John Patrick Shanley to Premiere New Play Mountain Girl Off-Broadway

John Patrick Shanley will debut his latest play, Mountain Girl, November 4-22 at Theatre 154 on Christopher Street.

Presented by Nylon Fusion Theatre Company in association with Axial Theatre, the production is directed by Ivette Dumeng and stars Tonya Cornelisse, Sophia DeMornay-O’Neal, and Joey Welsh.

Mountain Girl follows Connie, an aspiring writer whose failing marriage and increasingly chaotic life lead her back to Colorado to confront her mother.

The creative team includes Elizabeth Chaney (set design), Andy Evan Cohen (sound design), Lucky Pearto (lighting design), and Janet Mervin (costume design). Karli Fisher is the stage manager.

Shanley’s other acclaimed works include Doubt: A Parable, which won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play, and Moonstruck, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.