Daniel Kaluuya star in Grass, the new play from Tony and Pulitzer-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Variety broke news of the announcement. The play has its world premiere Off Broadway at Park Avenue Armory early next year.
What is ‘Grass’ about?
Variety describes the play as tracing “a mother and son’s surreal, sprawling road trip through the American South marked by fantastical encounters with historical and allegorical figures.” A press release calls Grass “equal parts fantasia, memory play, and morality play” and a “surreal meditation on the limits of personal, ancestral, and national identity amidst social upheaval,” per Variety.
Kaluuya, who won an Oscar for Judas and the Black Messiah and broke out in Get Out, stars. Variety’s report doesn’t name his role or the rest of the cast. On stage, he previously appeared in several London productions, including Sucker Punch, A Season in the Congo and Blue/Orange.
Jacobs-Jenkins wrote the play. He is also the playwright behind the Broadway productions Appropriate, which won three Tonys including best revival, and Purpose, which won two, including best play.
Sarah Benson directs, and set designer Mimi Lien joins her. Both worked with Jacobs-Jenkins on his 2014 play An Octoroon. The creative team also includes lighting designer Jane Cox, sound designer Bray Poor, special effects designer Jeremy Chernick, costume designer Enver Chakartash and wig and makeup designer Cookie Jordan.
When does ‘Grass’ premiere?
Grass opens Feb. 26, 2027 at Park Avenue Armory in New York.
Featured image photo credit: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 17: Daniel Kaluuya attends the Academy Museum 6th Annual Gala in Partnership with Rolex at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 17, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Oscars/Getty Images for Academy Museum Foundation)
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