THE EFFECT 

By Lucy Prebble

Directed by Jamie Lloyd

Presented by The Shed, and The National Theatre, in association with The Jamie Lloyd Company.

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Performances Begin      March 3, 2024

Opening Night              March 13, 2024

Off Broadway at The Shed’s Griffin Theater (545 West 30th)

 

This is the exclusive U.S. presentation of a new production of The Effect, the acclaimed play examining love and ethics by Lucy Prebble (HBO’s “Succession”) and directed by Jamie Lloyd (Cyrano de Bergerac at BAM, A Doll’s House; Betrayal on Broadway; Sunset Boulevard starring Nicole Scherzinger UK and upcoming Broadway). The Effect plays for a strictly limited four-week run in The Shed’s Griffin Theater, March 3 – 31, 2024, opening March 13. 

 

The Effect features Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You, The Lazarus Project) as “Tristan” and Taylor Russell (Bones and All, Waves) as “Connie”, participants in a clinical drug trial who begin an illicit romance, alongside Michele Austin (This Is Going to Hurt, Cyrano de Bergerac) as “Dr. Lorna James” and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Tina Turner: The Musical) as “Dr. Toby Sealey”.

 

As Connie and Tristan explore their attraction to each other, how can they be sure it’s the real thing and not an exhilarating side effect of the new antidepressant they’re taking? The supervising doctors begin to ask themselves questions too: where do they draw the line between love and ethics? 

 

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