Performances begin October 7 for the Roundabout Theatre Company production of Jenny Rachel Weiner’s Kingdom Come. The new play explores the realities of online dating and “catfishing,” in which people use the internet to pretend to be someone else.
Kip Fagan directs a cast that includes Brooke Bloom, Carmen M. Herlihy, Alex Hernandez, Socorro Santiago and Stephanie Styles.
The world premiere will officially open November 2 at the Black Box Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre.
Here’s how the theatre bills Kingdom Come: “Samantha (Herlihy) is lonely and confined to her bed. Layne (Bloom) is shy and too afraid of the world to journey into it. When both women decide that online dating might be the outlet they need, they venture into the wilds of the Internet and find deep connection in each other. The only problem: they’re each pretending to be someone else. What happens when the feelings are real but the people are not?”
The creative team for Kingdom Come includes Arnulfo Maldonado (sets), Tilly Grimes (costumes), Thom Weaver (lighting), Daniel Perelstein (sound) and Darrel Maloney (projections).
Take a sneak peek at rehearsal photos:
