Practice (play)

Practice is a 2025 play by American playwright Nazareth Hassan following a stage company in Brooklyn, New York who devise a play about themselves, described as a "shapeshifting, psycho-comedy." The play premiered in 2025 Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons.

Plot

The play follows a devised theatre company living and working in a converted Brooklyn church as they collaborate on a performance about themselves under the direction of Asa Leon.

As rehearsal exercises intensify, the process becomes increasingly psychologically manipulative, which forces the company to confront how artistic creation can give way to emotional exploitation.

Production history

Off-Broadway (2025)

The play premiered in 2025 Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons, directed by Keenan Tyler Oliphant, and starred Ronald Peet as Asa, Opa Adeyemo as Ro, Omar Shafiuzzaman as Tristan, Susannah Perkins as Rinni, Maya Margarita as Angelique, Hayward Leach as Keeyon, Alex Wyse as Danny, Karina Curet as Mel, Amandla Jahava as Savannah and Mark Junek as Walton. The production began on October 30, 2025, running through December 19 of the same year in the Judith O. Rubin Theatre.

The production was positively reviewed, with The New York Times praising it as "darkly witty" and "a visually stunning play,' noting it was "directed with a sharp rigor" by Oliphant. Vulture praised the "extraordinary ensemble feat" and noted it "horrified (her) as intended," while New York Theatre Guide called it "one of the most genuinely provocative works on the stage this season."

According to Hassan, they are currently working on a feature-film adaptation of the play.

Cast and characters

Accolades

2025 Off-Broadway production