Name: Garry Starr: Classic Penguins
Start: 2026-09-03T20:00
End: 2026-09-03
Location: Garry Starr: Classic Penguins

THE CLASSICS, STRIPPED BARE.

International smash hit GARRY STARR lands in New York this fall, and he’s hell-bent on saving books from extinction – by performing every Penguin Classic novel ever written in under an hour, (mostly) naked.

This September, don’t miss this brilliantly daring Off-Broadway premiere as Garry Starr takes over Studio Seaview for a month of ‘euphoric chaos’ (★★★★★ Metro).

‘Ingenious comic’ (★★★★ Guardian) Starr will take you on a literary adventure through the world’s most iconic works of fiction. From Breakfast at Tiffany’s to Moby Dick and everything in between, nothing is safe from being lampooned in this ‘bonkers, ingenious and hilarious’ show (Daily Mail).

TimeOut calls it ‘★★★★★ wildly original and relentlessly funny’ – book your tickets now for the exclusive five-week-only New York run.

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This event is strictly 18+. Please be aware that this production includes full nudity, strobes, and haze. Audience participation will be invited at the discretion of the performer and is voluntary. By purchasing a ticket, you acknowledge the inherent risks of voluntarily participating in a live performance, including physical activity and close contact with the performer, and release all producers and venue operator from claims based on negligence, except for gross negligence or willful misconduct. No photography or filming.

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CAST

DAMIEN WARREN-SMITH

Damien Warren-Smith is an award-winning writer, producer and performer of ‘brilliantly stupid physical comedy’ (Fest Mag). He regularly teams up with some of the greatest creatives on the planet to create theatre that is ‘meticulously planned yet delightfully unpredictable’ (Metro).

Damien studied pretending at Actors Centre Australia in Sydney, clowning at École Philippe Gaulier in Paris and corporeal mime at Atelier des Mimes in Berlin. His debut solo show Garry Starr Performs Everything was nominated for both Best Newcomer & The Golden Gibbo at the 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival as well as a string of UK awards. His follow-up show Greece Lightning picked up top awards in Adelaide, Sydney, Gothenburg and Manchester. His third show Classic Penguins has already swept the Australian festival circuit including the coveted Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. It then went on to play the 700 seat Garrick Theatre in London’s West End.

TEAM

CAL MCCRYSTAL

DIRECTOR

Lily Dawford

Lighting Designer

Andrew Garvis

Associate Lighting Designer

CAMILLE DENHOLM

Associate Sound Designer

ZACH BRECHEEN

Production Stage Manager

HANNAH FRYE-GINSBERG

Assistant Stage Manager

JONATHAN WHITTON

Seaview / General Management

<h2 class="text--uppercase">JONATHAN WHITTON</h2>Seaview / General ManagementJonathan Whitton (General Manager). 150+ Off-Bway productions including Prince Faggot, The Ziegfeld Files, Tru, Dead Outlaw, Swing State, Energy Curfew Music Hour, Dear Evan Hansen, Anna Deavere Smith’s Notes From The Field, Long Day’s Journey Into Night (dir. Robert O’Hara), Sorry For Your Loss, Between Riverside And Crazy, Torch Song, Man From Nebraska, Whorl Inside A Loop, Murder For Two, and Sex With Strangers. GM: Second Stage (15 Years), Baseline/Audible Theater (5 Years). Broadway: Lobby Hero, Straight White Men. Skidmore Alum.

LUCA FONTES

COMPANY MANAGER

HUDSON THEATRICAL ASSOCIATES

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

KLARIS / DOUG NEVIN & SAHIL SOLANKEE

Production Counsel

MARGO JONES AGENCY

ADVERTISING & MARKETING

VIVACITY MEDIA GROUP

PRESS REPRESENTATIVE

SINE DIGITAL

DIGITAL MARKETING

REGULAR PEOPLE

SOCIAL MEDIA

<h2 class="text--uppercase">REGULAR PEOPLE</h2>SOCIAL MEDIARegular People is an award winning creative studio founded and run by Jacob Stuckelman and Andrew Patino that seamlessly connects producing, marketing, and general management for live entertainment all under one roof. Regular People is developing several projects across Broadway, Off-Broadway, and London including the New York Times Critic’s Pick production of Bubba Weiler’s Well I’ll Let You Go directed by Jack Serio at Studio Seaview following the award-winning sold-out run at The Space at Irondale, the U.S. premiere of Blackout Songs by Joe White (Olivier Award nominee), Pepper Slit: Live in Her Living Room starring Chloe Troast, the two-time Drama Desk Award–winning production of Ken Urban’s Danger and Opportunity, and the new musical In Pieces by Joey Contreras, a two-time Fred Ebb Award finalist and three-time Jonathan Larson Grant finalist. Regular People also collaborates with leading independent producers in New York and London to help bring compelling theatrical work to wider audiences. Current and recent marketing clients include The Festival in upstate New York, Marin Ireland’s Pre-Existing Condition, Disruption, Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody, Delirium, Mexodus, and NARUTO Ninja Show in Kyoto, Japan. The Regular People marketing team is Andrew Patino, Ashley Dinges, MaeArchacki and Trey Sullivan

