World Premiere

The Seat Of Our Pants

October 23, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Venue Newman Theater

Adaptation, Music, and Lyrics by Ethan Lipton  
Based Upon the Play The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
Choreography by Sunny Min-Sook Hitt
Directed by Leigh Silverman

Obie Award-winning playwright and songwriter Ethan Lipton brings his irreverently funny new musical THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS to the Public this fall. A rollicking adaptation of Thorton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth, this new musical about age-old problems tells the twisting, often absurd story of the Antrobus family, who have been alive for 5,000 years but live in the same existential dread as the rest of us. Mired in the hot mess of their everyday worries, the Antrobuses survive all manner of catastrophes in an endless quest to begin again, and again, and again. Choreographed by Sunny Min-Sook Hitt and directed by two-time Tony nominee Leigh Silverman, this bracingly original spectacle is a musical reminder that surviving is what we do best.

THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS will feature Ally Bonino (Fortune Teller), Bill Buell (Turkey/Ensemble), Damon Daunno (Henry Antrobus), Andy Grotelueschen (Announcer/Ensemble), Amina Faye (Glady Antrobus), Allison Ann Kelly (Ensemble/Musician), Nat Lopez (Ensemble), Ruthie Ann Miles (Mrs. Antrobus), Geena Quintos (Mammoth/Ensemble), and David Ryan Smith (Ensemble). Additional casting will be announced at a later date. 

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Tickets are $XX* 
Public Supporter and Partner tickets are $XX

*The listed ticket price includes a $10 per ticket service fee. When purchasing at the Taub Box Office, the service fee is waived. Fee is waived for Public Theater Supporters & Partners tickets.

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