“WAITING FOR GODOT” TO WELCOME OVER 500 NYC PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION’S THEATRE PROGRAM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2025
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER JAMIE LLOYD’S
NEW PRODUCTION OF SAMUEL BECKETT’S MASTERPIECE
“WAITING FOR GODOT”
STARRING
KEANU REEVES & ALEX WINTER
TO WELCOME OVER 500 NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL
STUDENTS & EDUCATORS
THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION’S THEATRE PROGRAM
New York, NY (September 25, 2025) – Today, in partnership with New York City’s Department of Education, director/producer Jamie Lloyd’s new production of Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece Waiting for Godot starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter announced that it will welcome over 500 New York City public school students and educators to attend the new production, which is now in previews at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre (141 West 44th Street) and will open Sunday, September 28.
The students and educators, who will attend the show over two matinee performances on Wednesday, October 29 and Wednesday, November 5, are attending through the Department of Education’s Theatre Program. The ticket recipients represent each of the City’s five boroughs, and for many of the young people, it will be their first time seeing a show in a Broadway theater.
Tony Award® and multiple Olivier Award®-winning director/producer Jamie Lloyd said, “I’m overjoyed that we are able to partner with Peter Avery and the Department of Education to bring these students and teachers to the Hudson to see Waiting For Godot. This is an amazing opportunity to introduce Beckett’s masterwork to a whole new generation. On behalf of Keanu, Alex, my fellow producers at The Jamie Lloyd Company, ATG Productions, Bad Robot Live, and Gavin Kalin Productions, and the entire cast and crew, I look forward to welcoming these young people and educators to the Hudson.”
“Exposing New York City public school students to the arts is the core mission of our office. We are honored by the generosity of the show’s producers and excited as 500 of our emerging creative students will experience Jamie Lloyd’s direction of this masterful work,” said NYC Public Schools Arts Office Executive Director Paul Thompson. “Partnerships such as these provide the inspiration and real-life exposure that fuels dreams and catapults careers. We hope to continue building a lasting relationship with the theatre community.”
This strictly limited engagement will play through Sunday, January 4, 2026 only. Tickets for Waiting for Godot are available at www.godotbroadway.com.
Reeves and Winter are joined by OBIE and Theater World Award winner Brandon J. Dirden as ‘Pozzo’ and Michae l Patrick Thornton will play ‘Lucky.’ The role of ‘A Boy’ is shared by Zaynn Arora and Eric Williams. The cast is completed by understudies Jesse Aaronson and Franklin Bongjio.
The design team for Waiting for Godot features frequent Jamie Lloyd collaborators: Evening Standard Award winner and Tony Award nominee Soutra Gilmour (set and costume design), two-time Tony Award winner Jon Clark (lighting design), multiple Olivier and Tony Award nominees Ben and Max Ringham (sound design), Cheryl Thomas (hair and makeup design), Jim Carnahan CSA & Liz Fraser CSA (casting director), and Johnny Milani (production stage manager). The creative team also includes Conner Wilson (associate director); Grace Laubacher, Lily Tomasic, & Wilson Chin (associate scenic design); Ricky Lurie & Jess Gersz (co-associate costume design), Jessica Creager (associate lighting design), Christopher Cronin (associate sound design), and Veronica Lee (stage manager).
Beckett’s masterpiece, Waiting For Godot, is acknowledged as one of the greatest plays of the 20th century. Originally premiering in 1953 in French with a subsequent English-language production premiering in 1955 in London, it has become a cultural touchstone having been translated into dozens of languages and has inspired artists in the worlds of film, television, dance, opera, visual arts, fashion, and even video games. London’s National Theatre surveyed over 800 leaders of the theater world and Waiting For Godot topped the list as the most significant play of the last 100 years. In 2009, Ben Brantley, writing for the New York Times, said of Godot, “this greatest of 20th century plays, is also entertainment of a high order.”
Waiting for Godot is produced by The Jamie Lloyd Company, ATG Productions, Bad Robot Live, and Gavin Kalin Productions. 101 Productions, Ltd. / Chris Morey will serve as general manager.
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