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Letters from Max, a ritual

Opening Date: Feb 7, 2023
Closing Date: Mar 26, 2023
Letters from Max, a ritual

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Playing @
The Pershing Square Signature Center
480 West 42nd Street, New York City, NY 10036
MacArthur Fellow Sarah Ruhl begins her Spotlight Residency at Signature Theatre with the world premiere adaptation of her 2018 epistolary book, Letters from Max: A Poet, a Teacher, and a Friendship, "a resonant and profound contribution from two fully formed artists to the literature of illness" (Slate). Ruhl, whose accomplished body of work includes Eurydice and Pulitzer Prize finalists In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) and The Clean House, here shares letters and poems passed between herself and her former student Max Ritvo, as he candidly discusses terminal illness and tests poetry's capacity to put to words what otherwise feels ineffable

Off BroadwayPerformance Art
Age Guidance: 12

Performance Schedule

TUESDAY-FRIDAY @ 7:30 PM
SATURDAY @ 2 PM & 8 PM
SUNDAY @ 2 PM & 7:30 PM


Written By
  • Sarah Ruhl

Director
  • Kate Whoriskey

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Lottery & Rush

In-Person Rush: General rush day-of at the box office two hours prior to each performance. General rush tickets are priced in accordance with the performance and availability varies.  

Accessibility

  • Assisted Listening System

    Signature Theatre offers patrons assisted listening devices for each of our theatres per ADA requirements. Assisted listening devices can be found in our central lobby prior to every performance.
  • Elevator/Escalator

    Elevators are available on street level; one stop to theatre
  • Entrance

    Entrance has Automatic Door System • Street to Lobby (on the 2nd floor): 34 steps, available elevator
  • Parking

    MPG Parking - 475 West 41st Street
  • Telephone

    None on premises
  • Water Fountain

    Central lobby level; outside Men's Room; accessible
  • Wheelchair Info

    The Pershing Square Signature Center is fully wheelchair accessible and restrooms are located on the same level. Accessible seats are available for each performance, please inform the box office at the time of purchase about any special needs.
  • Box Office

    Box Office is wheelchair accessible with a lowered window
  • Curb Ramps

    There are curb ramps on Ninth Avenue and Dyer Avenue
  • Passenger Loading Zone

    Front of Entrance - limited
  • Restroom

    The bathrooms are on the second floor lobby area and are fully accessible
  • Seating

    Wheelchair Seats: all seats are removable, companion seats in parenthesis Diamond: Orch G: 105 (106), 107 (108), 109 (110); Box L: 104 (105); Box R: 204 (203) Griffin: Box L: D 1 (3, 5); Box R: D 2 (4, 6); Balcony: A 2 (4) Linney: Flexible space, changes each show.
  • Visual Assistance

    Large print programs available • Increased floor staff for audio-described performances • Signs in braille

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