Machinal (2014)

Written by Sophie Treadwell
Directed by Lyndsey Turner
Cast: Rebecca Hall, Suzanne Bertish, Michael Cumpsty, Morgan Spector, Damian Baldet, Ashley Bell, Jeff Biehl, Arnie Burton

Inspired by the infamous 1926 case of Ruth Snyder, a woman sent to the electric chair for murdering her husband, Machinal follows this woman’s rebellion against a world of crushing conformity—where passion, desperation, and defiance collide in a shocking act of violence. Nearly a century after its debut, this play remains a strikingly relevant meditation on gender, power, and the oppression of “the machine.”

Theater

Todd Haimes Theatre · Broadway

Closed

March 2, 2014