Christopher Fitzgerald, photo by Bruce Glikas
(RED BANK, NJ) -- The award-winning Two River Theater presents The Good Thief starring three-time Tony Award® nominee Christopher Fitzgerald (Broadway's Wicked, Waitress, Spamalot, Young Frankenstein) in the title role from February 4-15, 2026.
The Good Thief is directed by Artistic Director Justin Waldman (The Old Globe Theater, Circle in the Square), making his Two River directorial debut, and written by Tony Award® nominee Conor McPherson (Girl from the North Country, Shining City, The Weir) who The New York Times hails as "the finest playwright of his generation".
The Good Thief runs for one week only, in the Victoria J. Mastrobuono Library from February 4-7, 2026. With only 35 seats per performance, this intimate engagement promises to spellbind the lucky audiences who secure tickets, which are now on sale.
"Opportunities like this are exceedingly rare," says Artistic Director Justin Waldman. "A renowned performer, a tour-de-force role, a singular, unfiltered setting – this is Theater bliss! To see Broadway and Two River-favorite Christopher Fitzgerald spin a tale of botched crime traversing the rainy Irish countryside, mere feet away from the audience...? You've got to catch this!"
Regular ticket prices start at $50 and are available for purchase online. Two River Theater is located at 21 Bridge Avenue in Red Bank, New Jersey.
Let's begin with an incident... Follow three-time Tony Award® nominee Christopher Fitzgerald's gripping confession as a small-time Irish gangster on the run. The Good Thief, by Tony Award® nominee Conor McPherson, wields suspense, dark humor, and lyrical storytelling as a "simple job" spirals into chaos.
Christopher Fitzgerald is a three-time Tony Award® nominee and five-time Drama Desk Award nominee, with two wins. He last appeared at Two River Theater in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (2015), directed by his wife, Jessica Stone. He most recently starred in the Encores! production of Urinetown and the Broadway revival of Spamalot. He earned a Tony Award® nomination and won the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for his performance as Ogie in Waitress. He was previously Tony Award® nominated for Young Frankenstein and Finian's Rainbow, also earning a Drama Desk Award.
On Broadway, Fitzgerald originated the role of Boq in Wicked and appeared in An Act of God, The Merchant of Venice opposite Al Pacino, Amour (Drama Desk nomination), and the revivals of Company and Chicago. Off-Broadway and regional credits include Saturday Night (The Second Stage Theater), The Cripple of Inishmaan (The Public Theater), The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), Minsky's (Ahmanson Theatre), and Barnum (Chichester Festival Theatre). He spent fifteen seasons with Williamstown Theatre Festival, appearing in June Moon, Where's Charley, and Dead End, among others. Film and TV: Girl Most Likely, Let Them All Talk, "Happy!," "Godless," "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," and "Elsbeth."
Conor McPherson was born in Dublin in 1971. He attended University College Dublin, where he began to write and direct. His plays include Rum & Vodka, The Good Thief, This Lime Tree Bower, St. Nicholas, The Weir (Olivier Award, Best Play), Dublin Carol, Port Authority, Shining City (Tony Award® nomination, Best Play), and The Seafarer. Film work includes I Went Down, Saltwater, Samuel Beckett's Endgame, and The Actors. Other awards include the George Devine Award, Critics' Circle Award, Evening Standard Award, Meyer Whitworth Award, Stewart Parker Award, two Irish Film & Television Academy Best Screenplay Awards, CICAE Best Film Award, Berlin Film Festival (Saltwater), Best Film and Best Screenplay Awards, San Sebastian Film Festival (I Went Down).
Justin Waldman is the Artistic Director of Two River Theater. He is a theatrical producer and director who has brought over 275 productions to life during his over 25-year career. Prior staff positions include: Associate Artistic Director (The Old Globe), Artistic Associate (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Artistic Associate (Huntington Theatre Company), and Producing Artistic Director at Next Stages, which he founded. New York directing: The Atheist (with Campbell Scott, Circle in the Square/Culture Project), Sonia Flew (Summer Play Festival), Jester's Dead (Studio Tisch and The Peoples Improv Theater), 52nd St. Project Playmaking, News Junkie (Lincoln Center Directors Lab). Regional: As You Like It (The Old Globe/USD MFA Program), Samuel J. and K. with Justin Long, What is the Cause of Thunder? with Wendie Malick and Betty Gilpin, The Atheist (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Brendan, The Atheist (Huntington Theatre Company), Over It (Next Stages), This Is Our Youth (Theatre Workshop of Nantucket), 12 Angry Men (Stanley B. Theater Company). Assistant Directing: Saturn Returns (Lincoln Center Theatre, Nicholas Martin, director), Houdini (musical workshop with Hugh Jackman, Scott Sanders productions, Jack O'Brien, director), Present Laughter, The Cherry Orchard, The Rose Tattoo, Love's Labour's Lost, Persephone, among others (Huntington Theatre Company), three seasons at Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. He has also directed readings and workshops by Theresa Rebeck, Noah Haidle, Jonathan Marc Sherman, Mat Smart, Sam Forman, Melinda Lopez, and Ronan Noone, among others. Justin is a graduate of Tufts University.
Two River Theater's 2025/26 Season Sponsor is Hackensack Meridian Riverview Medical Center.
Two River Theater is funded in part by public support through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the State of New Jersey, and the Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners. Private support includes Citizens Philanthropic Foundation, Courtyard by Marriott, Edgerton Foundation, Grunin Foundation, Merrill G. & Emita E. Hastings Foundation, Investors Foundation, Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, MacMillian Family Foundation, Manasquan Bank Charitable Foundation, Molly Pitcher Inn and The Oyster Point Hotel, Monmouth University, OceanFirst Bank, OceanFirst Foundation, Open Heart Yoga, Senior Living Residences Marlboro, The Shubert Foundation, The Stone Foundation of New Jersey, Triumph Brewing Company, Visiting Nurse Association of NJ Health Group, Zager Fuchs P.C., and other generous funders.
Award-winning Two River Theater, located in Red Bank, New Jersey, is where bold stories inspire imagination and connection. Each season, the theater produces a mix of new plays, reimagined classics, and musicals, along with new work development, education programs for young people, and community engagement events that bring people of all ages together. Across its 80,000-square-foot campus, more than 20,000 students, families, and theater lovers experience Two River's acclaimed productions each year on its two stages: the 343-seat Joan and Robert Rechnitz Theater and the flexible 110-seat Marion Huber Theater. The theater also houses state-of-the-art scenic, costume, and property shops.
Two River has launched productions that have reached international audiences, including Be More Chill by Tony Award® nominees Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz—the theater's first Broadway production—which went on to play in London's West End and Japan. Recognized by USA TODAY as one of the "10 Great Places to See a Play," Two River Theater is led by Artistic Director Justin Waldman and Managing Director Nora DeVeau-Rosen.
