The Heart

A young surfer’s life is cut short. A stranger suddenly has a second chance. And the life-force of one beating heart drives two families and a medical team through 24 hours that couldn’t matter more.

Playwright Kait Kerrigan (The Great Gatsby) and musical mavericks Anne Eisendrath and Ian Eisendrath (of KPop Demon Hunters) join forces with Tony Award-winning director Christopher Ashley (Roundabout’s incoming artistic director) and choreographer Mandy Moore (Taylor Swift’s Eras tour) to bring undeniable theatrical life to Maylis de Kerangal’s 2014 novel Réparer les vivants, in our first new off-Broadway musical in years.

The Heart will feature Heidi Blickenstaff (Jagged Little Pill, Something Rotten!) as “Claire,” Lincoln Clauss (Fly, Bat Out of Hell) as “Thomas Driscoll,” Nick T. Daly (MJ: The Musical) as “Simon Lamar,” Drew Gehling (& Juliet, Almost Famous) as “Dr. Breva,” Bre Jackson (The Book of Mormon, MJ: The Musical) as “Cordelia Owl,” Tony Award winner Joaquina Kalukango (Paradise Square, Slave Play) as “Marianne Lamar,” Max McKenna (Rent, Cabaret) as “Juliette Brooks,” Wren Rivera (Jagged Little Pill, Teeth) as “Marthe,” and Jason Tam (Be More Chill, If/Then) as “Sean Lamar.” Daniel Brackett, Gareth Keegan, Q. Smith and Emily Somé round out the cast as the understudies.