Prince Faggot

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Prince Faggot
Prince Faggot Program Cover.png
Program cover from Studio Seaview run
Written by Jordan Tannahill
Directed byShayok Misha Chowdhury
Date premieredJune 16, 2025
Original languageEnglish
Subject Prince George of Wales

Prince Faggot is a 2025 play by Jordan Tannahill.

Synopsis

An ensemble of queer performers imagine a future world where the Prince of England is a gay man. [1] [2]

Contents

Production history

World premiere (Off-Broadway)

Prince Faggot opened at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater with a first preview on May 30, 2025, an official opening night on June 16, and a scheduled closing on July 6. After an extension, the first run closed on August 3, 2025. The show was co-produced by Playwrights Horizons and Soho Rep, and directed by OBIE Award winner Shayok Misha Chowdhury. [3]

Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)

The show returned to for a second Off-Broadway run at Studio Seaview for an initial run of September 11, 2025 to October 26, 2025. [4] It was later extended through November 9, 2025. [5]

Critical reception

Prince Faggot received generally positive reviews. It was a New York Times Critics' Pick [6] [7] and received positive reviews from the New York Stage Review, [8] The New Yorker , [9] Them , [10] and The Queer Review. [11] Cosmopolitan described the show as "a horny, thought-provoking play that's as academic as it is avant-garde." [12]

Casting and characters

Peter Jay Sharp [13] Studio Seaview [13]
Performer 1Mihir Kumar
Performer 2 K. Todd Freeman Tyrone Mitchell Henderson (Sept. 11-26)

K. Todd Freeman (Sept. 27-end)

Performer 3Rachel Crowl
Performer 4 N'yomi Allure Stewart
Performer 5 David Greenspan
Performer 6 John McCrea


References

  1. "Prince Faggot". Playwrights Horizon. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  2. Nevins, Jake (2025-07-15). "Jordan Tannahill Takes Tony Kushner Inside "Prince Faggot"". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  3. Buchwald, Linda (2025-04-16). "K. Todd Freeman, David Greenspan, and More Join Jordan Tannahill World Premiere". TheaterMania. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  4. Gans, Andrew; Culwell-Block, Logan (4 August 2025). "Prince F****t Sets Fall Off-Broadway Return". PLAYBILL. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  5. "Prince F****t Extends Off-Broadway Return". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2025-09-22. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  6. "Review: He's Here, He's Queer, He's the Future King of England". The New York Times . 2025-06-18. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
  7. "The Play Is Fiction, but Their Monologues Are (Partly) Their Own". 2025-09-15. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
  8. Sommers, Michael (2025-06-18). "Prince Faggot: A royal fairy tale unravels". New York Stage Review. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
  9. Shaw, Helen (2025-06-26). ""Prince Faggot" Sends Up Kink and Country". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X . Retrieved 2025-09-25.
  10. Cuby, Michael (2025-09-12). "Jordan Tannahill's 'Prince F*gg*t' Delves into Prince George, Gay Fetish Sex and Class Politics". Them. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
  11. Kleinmann, James (2025-07-09). "Royally f***ed – Theatre Review: Prince F*ggot (Playwrights Horizons, Off-Broadway) ★★★★★". The Queer Review. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  12. "Broadway's Edgier Cousin Is Thriving—and Getting Political". Cosmopolitan. 2025-06-18. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  13. 1 2 Russo, Gillian (2025-08-04). "'Prince F****t' to play encore Off-Broadway run this fall". New York Theatre Guide. Retrieved 2025-09-25.