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The Play That Goes Wrong

Murder, Mayhem, and Missed Cues

SEPT 09 - OCT 12, 2025 | WILSON STAGE

About the show:
A long-running commercial success on the West End and Broadway comes to Geva! The intrepid thespians of the Cornley Drama Society are more or less ready to raise the curtain on the grandest production the village has ever seen, The Murder at Haversham Manor—until things go from bad to calamitous. There’s an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that won’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines)—and that’s only the first act. It’s nothing you want in a show—and everything you want in a comedy!

By Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer & Henry Shields
Co-production with Indiana Repertory Theatre
Directed by Benjamin Hanna
Remount Directed by cara hinh

Total Run Time (Approx): 2 hours (including a 15-minute intermission)
Recommended Ages: 9+

Depictions of over-the-top violence and death played for comedy, discussions of death (including suicide and murder) and violence, depictions and use of firearms, discussions and depictions of mild sexuality, depictions and discussions of substance use (alcohol), use of mild profanity 

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“We’re so delighted to be partnering with Ben Hanna, cara hinh, and Indiana Repertory Theatre on this laugh-out-loud production of The Play That Goes Wrong! I’m looking forward to launching our 2025-26 Season here in Rochester with this gloriously funny production!”

– Elizabeth Williamson, Artistic Director

“In my 25-odd years as a critic, I have never seen anything as gloriously, chaotically funny as the Indiana Repertory Theatre’s staging of ‘The Play That Goes Wrong.'”

– NUVO

“It was a mess, and it was beautiful.”

– Indianapolis Recorder

“Throughout, this is a masterpiece of mayhem. The non-stop hilarity surpasses even favorite farces like ‘Noises Off,’ with chaos comparable to Monty Python or The Marx Brothers at their manic best.”

– Plays with John & Wendy

Performance Calendar

Accessibility Performances

Sign Interpreted: Thursday 10/2 – 7:30pm
Open Captioned: Saturday 9/13 – 2:00pm. Wednesday 10/1 – 2:00pm, Wednesday 10/1 – 7:30pm
Audio Described: Sunday 9/28 – 2:00pm

Accessibility Info

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Choose Date & Time

  • Sep 09, 2025

    Tuesday, 07:30 PM

  • Sep 10, 2025

    Wednesday, 07:30 PM

  • Sep 11, 2025

    Thursday, 07:30 PM

  • Sep 12, 2025

    Friday, 08:00 PM

  • Sep 13, 2025

    Saturday, 02:00 PM

  • Sep 13, 2025

    Saturday, 08:00 PM

  • Sep 14, 2025

    Sunday, 02:00 PM

  • Sep 14, 2025

    Sunday, 07:00 PM

  • Sep 16, 2025

    Tuesday, 06:00 PM

  • Sep 17, 2025

    Wednesday, 07:30 PM

  • Sep 18, 2025

    Thursday, 07:30 PM

  • Sep 19, 2025

    Friday, 08:00 PM

  • Sep 20, 2025

    Saturday, 03:00 PM

  • Sep 20, 2025

    Saturday, 08:00 PM

  • Sep 21, 2025

    Sunday, 02:00 PM

  • Sep 21, 2025

    Sunday, 07:00 PM

  • Sep 23, 2025

    Tuesday, 07:30 PM

  • Sep 24, 2025

    Wednesday, 07:30 PM

  • Sep 25, 2025

    Thursday, 07:30 PM

  • Sep 26, 2025

    Friday, 08:00 PM

  • Sep 27, 2025

    Saturday, 03:00 PM

  • Sep 27, 2025

    Saturday, 08:00 PM

  • Sep 28, 2025

    Sunday, 02:00 PM

  • Sep 28, 2025

    Sunday, 07:00 PM

  • Sep 30, 2025

    Tuesday, 07:30 PM

  • Oct 01, 2025

    Wednesday, 02:00 PM

  • Oct 01, 2025

    Wednesday, 07:30 PM

  • Oct 02, 2025

    Thursday, 07:30 PM

  • Oct 03, 2025

    Friday, 08:00 PM

  • Oct 04, 2025

    Saturday, 03:00 PM

  • Oct 04, 2025

    Saturday, 08:00 PM

  • Oct 05, 2025

    Sunday, 02:00 PM

  • Oct 07, 2025

    Tuesday, 07:30 PM

  • Oct 08, 2025

    Wednesday, 02:00 PM

  • Oct 08, 2025

    Wednesday, 07:30 PM

  • Oct 09, 2025

    Thursday, 07:30 PM

  • Oct 10, 2025

    Friday, 08:00 PM

  • Oct 11, 2025

    Saturday, 03:00 PM

  • Oct 11, 2025

    Saturday, 08:00 PM

  • Oct 12, 2025

    Sunday, 02:00 PM

Who's Who

MEET THE TEAM

China Brickey

(she/her)

