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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE

MICHAEL BRAUN
TO JOIN OFF-BROADWAY’S
“PRE-EXISTING CONDITION”
BY MARIN IRELAND

DIRECTED BY
MARIA DIZZIA

BEGINNING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30

New York, NY (November 10, 2026) – Today, producers Jessica Chase (Chase This Productions) and Susan Kelechi Watson announced Michael Braun will join Pre-Existing Condition as the role of ‘D.’ Braun will take over the role currently played by Drama Desk Award nominee Greg Keller beginning Monday, November 30, alongside Edie Falco and then Whitney White, rotating into the role of ‘A.’

Written by Tony Award nominee Marin Ireland and directed by Tony Award nominee Maria Dizzia, the show is now in performances at the Greenwich House Theater (27 Barrow Street) and currently on sale through Saturday, January 8, 2027.

The role of ‘A’ will be performed by Actor Award nominee Hari Nef (November 9-28), Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Edie Falco (November 30 – December 19), and by Tony Award nominee Whitney White (December 21 – January 8, 2027).

The current cast also includes Pulitzer Prize finalist Dael Orlandersmith and Drama Desk Award winner Susannah Perkins; and understudies Josh Tobin and Sarin Monae West.

Tickets for Pre-Existing Condition are on sale now and available at www.preexistingconditionplay.com. A percentage of the proceeds from the production will go towards Sanctuary for Families Survivor Leadership Fund.

A New York Times Critics’ Pick, Pre-Existing Condition by Tony Award nominee Marin Ireland and directed by Tony Award nominee Maria Dizzia, offers an “unfiltered examination of how violence imprints itself on the body and soul” (New York Theatre Guide). The play centers on an unnamed woman, brought to life in sequential engagements by the formidable Lupita Nyong’o, Phillipa Soo, Susannah Flood, Hari Nef, Edie Falco, and Whitney White alongside a powerhouse cast featuring Dael Orlandersmith, Susannah Perkins, and Greg Keller. Staged at the historic Greenwich House Theater, Pre-Existing Condition explores the quiet challenges and everyday indignities of moving forward after a life-altering relationship.

The creative team for Pre-Existing Condition includes Cate McCrea (scenic design), Enver Chakartash (costume design), Isabella Byrd (lighting design), Palmer Hefferan (sound design), Taylor Williams (casting director), Anne Kauffman (creative consultant), Anna Strout (Community Engagement), Mary Kate Abner (Associate Producer of Community Engagement), and Rachel Kaplow (production stage manager). Regular People serves as general managers for the production.

Headshots can be found HERE.

Pre-Existing Condition is produced by Jessica Chase (Chase This Productions), Susan Kelechi Watson with co-producers Score 3 Partners, Jesse Eisenberg, Sterling K. Brown, Joshua Berg Creative, KingoSimmo Productions LLC, Stillwater Partners On Broadway LLC, Charlie Kaufman, Marzanne Claiborne, Emerge Capital and OHenry Productions.

Pre-Existing Condition previously played the Connelly Theater in NYC in the summer of 2024 with a sold-out run.

BIOGRAPHIES

Michael Braun (D) can be seen in films such as The Tender Bar directed by George Clooney (based on the memoirs of J.R. Moehringer), The Courtroom directed by Lee Sunday Evans, and Deep Water directed by Adrian Lyne (based on the Patricia Highsmith novel of the same name) and in Troy which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and many others. He has appeared in many shows on the small screen including the third season of “The Sinner,” and as EJ on the fifth and final season of Showtime’s “The Affair” opposite Anna Paquin, as well as “Succession,” “The Night Of,” “High Maintenance,” “Mozart in the Jungle,” “Dickinson” and many others. He has appeared on Broadway in The Crucible directed by Ivo Van Hove, War Horse at Lincoln Center as well as The Bridge Project: Winter’s Tale/Cherry Orchard, directed by Sam Mendes at BAM and the Old Vic in London. He has originated roles in the work of Pulitzer Prize winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Tom Stoppard and appeared in the first and only NY revival of Suzan Lori-Parks’ In The Blood. Other New York theater credits include shows at The Signature Theater, The Public Theater and Second Stage as well as theaters across the country. He most recently appeared in The Old Globe’s 2026 production of Cyrano in the title role. He can be seen next year in the Park Avenue Armory and National Black Theatre’s premiere of Grass. He received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama where he received the Herschel Williams Prize for Acting and is the recipient of a Princess Grace Award

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