Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson will make their Broadway debuts this spring in a new play called “The Fear of 13,” which tells the true story of a man who spent more than two decades on death row for rape and murder before being exonerated by DNA evidence.
The play, written by Lindsey Ferrentino (who wrote the book for “The Queen of Versailles”), had an initial production, also starring Brody but with a different cast and creative team, at the Donmar Warehouse in London in 2024. The Broadway production, directed by David Cromer, is scheduled to begin previews March 19 and to open April 15 at the James Earl Jones Theater. The run is scheduled to last 16 weeks.
“The Fear of 13” is based on a 2015 documentary, directed by David Sington, about Nick Yarris, who was released from prison in 2004.
Brody, 52, a two-time Academy Award winner, for “The Pianist” and “The Brutalist,” will star opposite Thompson, 42, who last year starred in the film “Hedda.” Thompson will portray a volunteer who visits the prison and has a series of conversations with Yarris.
The Broadway run is being produced by Seaview, Wessex Grove and Gavin Kalin; they are planning a partnership with the Innocence Project, a nonprofit that seeks to free the wrongfully convicted.
Michael Paulson is the theater reporter for The Times.
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