STANDING ROOM THEATRICAL SOLUTIONS

TICKETING & REVENUE MANAGEMENT

Dylan Woodley & Jonny Woolly

Original Artwork

FRANCESCA MOODY Productions

PRODUCER

<h2 class="text--uppercase">FRANCESCA MOODY Productions</h2>PRODUCERFMP is an Olivier Award-winning, Tony-nominated production company whose work in theatre has originated two of the most globally successful television shows of the last decade: Fleabag and Baby Reindeer.
Current & upcoming productions: Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen (Studio Theatre, Washington DC); Relics (Lyric Hammersmith); Garry Starr: Classic Penguins (Pleasance Grand, Studio Seaview); Crybabies: The Scaring (Pleasance Two, Soho Theatre); ROLEPLAY (Summerhall); Shedinburgh (Assembly Checkpoint, Edinburgh Fringe & Young Vic, London).
Recent productions include: Weather Girl (St Ann’s Warehouse New York, Soho Theatre, Summerhall); Ohio (Young Vic, Assembly Roxy Edinburgh, Bristol Old Vic); My Master Builder (Wyndham’s Theatre); An Oak Tree (Young Vic, Bergen International Festival, Festival d’Avignon, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh); How to Win Against History (Bristol Old Vic, Norwich Theatre Playhouse, Underbelly Edinburgh); Garry Starr: Classic Penguins (Soho Theatre, Underbelly, Soho Theatre, Arts Theatre, Garrick Theatre); A Streetcar Named Desire (Noël Coward Theatre, BAM, Phoenix Theatre); Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder! (The Ambassadors Theatre, Underbell, Bristol Old Vic, HOME Manchester, Roundabout); Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible is Going to Happen (Arts Centre Melbourne, Sydney Opera House, Adelaide Festival, Bush Theatre, Roundabout); I’m Almost There (Summerhall, Minetta Lane Theatre New York); VL (Roundabout); Nutcracker (Southbank Centre); Never Have I Ever (Chichester Festival Theatre); School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play (Lyric Hammersmith); A Doll’s House (Hudson Theatre New York); Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons (Harold Pinter Theatre); Berlusconi: A New Musical (Southwark Playhouse Elephant); Mum (Soho Theatre); Leopards (Rose Theatre); Baby Reindeer (Bush Theatre, Roundabout); and Fleabag (Wyndham’s Theatre, Soho Playhouse, Soho Theatre, UK and Australian Tour, S. Korea, Underbelly Edinburgh).
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SEAVIEW

PRODUCER

<h2 class="text--uppercase">SEAVIEW</h2>PRODUCERSeaview is a Tony, Olivier, and Peabody Award-winning theater and film company.
Upcoming: Spring Awakening, Garry Starr, Paranormal Activity, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Recent: The Fear of 13 starring Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson, The Unknown starring Sean Hayes, TRU starring Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Every Brilliant Thing starring Daniel Radcliffe, Kenrex starring Jack Holden, and All Out: Comedy About Ambition.
Recent: The Queen of Versailles starring Kristin Chenoweth, Prince Faggot, The Ziegfeld Files starring Jesse Eisenberg, Dylan Mulvaney’s The Least Problematic Woman in The World Gruesome Playground Injuries starring Nicholas Braun and Kara Young, Good Night, and Good Luck starring George Clooney, The Last Five Years starring Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren, Angry Alan starring John Krasinski, My Master Builder starring Ewan McGregor and Elizabeth Debicki, Romeo + Juliet starring Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler, All In: Comedy About Love, and Once Upon a Mattress starring Sutton Foster.
Past Credits: Hold On To Me Darling starring Adam Driver, the Tony Award-winning Stereophonic, Sam Gold’s An Enemy of The People starring Jeremy Strong, Justin Peck and Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Illinoise, Lempicka directed by Rachel Chavkin, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea starring Aubrey Plaza and Christopher Abbott, Michael Arden’s Tony Award-winning revival of Parade, Alex Edelman’s Emmy Award-winning Just For Us, Lorraine Hansberry’s The Sign In Sidney Brustein’s Window, The Old Man & The Pool, POTUS, Slave Play, Sea Wall / A Life, Sweeney Todd at the Barrow Street Theatre.
Film: Union County (Oscilloscope), Stress Positions (NEON), and Reality (HBO).
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MARK GORDON PICTURES

