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SoHo Playhouse presents World Premiere of "(un)conditional" by Ali Keller

Published by New Jersey Stage

originally published: 08/28/2025

(NEW YORK, NY) -- SoHo Playhouse, in association with Hannah Jade Vickery, proudly presents the world premiere of its 2024 Lighthouse Series winner, Ali Keller's (un)conditional, directed by Ivey Lowe, running Off-Broadway September 19 – October 26, 2025 for 33 performances in a limited 6-week engagement at SoHo Playhouse, located at 15 Vandam Street in New York City.

Fantasies are harmless, right? But what happens when your spouse wants to take a dark fantasy from the realm of imagination firmly into your bedroom? For two couples, the boundaries of compromise, communication, and unconditional love are tested to their breaking point, and seven-year-old Mia is getting caught in the crossfire.

SoHo Playhouse Managing Director Britt Lafield says, “We are so excited to bring Ali Keller’s compelling, edgy new play to our stage. Having seen it grown through our Lighthouse Series, we knew there could be no other home for it other than at SoHo Playhouse. It is the kind of work we seek out and that truly symbolizes the spirit of Off-Broadway theater. Interesting stories told in interesting ways. You won’t want to miss it!”

Playwright Ali Keller says, “(un)conditional is a play about two couples navigating sexual fantasies and boundaries in their marriages. It explores what roles compromise, self-sacrifice, and unconditional love have in relationships that are supposed to last forever. And asks how the adult relationships we grow up around as kids shape how we behave in our own relationships when we grow up. I’m very proud to be working with RAINN to make sure we’re handling sensitive sexual themes and issues with care, humor, and respect for the people creating it and the audiences who see it.”

The cast includes Kate Abbruzzese (“The Blacklist,” Pound on Theatre Row, Dick Pix at Theaterlab), Brooks Brantly (Wine In The Wilderness at Classic Stage Company, Significant Other on Broadway, CBS’s “Ghosts”), Annalisa Chamberlin (Between Two Worlds at HERE, Peace and Love in Brooklyn at The Cell, Amazon’s “Sex, Guaranteed”), Nathan Darrow (Summer and Smoke with CSC/Transport Group, Netflix’s “House of Cards,” Richard III with Old Vic/World Tour/BAM) and Georgia Waehler (Pot Odds at Connelly Theater, Netflix’s “The Night Agent,” Jesus Land).




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Understudies are Anna Civik (Flint Repertory Theater, Oak Park Theater Festival) and Nick Jordan (Dracula at Actors Theater of Louisville, Clue at Theatre Workshop of Nantucket).

Performances are Mondays at 7:00pm, Wednesdays - Saturdays at 7:00pm and Sundays at 5:00pm. Run time is approximately 90 minutes. Contains sensitive sexual content - 16+ admitted. Tickets are $41.50 - $71.50 (includes fees). To purchase and for more info visit https://www.sohoplayhouse.com.

The production team includes Hannah Jade Vickery (Producer), Lindsay Fuori (Scenic Design), Carter Ford (Light Design), Elliot Yokum (Sound Design), Olivia Vaugh Hern (Costume Design), Emily Hartford (Intimacy Director), Sloane Fischer (Production Stage Manager) and The TRC Company - Claire Burke CSA (Casting Director).

Ali Keller is a NYC based writer. Recent writing credits include (Un)Conditional (Off-Broadway 2025 SoHo Playhouse), Blood/Sweat/Tears (The Tank Limefest, HARP Theatricals), Christen The Place (Norwegian Tour), Baby Lamb (Stowe Story Narrative Lab) and Six Weeks Notice (Ucross Residency, Volland Foundation). She was a finalist for the Jerome Fellowship this year. Ali’s an Affiliate Dramaturg at Beehive Dramaturgy who’s worked with writers on projects throughout the US.

Ivey Lowe is a director, producer, and artistic leader focused on new plays and social practice work at the intersection of theater, civic practice, and community engagement. She has developed work with Musical Theater Factory, Rattlestick, 59E59, The Brick, and more. She is an alum of the Drama League, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Lincoln Center Directors Lab, and a Mellon-funded Social Practice CUNY Fellow. Currently, she is the Producing Director of The Foundry at Hudson.

Continuing in the spirit of the theater’s original tenant, Edward Albee and his Playwright Unit Workshop, SoHo Playhouse (Artistic Director Darren Lee Cole, Managing Director Britt Lafield) is committed to presenting the brightest and most talented artists from New York, with its Lighthouse Series, and around the world, with the International Fringe Encore Series, to give the theater-going audience of New York important stories told with unique style, and evolving what the concept of Off-Broadway Theater is in the 21st century.


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