Tony Award Winner
JONATHAN GROFF
Returns To Broadway in
THE AMISH PROJECT
A Solo Play from Acclaimed Playwright
JESSICA DICKEY
Directed by
SARNA LAPINE
(New York, NY) Producers Robert Ahrens and Tom Kirdahy are proud to announce that Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff (Just in Time, Merrily We Roll Along) will return to Broadway in THE AMISH PROJECT, a solo play by Jessica Dickey (The Rembrandt, The Convent). Directed by Sarna Lapine (Call Me Izzy, Sunday in the Park with George), THE AMISH PROJECT begins performances Wednesday, February 10, 2027 at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street).
Early access fan pre-sale tickets to THE AMISH PROJECT will be available on Monday, November 9, 2026 at 10AM ET at Telecharge. To sign up for early access and be the first to receive updates, visit AmishProjectBroadway.com. Tickets for the general public will go on sale Tuesday, November 10 at 10AM ET at Telecharge.com or by calling Telecharge at 212-239-6200.
This spring, Tony Award® winner Jonathan Groff returns to Broadway in a tour de force performance in THE AMISH PROJECT, a deeply moving solo play about the astonishing power of compassion in the face of unimaginable loss.
When tragedy shatters a close-knit Amish community, what follows is an extraordinary act of grace that challenges everything we think we know about forgiveness.
Inspired by true events that unfolded just minutes from where Groff grew up, THE AMISH PROJECT is an intimate portrait of a place and a community channeled through a single performer. Written by acclaimed playwright Jessica Dickey and directed by Sarna Lapine (Sunday in the Park with George), this remarkable story invites us to reflect on how, even in the darkest of hours, our shared humanity endures.
Hailed as “a remarkable piece of writing” by the NY Times and “a masterpiece” by the Chicago Sun-Times, THE AMISH PROJECT debuted at the New York International Fringe Festival and was developed at the Cherry Lane Theatre before premiering Off-Broadway at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in 2009. It has since become Jessica Dickey’s most-produced play, with productions at the Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis), Milwaukee Rep, American Theater Company (Chicago) and City Theatre (Pittsburgh), among others at theaters around the world.
Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff returns to Broadway following universally acclaimed, back-to-back performances in Merrily We Roll Along and Just In Time. The Wrap declared that Groff “is ready for his own solo show on any of the world’s most famous stages” and the NY Post praised his “ability to connect so deeply and personally with audiences.”
Producers Robert Ahrens and Tom Kirdahy said, “We are honored to bring Jessica Dickey’s stirring and luminous play to Broadway, under the direction of the visionary Sarna Lapine. There is nothing quite like experiencing the singular Jonathan Groff live, and his humanity, generosity and gift for storytelling make this a deeply transporting night of theater that we are proud to share with audiences.”
Jonathan Groff said, “20 years ago this month, an unimaginable tragedy happened in a one room Amish schoolhouse in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Jessica Dickey wrote an astounding work of art in response. Sarna Lapine sent me THE AMISH PROJECT last year and I was floored by the urgency and potent poetry of Jessica’s writing as she dives headfirst into the many aftershocks of this horrific event and explores the idea that sometimes the most radical human act is forgiveness. I am profoundly grateful to be bringing Jessica’s play to Broadway alongside Sarna and this incredible team.”
Playwright Jessica Dickey said, “I wrote THE AMISH PROJECT in the heartbreak of my twenties, grappling with how to make a meaningful life as an artist in a world capable of such violence. The play launched my writing career and changed my life. To return to it now, all these years later, when its questions feel as urgent as ever, is profoundly moving. And to do so alongside Jonathan Groff, whose personal connection to this story is matched by his staggering talent, and the extraordinary Sarna Lapine, with the steadfast belief and care of Robert Ahrens and Tom Kirdahy, is a gift I could never have imagined. I can't wait for Broadway audiences to see it—I'll be the playwright in the back laughing and crying.”
Director Sarna Lapine said, “When I first read Jessie's play, I was blown away by it. She has channeled something extraordinary about a community, a community in mourning, a community in conversation. It is a piece that stays with you for days, weeks, months, years after you've sat with it. Like the framework of a well-built one-room schoolhouse, the writing is precise, lean, and strong, illuminating resilience in the face of fragility, and asks, how does one forgive the unforgivable?”
The design team for THE AMISH PROJECT will be announced shortly. Live Wire Theatrical serves as General Manager.
BIOGRAPHIES
JONATHAN GROFF recently made his Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) debut starring as “Rosalind” in the RSC’s all-male production of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, directed by RSC Co-Artistic Director Daniel Evans. He recently completed production on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s feature adaptation of Octet, as well as the independent film Trust the Man, which he stars in opposite Daniel Radcliffe. Groff also lends his voice to Frozen 3, which will release in theaters on November 24, 2027.
Groff recently starred on Broadway in Just In Time, a musical inspired by the life of American singer Bobby Darin. In addition to earning Tony Award, Drama Desk, and Drama League Award nominations for his performance, he also serves as a producer on the show, which was the first musical of the 2024–2025 Broadway season to reach full recoupment.
Previously, Groff earned the Tony Award for his portrayal of “Franklin Shephard” in the celebrated, award-winning revival of Merrily We Roll Along. The production was filmed by Radical Media and acquired by Sony Pictures Classics and later released theatrically. The film, like the stage production, was directed by Maria Friedman and produced by Sonia Friedman.
