere features performances by Amalia Yoo (John Proctor is the Villain), Renée-Nicole Powell (Grief Camp), Sophie Rossman, and Kayta Thomas.

The creative team for Dad Don’t Read This includes Forest Entsminger (scenic & props design), Olivia Vaughn Hern (costume design), Abigail Sage (lighting design), Mitchell Polonsky (sound design), Lena Engelstein (choreography), and Dante Gonzalez (costume consultant).

Dad Don’t Read This is set in suburban Central Ohio, where four girls meet weekly for a sleepover. They talk and sleep and play The Sims, a computer game that simulates real life, on a laptop. They gossip, snack, and attempt to get drunk. They strive to fulfill their needs, struggle to understand the relationship between doing and being seen, and begin to suspect they don’t have a whole lot of agency.