PRODUCER

<h2 class="text--uppercase">MARK GORDON PICTURES</h2>PRODUCERMark Gordon Pictures is an international film, television, and theatre production company. Founded in 1987, the company has been developing and producing award-winning films and television programs for over 40 years.  In 2022, the company expanded into producing live theater and has since become an Olivier Award-winner and multi-Tony Award nominee. Broadway credits include Romeo + Juliet, Life of Pi, The Piano Lesson, and POTUS. Off Broadway and regional credits include Teeth by Anna K. Jacobs and Pulitzer & Tony winner Michael R. Jackson (New World Stages, Playwrights Horizons), Nothing Can Take You From the Hand of God (Playwrights Horizons), Highway Patrol (Goodman Theatre), Nollywood Dreams (MCC), and The Buddy System (Circle in the Square Downtown). West End and off West End credits include the Olivier Award-winning play Punch by James Graham (West End, Young Vic & Nottingham Playhouse) People, Places and Things, Brace Brace (Royal Court), The Old Man and the Pool, and School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play (Lyric Hammersmith). Film credits include Saving Private Ryan, Speed, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, Murder on the Orient Express, Source Code, Molly’s Game, The Patriot and the upcoming film NARNIA: The Magician’s Nephew, written and directed by Greta Gerwig. Television credits include Grey’s Anatomy, Criminal Minds, Ray Donovan, Designated Survivor, Quantico, Private Practice,  The Rookie and upcoming The Rookie: North. The company holds offices in Los Angeles, New York, and London.

PAM HURST-DELLA PIETRA & STEPHEN DELLA PIETRA

Producer

<h2 class="text--uppercase">PAM HURST-DELLA PIETRA & STEPHEN DELLA PIETRA</h2>ProducerPAM HURST-DELLA PIETRA & STEPHEN DELLA PIETRA – AVADON BROADWAY LLC (Producers). Tony Award winners: Maybe Happy Ending (lead), Sunset Boulevard and Liberation. Broadway: The Lost Boys, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), Every Brilliant Thing (Co-Lead), Buena Vista Social Club, Paranormal Activity, Giant, Proof, Fear of 13 (Co-Lead), Waiting for Godot,  Art, Hell’s Kitchen, All Out (Co-Lead), Queen of Versailles, Gypsy, Good Night, and Good Luck, The Last Five Years, John Proctor is the Villain, Romeo + Juliet, Our Town, Once Upon a Mattress, The Notebook, Water for Elephants, and The Prom. Upcoming: Galileo, Dolly, Evita, Dreamgirls, Spring Awakening (Co-Lead).  National Tours/U.K: The Notebook, Hell’s Kitchen, Water for Elephants, Moulin Rouge, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Hunger Games, The Unknown (Co-Lead), Kenrex (Co-Lead), Tru  (Co-Lead), Woman in Mind, Teeth ‘N’ Smiles, Muriel’s Wedding, Who Do Ya’ Love?, Nobody Cares: Laura Benanti, Private Jones, The Parent Agency, Radio 930, The Devil Wears Prada, and Cyrano

CREATIVE PARTNERS PRODUCTIONS

Co-Producer

MICKEY LIDDELL & PETE SHILAIMON

Co-Producer

<h2 class="text--uppercase">MICKEY LIDDELL & PETE SHILAIMON</h2>Co-ProducerMickey Liddell and Pete Shilaimon (Co-Producer): LD Entertainment is the five-time Tony Award-winning independent studio defining the intersection of film, theater, and music. In July 2026, they released Hadestown: The Musical in theaters nationwide, setting box office records for cinematic live-capture musicals. A proud innovator and industry leader, LD is committed to building bridges between the stage and screen. Lead producers Mickey Liddell and Pete Shilaimon have championed bold storytelling and artist-driven work. Together they have produced over 40 feature films and over 50 stage productions across Broadway and the West End, including Dear Evan Hansen, Hadestown, Operation Mincemeat, Dirty Dancing, Two Strangers, Heated Rivalry: The Parody Musical, Spring Awakening, and Little Shop of Horrors. LD has also become a pioneer in the immersive theater space with productions like Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular, and immersive adaptions of Grease and Pirates of the Caribbean. Select films include the Academy Award-nominated Judy starring Renee Zellweger and Jackie starring Natalie Portman. Upcoming releases include the highly anticipated Elsinore starring Andrew Scott and Olivia Colman, A Talent For Murder starring Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich, and Olivia Cooke, and The Custom of the Country Starring Sydney Sweeney, Leo Woodall, and Miranda Richardson.

