Penguin Rep Theatre Continues Its 2026 Season with The Heart Sellers

Penguin Rep Theatre, led by founding artistic director Joe Brancato and executive director Andrew M. Horn, continues its 2026 season with The Heart Sellers, a new play by Lloyd Suh, directed by Maria Mileaf. Performances run July 9 through July 26.

Set in 1973, The Heart Sellers follows two newcomers who meet by chance in a supermarket before Thanksgiving. While their medical-resident husbands work, the women share stories about their new lives and cooking a frozen turkey. This “laugh-aloud love letter to friendship” (Broadway World) uses heart and humor to explore the challenges of building a new home.

The season continues August 14 through September 6 with the world premiere of Take Me America, a rousing new musical by Neil Berg (music and additional lyrics) and Bill Nabel (book and lyrics). It's 2015 and Gary Campbell plans to save the world. But it's only his first day on the job as an immigration official, and he confronts heartbreak and hope as he listens to the challenges and dreams of those looking to forge new lives in the U.S. and then must decide their fate.

The mainstage season closes September 25 through October 18 with the world premiere of Michael McKeever's In Plain Sight, directed by Brancato. McKeever, author of Daniel’s Husband and Mr. Parker, returns to Penguin “to ignite the stage with his customary wit, humor, savvy, and gut-wrenching twists.” After 11 years together, Elliot and Alan are set to marry, or are they? As the past threatens the present, one family confronts buried secrets and change.

Mainstage productions take place at Penguin Rep Theatre, a repurposed hay barn, located at 7 Crickettown Road, Stony Point, NY. “The converted barn, circa 1880, has never been more inviting” (The New York Times). Horn adds, “It’s theatre so close you can feel it, with comfortable upholstered seats and no seat more than 30 feet from the stage.” The theatre is air conditioned, handicapped accessible, and has plenty of free parking.

Performances are scheduled for Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m., select Friday matinees at 2:00 p.m., Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets are $56 for plays and $60 for musicals. Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more and for patrons aged 30 and under. For tickets or more information, visit www.penguinrep.org or call 845-786-2873.

ABOUT PENGUIN REP THEATRE

Penguin Rep Theatre (Penguin Players, Ltd.), based in historic Stony Point (Rockland County), New York, is an award-winning nonprofit professional theatre company now in its 49th year of operation.

Producing new plays in an intimate 108-seat venue, Penguin offers the excitement and thrill of experiencing original dramatic works to visitors to the scenic lower Hudson Valley.

Emmy Award winning actress Edie Falco says that “a visit to Penguin Rep is a perfect trip out of the city – a beautiful setting and the theatre rivals what you can see in New York.”

Sarah Jessica Parker invites audiences to experience “incomparable productions of new works” and to “visit fine theatre in a gorgeous pastoral setting only 50 minutes from Manhattan.”

As it launches its 49th season, Penguin Rep Theatre, dubbed “the gutsiest little theatre” by The New York Times, continues to present a cultural experience that is unique in the region: professional productions of new plays at affordable prices.

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