Overview
- Garrett McNally, who shares the role of Auggie with Max Voehl, portrays the character with the same facial difference, emphasizing genuine disability representation.
- The world-premiere adaptation at ART’s Loeb Drama Center features music and lyrics by A Great Big World, a book by Sarah Ruhl, and direction by Taibi Magar.
- A newly added character, Moon Boy—Auggie’s imaginary friend and alter ego—offers a theatrical window into the protagonist’s inner voice, performed by Nathan Salstone.
- Early reviews praise the young ensemble’s vocal power and the piano-driven score, while noting uneven pacing that speeds through parts of the second act.
- Javier Muñoz plays Auggie’s father, Nate, highlighting the production’s focus on joy, humanity, and the story’s choose-kind ethos.