JESSICA GOLDMAN FOUNG

Co-Producer

MARGUERITE STEED HOFFMAN

Co-Producer

EILENE DAVIDSON PRODUCTIONS

Co-Producer

MILKE

Associate PRODUCER

Company

Christophe Desorbay

Associate General Manager

Zachary Brecheen

Production Stage Manager

Hannah Frye-Ginsberg

Assistant Stage Manager

Sam Hoppen

United Kingdom Production Stage Manager

Elizabeth Ramsay

Associate Production Manager

Andrew Garvis

Associate Lighting Designer

Camille Denholm

Associate Sound Designer

Alice Knight

Production Carpenter

John Anselmo

Production Electrician

Brenden Friedel

Production Sound

Tristan Van Tine

Production Video

Alice Knight

Deck Carpenter

Bobby Gaffney

Lighting Board Operator

Amara Skinner

Sound Board Operator / A1

Li Blanchard

Wardrobe Supervisor

Production Resource Group, LLC

Audio & Lighting Equipment

FARLO

Website Design

Galbraith & Company / Amanda Hayek

Bookkeeping

WithumSmith+Brown

Accounting

Checks and Balances Payroll

Payroll Service

Alternative Business Accommodations / Elizabeth Helke

Housing

City National Bank

Banking

Austin Ruffer

Production Photography

FRANCESCA MOODY PRODUCTIONS

Francesca Moody

Executive Producer

Darcy Dobson

Shedinburgh Producer

Kati Donlon

General Manager

Grace Dickson

Associate Producer

Tom Chamberlain

Shedinburgh Associate Producer

Gianna Schuetz-McKinnis

Assistant General Manager

Katie Kirkpatrick

Marketing Coordinator

Jon Brittain

Creative Associate

Jack Boissieux

Production Associate

Deniz Saip

Production Placement

SEAVIEW

GREG NOBILE

chief executive officer

DEVYN ITULA

executive assistant to Greg Nobile

NATE KOCH

chief operating officer

ANNA MACK PARDEE

producer

EMILY BERGQUIST

associate producer

CHASE PARKER

assistant producer

LIZZIE STERN

creative executive

BRAD BECKER-PARTON

head of film & tv

Jess Lubben

Head of Television

VALERIE NOVAKOFF BRITTEN

head of capital partnerships

JONATHAN WHITTON

general manager

CHRISTOPHE DESORBAY

associate general manager

JENNA READY

head of operations

JANA SHEA

co-founder

MARK GORDON PICTURES

Mark Gordon

CEO

Michela Rodriguez

Theater Producer

Victoria Weinberg

Theater Consulting Producer

Maya Vélez

Executive Assistant to Mark Gordon

Bibby Dunn

Co-President

Bonnie-Chance Roberts

Co-President

Taylla Smith

Film & TV Associate Producer

Andrea Rivera

Film & TV Coordinator

Chelsey Dobbins

Executive Assistant to Mark Gordon

Flo Dessau

UK Theater Associate

STUDIO SEAVIEW

Greg Nobile, Nate Koch

PARTNERS

Jenna Ready

GENERAL MANAGER

Brett Anders

OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

Brittany Kressler

BOX OFFICE MANAGER

JoAnn Schinderle

AUDIENCE SERVICES MANAGER

Alex Kopnick

OPERATIONS COORDINATOR

Ido Gal

COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

Holly Sutton
NVK, Inc.

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Seaview, LD Entertainment, No Guarantees, Creative Partners Productions

FOUNDING PARTNERS

Scott Pask

INTERIOR DESIGN

Brian Tovar

LIGHTING DESIGN

Kimberly Chatterjee, Neda Yeganeh, Emma Balk, Evan Clausen

HOUSE MANAGEMENT

Juan Castro, Emily Durkin, Natalia Enriquez, Chris Erdman, Sebastian Martnez, Mar Montero

USHERS

Maddie Thorpe, Ky Dates, Kyr Siegel, Gabby Lavoie

BOX OFFICE STAFF

Kelsey Mitness, Mars Berger, Annie Dingwall, Charles Heinbaugh, Nick Otte, Lex Rigsby, Sky Young

BAR PETRA STAFF

Riley Frey, Trey Jordan, Sam Knox, Jonathan Morrison

BUILDING ASSISTANTS

David Manella
Loeb & Loeb

LEGAL COUNSEL

Line Up

TICKETING

Elite Security International

SECURITY

CB2
Todd Snyder
Voutsa

DESIGN PARTNERS

How to Buy Tickets

ONLINE

Buy online from the official box office.

