Overview
- Wallace Shawn’s What We Did Before Our Moth Days opened March 5 at Greenwich House Theater and the run has been extended through May 10.
- Directed by longtime collaborator André Gregory, the production features Hope Davis, Josh Hamilton, Maria Dizzia, and John Early.
- The piece unfolds as interlocking first-person monologues delivered by four seated actors in a minimalist staging with design by Riccardo Hernández, Jennifer Tipton, Bruce Odland, and Bill Morrison.
- Critical response is largely positive, including a New York Times Critic’s Pick and a 73.8% average rating tallied by BroadwayWorld, with some dissent noting the length and austere approach.
- Coverage notes producers Scott Rudin and Barry Diller are credited on the project, and Playbill reports Shawn is concurrently reviving his solo work The Fever on Sunday and Monday nights at the same venue.