Aasif Mandvi: A Work in Progress
January 9 - february 6, 2027
59E59 THEATERS (59 East 59th Street)
Weds-Fri @ 7:15pm; Sat @ 2:15 & 7:15pm; Sun @ 2:15pm
written and performed by AASIF MANDVI
directed by KIMBERLY SENIOR
A funny, furious, and deeply personal solo show about the stories we tell ourselves, how long they hold, and what's left when they finally don't. Part immigrant epic, part celebrity confession, part 3am parental spiral, Aasif Mandvi traces the journey of the immigrant boy who crossed an ocean to chase the American dream, mastered every room he was never supposed to be in, and perfected the art of making the right people comfortable, only to realize that all along, the joke was on him.
Run time: 75 minutes with no intermission
Aasif Mandvi: A Work in Progress is the inaugural project for the new Primary Stages Studio Series. The Studio Series offers artists a professional space to test their boldest ideas. Here audiences are invited into the living process of making theater, witnessing work evolve across a limited run where no two nights will be the same.
Lead support for Aasif Mandvi: A Work in Progress is provided by the Andrew Leynse Legacy Project at Primary Stages.
Major season support provided by The Howard Gilman Foundation, the A.R. Gurney Playwrights Fund, The SHS Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
MEET THE TEAM
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AASIF MANDVI
PLAYWRIGHT AND PERFORMER
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KIMBERLY SENIOR
DIRECTOR
SHOW LOCATION
59E59 Theaters, 59 East 59th Street (between Park and Madison Avenues)
BUY TICKETS
Tickets for the Primary Stages 2026/27 Season will be available to the public starting August 25.
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