WALLACE SHAWN’S “WHAT WE DID BEFORE OUR MOTH DAYS” TO EXTEND TWO WEEKS.
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FOR RELEASE ON FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2026
WALLACE SHAWN’S
“WHAT WE DID BEFORE OUR MOTH DAYS”
ANNOUNCES FINAL TWO-WEEK EXTENSION
LIMITED RUN MUST END MAY 24
NEW YORK TIMES CRITIC’S PICK
NOW IN PERFORMANCES AT THE GREENWICH HOUSE THEATER
STARRING
HOPE DAVIS
MARIA DIZZIA
JOHN EARLY
JOSH HAMILTON
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
ANDRÉ GREGORY
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New York, NY (March 13, 2026) – Producers Scott Rudin and Barry Diller announced today that Wallace Shawn’s What We Did Before Our Moth Days will be extended for a final two weeks, now playing its final performance on Sunday, May 24. The New York Times Critic’s Pick, starring Hope Davis, Maria Dizzia, John Early, and Josh Hamilton under the direction of André Gregory, is currently in performances at the Greenwich House Theater (27 Barrow St) after opening to universal acclaim on March 5.
The play celebrates the legendary, lifelong collaboration between Wallace Shawn and André Gregory that began with Mr. Shawn’s play Our Late Night, directed by Mr. Gregory at The Public Theatre in 1975 – a production that buoyed the experimental theater movement of the era. Among their renowned film collaborations are 1981’s My Dinner with Andre (co-written by and starring the two men); and Vanya on 42nd Street (1994), a filmed adaptation of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya which they workshopped for years. In 2000, Mr. Gregory directed the New York production of Mr. Shawn’s The Designated Mourner, produced by Mr. Rudin. It was named one of the greatest American plays of the past 25 years in 2018 by The New York Times.
What We Did Before Our Moth Days is set in an urban world of intelligent and somewhat gentle middle-class people – a father, mother, son, and the long-time mistress of the father, who tell the intimate story of their lives. Mr. Shawn, a student of morality whose plays have brought us frank truths about politics and sexuality, takes on the subject of love – suffocating and freeing – and the kaleidoscopic journeys we make through remorse, sorrow, resentment, and joy. Mr. Shawn and Mr. Gregory have created a work that is as strange, and at times hilarious, as My Dinner with André.
About the play, Wallace Shawn (who is also co-producing) said, “We don’t understand ourselves, and we don’t know why we do what we do. Ideally, then, dangerous weapons should be always kept out of our hands, but in romantic, sexual, and familial relationships we carry the weapon of our own feelings strapped to our chests whether we like it or not. This is a play about four intelligent and thoughtful people – mother, father, son, and father’s mistress – living in a somewhat violent but sophisticated city.”
And about their association, André Gregory added, “My life in the theater has often been my life with Wally Shawn. I have been his acting teacher, his collaborator, his director, his friend. We have done plays together and we have done films together. We have been partners for over half a century. And with his new play, What We Did Before Our Moth Days, we are continuing the tradition. We are still going strong. Together.”
The design team for What We Did Before Our Moth Days includes scenic and costume design by Riccardo Hernández, lighting design by Jennifer Tipton, sound design and original music by Bruce Odland, and projection design by Bill Morrison.
Tickets for What We Did Before Our Moth Days are available now via the TodayTix app and at www.TodayTix.com and at www.MothDays.com.
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“NYT CRITICS PICK. “What We Did Before Our Moth Days is purgatory done right. Wallace Shawn and André Gregory are together again, delivering a sumptuous set of interlinked monologues about life, death and betrayal.”
Helen Shaw, New York Times
“What We Did Before Our Moth Days is explosive. A penetrating meditation on the allure of a bad life and the trap of a good one. I was swept away by its candor and depth, its merciless generosity. You want to listen to this quartet forever.”
Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker
“FIVE STARS. Wallace Shawn slips the knife in so gently and deftly that only later do you look down and notice that you’re bleeding.”
Adam Feldman, Time Out
“What We Did Before Our Moth Days produces the kind of rush you get in looking down from the top of a very tall building after you’ve forgotten for a while that you’re not on solid ground. It’s an exhilarating spiritual dizziness. Wallace Shawn’s ‘Moth Days’ is revelatory and heart-wrenching.”
Sara Holdren, New York Magazine
“What We Did Before Our Moth Days is beautiful. It is not about the pain of heartbreak but about the suffering felt by someone who has fallen out of love, and it has a stillness that calls the listener to lean in. It is mesmerizing. Wallace Shawn has a rare and complicated gift for empathy. He understands the deep vulnerabilities of anyone trying to be human.”
Susan Dominus, T Magazine
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