Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
Friday 25 September | 7:15PM 59E559 Theaters, 9 East 59th Street, NY 10022
Join playwright Stephen Sheffer for the Off-Broadway debut of Lean-To, part comedy and part tender drama exploring the human desire to connect and the shadow of loneliness that lurks within all of us.
Following the September 25th performance, Sheffer will incorporate a 25-minute post-show talkback focused on the show's central theme: reducing loneliness and increasing social connection.
Written by Stephen Sheffer; Directed by Jesse Jou
An overprepared hiker and a not-so-prepared couple are forced to share a rustic lean-to shelter in the woods. Bonding over Britney Spears, shared supplies, and the desire to escape city life for a weekend, these strangers experience a rare moment of authentic connection. But as they come together around the warmth of the campfire, a different type of kindling threatens to combust.An over-prepared hiker and a not-so-prepared couple are forced to share a rustic lean-to shelter in the woods. Bonding over Britney Spears, shared supplies, and the desire to escape city life for a weekend, these strangers experience a rare moment of authentic connection. But as they come together around the warmth of the campfire, a different type of kindling threatens to combust.
Stephen Sheffer is a Canadian-born, Brooklyn-based writer, performer and teaching artist. His work has been seen on stages & screens (big & small!) all over North America. Plays for the stage include the freshly-penned S.O.S., Private Property (Out of the Box Theatrics, NYC), Story of Four, the award-winning Back To Mine, and the one-acts The Spark (Mastodon / Barrow Group, NYC) and IRMPOV SHOW. He also writes episodic concepts (some solo, some with collaborator Meghan Hemingway), including: The Innkeepers, Geri Atrick Mayor (Bell Canada) and Archipelago. As an improviser, Stephen is a founding troupe member of NYC's The Dirty Little Secrets Improv Show which has been running in NYC’s East Village since 2015.
Nicole Morgan (Foundation for Social Connection)