Groff’s additional Broadway credits include Hamilton (Tony nomination, Grammy Award), Spring Awakening (Tony nomination), and In My Life. Off-Broadway credits include Merrily We Roll Along (Outer Critics Circle Award), Little Shop of Horrors (Outer Critics Circle Award), Hamilton, The Submission, The Bacchae, Deathtrap, The Singing Forest, Prayer for My Enemy (Obie Award), Hair, and Spring Awakening. On screen, his notable work spans television and film, with credits including “Mindhunter,” “Looking,” “Glee,” Hamilton (Emmy nomination), Frozen and Frozen 2, The Normal Heart, The Matrix Resurrections, Knock at the Cabin, A Nice Indian Boy, The Conspirator, American Sniper, The Conspirator, and Taking Woodstock.
JESSICA DICKEY (Playwright) is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose work has been hailed by The New York Times for its “freshness, economy, cheeky vulgarity, with a fine measure of poetic insight.” Her play The Amish Project premiered at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New York and has since been produced across the country and around the world. Her other plays include Galileo’s Daughter, Nan and the Lower Body, The Convent, The Rembrandt, Charles Ives Take Me Home, and Row After Row, with productions at Steppenwolf Theatre, Women's Project, Hartford Stage, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, City Theater in Pittsburgh, the Guthrie, and others. In television, she has written for Apple TV+’s “Physical” and developed projects with Netflix, ABC, and Paramount TV. Her film work includes projects with Searchlight Pictures. She is also co-author of the memoir Sistering: The Art of Holding Close and Letting Go and a proud alumna of New Dramatists. She divides her time between New York and the south of France.
SARNA LAPINE (Director) is a New York-based director. She recently directed Jean Smart's return to Broadway in the world premiere of Call Me Izzy at Studio 54. She directed the Broadway revival of Sunday in the Park with George, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford. Lapine frequently collaborates with renowned playwright Kate Hamill, having directed the world premiere of Dracula (Classic Stage Company), as well as the New York premiere of Little Women. In addition to her work in New York, Lapine has worked extensively regionally and internationally. Select credits include Annie Get Your Gun (Bay Street Theater), Sweeney Todd (Signature Theatre), Into the Woods (The Guthrie Theater), Fiddler on the Roof (The Philadelphia Orchestra), The Rape of Lucretia (Boston Lyric Opera—named Best Opera of 2019 by The Boston Globe), and the Japanese premiere of Anna Ziegler’s Photograph 51. Lapine has mounted the following productions across North America: The National Theatre’s War Horse (Associate Director for North American Tour and Japan), and Lincoln Center Theater’s Tony Award-winning revival, South Pacific (Associate Director of 1st National Tour). Her concert credits include: 4-Stars in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan; two Sondheim concerts with the Boston Pops, as well as Sondheim on Sondheim with the LA Phil, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel at The Hollywood Bowl. www.sarnalapine.com
ROBERT AHRENS (Producer) is a Tony Award-winning producer whose current productions include the Broadway smash hit JUST IN TIME (6 Tony nominations), which starred Tony and Grammy Award winner Jonathan Groff in its original cast and the record-breaking Off-Broadway revival of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle Awards, Best Musical Revival), which also starred Groff when the production opened in 2019. Recent credits: CHESS (5 Tony nominations), starring Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele, and Nicholas Christopher; CALL ME IZZY, starring seven-time Emmy Award winner Jean Smart; and GREY HOUSE, directed by Joe Mantello and starring Laurie Metcalf. Additional Broadway credits: XANADU (4 Tony nominations, including Best Musical; Outer Critics Circle Award, Best Musical), DISASTER!, and concert engagements featuring Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, The Temptations and The Four Tops, Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine, & Kathy Griffin. He taught for seven years at NYU’s Tisch M.F.A. Theatre Program, and Ahrens co-leads Live Wire Theatrical, a New York-based theatrical general management company, alongside Chris Aniello.
TOM KIRDAHY (Producer) is a Tony and Olivier Award-winning producer whose projects span Broadway, off-Broadway, the West End, and national/international tours. Current slate: the Broadway smash hit Just In Time; the international blockbuster Hadestown (winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical); Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men at LCT; and the longest-running Off Broadway hit revival of Little Shop Of Horrors (Drama League Award, Outstanding Revival of a Musical). Recent credits: McNally, Ahrens, and Flaherty’s epic masterpiece Ragtime (Tony Award, Best Revival of a Musical); Gypsy (Drama Desk, Best Revival); the film adaptation of Kiss Of The Spider Woman; Stephen Sondheim’s final musical Here We Are; Caroline (Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle nominee, Best Play); The Inheritance (Tony and Olivier, Best Play), the first Broadway revival of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson (Drama Desk, Best Revival), The Jungle, White Rabbit Red Rabbit, and The Visit as well as the box office record-smashing It’s Only A Play and the global sensation Anastasia. Kirdahy spent the first twenty years of his career as an attorney providing free legal services to people living with HIV/AIDS and carries on his passion for justice and advocacy through his service on the Executive Board of BC/EFA, the Broadway League’s Board of Governors, and many years on the Executive Board of NYC's LGBT Center.