Tickets begin at $35, including fees.

BUY TICKETS

IN PERSON

The Studio Seaview box office is located at 305 W 43rd St, New York, NY 10036.

The box office will open for in-person sales on August 25.

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FOR GROUPS

For Groups Tickets and Events, email
[email protected].

GET GROUP TICKETS

FOLLOW GARRY STARR ON SOCIALS

For tour dates, workshops, and more, visit GarryStarr.com

Where is Garry Starr: Classic Penguins playing?

Studio Seaview, 305 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036.

How much are tickets?

Tickets start at $35, including fees. All tickets to the first four preview performances (September 3, 4, 5, and 6) are $35.

How long is the show?

Approximately 70 minutes, with no intermission.

Is there an age restriction or content advisory?

Does the show contain nudity?

Yes. Garry Starr performs much of the show fully nude. The production is strictly 18+.

Will there be late seating?

Late seating is not guaranteed and will be at the discretion of house management.

Does Studio Seaview have wheelchair access?

All of our accessible locations are removable to accommodate a wheelchair. The building is fully accessible with no steps to enter, and there is elevator access to the theater level.

Does Garry Starr: Classic Penguins offer accessible performances?

At this time there are no scheduled audio-described, open-caption, or ASL performances. Accessible seating is available at the lowest ticket price. For accommodations, contact [email protected] or call (212) 542-3147.

Is the Seaview Lounge open for this production?

The Seaview Lounge will not be open for Garry Starr: Classic Penguins. Bar Petra, in the lobby, will be open before and after each performance.

How many tickets can I buy?

There is a limit of 8 tickets per order. For Group Tickets & Events, please click here or email [email protected].

How do I make a group booking?

For Group Tickets & Events, email [email protected].

How do I contact the box office?

Call (212) 542-3147 or email [email protected].

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Garry Starr: Classic Penguins

September 3 - October 4

THE CLASSICS, STRIPPED BARE.

5 WEEKS ONLY

CAST

DAMIEN WARREN-SMITH

TEAM

CAL MCCRYSTAL

Lily Dawford

Andrew Garvis

CAMILLE DENHOLM

ZACH BRECHEEN

HANNAH FRYE-GINSBERG

JONATHAN WHITTON

LUCA FONTES

HUDSON THEATRICAL ASSOCIATES

KLARIS / DOUG NEVIN & SAHIL SOLANKEE

MARGO JONES AGENCY

VIVACITY MEDIA GROUP

SINE DIGITAL

REGULAR PEOPLE

STANDING ROOM THEATRICAL SOLUTIONS

Dylan Woodley & Jonny Woolly

FRANCESCA MOODY Productions

SEAVIEW

MARK GORDON PICTURES

PAM HURST-DELLA PIETRA & STEPHEN DELLA PIETRA

CREATIVE PARTNERS PRODUCTIONS

MICKEY LIDDELL & PETE SHILAIMON

JESSICA GOLDMAN FOUNG

MARGUERITE STEED HOFFMAN

EILENE DAVIDSON PRODUCTIONS

MILKE

Company

Christophe Desorbay

Zachary Brecheen

Hannah Frye-Ginsberg

Sam Hoppen

Elizabeth Ramsay

Andrew Garvis

Camille Denholm

Alice Knight

John Anselmo

Brenden Friedel

Tristan Van Tine

Alice Knight

Bobby Gaffney

Amara Skinner

Li Blanchard

Production Resource Group, LLC

FARLO

Galbraith & Company / Amanda Hayek

WithumSmith+Brown

Checks and Balances Payroll

Alternative Business Accommodations / Elizabeth Helke

City National Bank

Austin Ruffer

FRANCESCA MOODY PRODUCTIONS

Francesca Moody

Darcy Dobson

Kati Donlon

Grace Dickson

Tom Chamberlain

Gianna Schuetz-McKinnis

Katie Kirkpatrick

Jon Brittain

Jack Boissieux

Deniz Saip

SEAVIEW

GREG NOBILE

DEVYN ITULA

NATE KOCH

ANNA MACK PARDEE

EMILY BERGQUIST

CHASE PARKER

LIZZIE STERN

BRAD BECKER-PARTON

Jess Lubben

VALERIE NOVAKOFF BRITTEN

JONATHAN WHITTON

Garry Starr:
Classic Penguins

Holly Sutton
NVK, Inc.

David Manella
Loeb & Loeb

CB2
Todd Snyder
Voutsa