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The Seat of Our Pants
First Preview: Oct 24, 2025
Opening Date: Nov 13, 2025
Closing Date: Nov 30, 2025
Playing @
Public Theater
425 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10003
Obie Award-winning playwright and songwriter Ethan Lipton and two-time Tony nominee director Leigh Silverman bring their irreverently funny new musical The Seat of Our Pants to The Public this fall. A rollicking adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Skin of Our Teeth, this new musical about age-old problems tells the twisting, often absurd story of the Antrobus family, who have been alive for 5,000 years but live in the same existential dread as the rest of us. Mired in the hot mess of their everyday worries, the Antrobuses survive all manner of catastrophes in an endless quest to begin again, and again, and again. Choreographed by Sunny Min-Sook Hitt, this bracingly original spectacle is a musical reminder that surviving is what we do best.
Performance Schedule
Visit publictheater.org for full schedule.
Cast
- Ruthie Ann Miles
- Micaela Diamond
- Shuler Hensley
- Damon Daunno
- Andy Grotelueschen
Music
- Ethan Lipton
Lyrics
- Ethan Lipton
Book
- Ethan Lipton
- based upon the play The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
Director
- Leigh Silverman
Choreographer
- Sunny Min-Sook Hitt
TDF Tickets Offers:
Listed at 
Never
Full-price tickets:
$125.00 - $185.00
Accessibility
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Box Office
Lobby. Counter 42" -
Curb Ramps
Outside main entrance -
Restroom
Accessible restrooms are located on the Lobby level only. Companion care restrooms are available upon request by speaking to a staff member. Unisex: Main floor. Door 35.5". Clear space 61"x 54". Commode 18". Grab bars -
Elevator/Escalator
Elevator: Attended. Accesses all floors -
Entrance
Six steps or machine lift to main floor lobby. Handrails and ramps are available. Entrance marked by large signs. -
Visual Assistance
Large Print Playbills are available at all Public and Delacorte Theater season performances one week after the production has officially opened. Braille Playbills are available at all Public and Delacorte Theater season performances one week after the production has officially opened. Both large print and Braille may be obtained from the house manager or ticket taker upon entering the theater of your attending performance. -
Water Fountain
Main floor. Spout 36" -
Assisted Listening System
Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs) amplify and clarify sound by cutting down or eliminating ambient noise. FM radio assistive listening systems are installed in all of our theaters, and headsets may be used at any seat. Headsets with induction neck-loops are available for patrons who use hearing aids and cochlear implants with a "T" switch. Ask your audiologist whether your hearing aid or cochlear implant has a "T" switch (telecoil) and how to use it with an assistive listening headset. -
Wheelchair Info
Access for wheelchair users and individuals with limited mobility is available. Box office needs advance notice so that seats can be removed.