Annie Twilloil

Nate Cheeseman

(he/him)

Trevor Watson

Rob Johansen

(he/him)

Jonathan Harris

Dominique Lawson

(he/him)

Max Bennett

Brett Mutter

(he/him)

Robert Grove

Natasia Lucia Reinhardt

(all pronouns)

Sandra Wilkinson

Eric Sharp

(he/him)

Chris Bean

Claire Wilcher

(she/her)

Dennis Tyde

Sophia Benny

(she/her)

Understudy for Sandra/ Annie/ Dennis

Parker Howland

(he/him)

Understudy for Trevor/ Max/ Jonathan

Evan Miller Watelet

Understudy for Chris/ Robert

Benjamin Hanna

(he/him)

Director

cara hinh

(they/she)

Remount Director

Christopher & Justin Swader

(he/him & he/him)

Scenic Design

Izumi Inaba

(she/her)

Costume Design

Jason Lynch

(he/him)

Lighting Design

Madeleine Reid

(she/her)

Associate Lighting Design

Bailey Trierweiler, Daniela Hart, Noel Nichols & UptownWorks

Sound Design

Leraldo Anzaldua

(he/him)

Fights, Intimacy & Movement

Thom Miller

(he/him)

Dialect Coach

Julia Bregy

(she/her)

Production Stage Manager

Kevin Gregory Dwyer

(he/him)

Assistant Stage Manager

Isabella Smith

Production Assistant

Jasmine B. Gunter

(she/her)

Resident Director/Associate Producer

Joseph Biagini

(he/him)

Production Manager

Thalia Schramm

(she/her)

General Manager

Connect Further

Events for In-Depth Exploration

Geva Theatre’s Literary Department seeks to provide our audience with deeper appreciation and engagement with the work on our stages through a series of pre-show discussions with Prologue and post-show discussions with our Sunday Salons and Geva Insights. Featuring thought leaders, experts, and community members, Geva Insights explores the themes of each play and fosters meaningful dialogue. Geva is proud to offer affinity performances at select discussions and partner with community members and local organizations to explore the themes in each of Geva’s productions.

Claudia Nolan

Saturday, September 27

Following the 3:00pm Performance

Literary Manager & Artistic Associate Fiona Kyle will be joined in Geva’s lobby by local Dramaturg and Arts Administrator, Claudia Nolan, for a discussion about The Play that Goes Wrong and how place plays a role in farce.

Claudia Nolan is a dramaturg and theater-maker particularly interested in new play development, as well as multicultural and international theater. She received her MFA in Dramaturgy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where her thesis focused on cross-cultural fairytales and the importance of place in performance. She has worked at Geva Theatre Center, Premiere Stages, McCarter Theatre, New Georges, HERE, MuCCC, and Bread and Water Theatre. She currently works with The Classics Company and the Artist Communities Alliance.

This talkback is FREE and open to the public. Discussion begins roughly at 5pm, depending on the performance runtime. Tickets to the September 27th performance of The Play That Goes Wrong are recommended, but not required.

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Please note that our bar & kitchen are closed on non-performance weeks.

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ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON

Elizabeth Williamson (she/her) joined Geva as Artistic Director in 2022, to launch the theatre’s 50th Anniversary Season. An Obie Award winning director, Williamson is known internationally for her work as a dramaturg, director, adapter and producer. Broadway: Matthew López’ The Inheritance (Tony, Olivier, Critics Circle, Evening Standard, GLAAD, and Drama Desk Awards for Best Play, Outer Critics Circle Honoree), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Tony Award for Best Musical), Anastasia. West End: The Inheritance. Off-Broadway: Sarah Gancher’s Russian Troll Farm, Dan O’Brien’s The Body of an American. Regional: About Face Theatre, ACT, the Alley, Cal Shakes, Court, Hartford Stage, the La Jolla Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Pioneer Theatre, Steppenwolf, Theatre de La Jeune Lune, TheaterWorks Hartford, TheatreSquared, the Westport Country Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival. Williamson previously served as Associate Artistic Director and Literary Manager at Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City and as Associate Artistic Director and Director of New Play Development at Hartford Stage. She received a 2007 NEA Fellowship in Literary Translation and is a member of SDC and LMDA. Education: M.St., Oxford University; B.A., Bennington College; trained at the Ecole Internationale de Théatre Jacques Lecoq.

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