H.G. Wells’s The Croquet Player

By H.G. Wells, Adaptation by Kris Kouros
Directed by Joe John Battista
March 19 – April 4
MAR 19 - APR 4; WED, THU, FRI, SAT at 8 PM, SUN at 3 PM

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

H.G. Wells’s The Croquet Player

Adaptation by Kris Kouros

March 19, 2026 – April 4, 2026
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM

Tickets – $20, Students & Seniors $15
Run time: 90 minutes, no intermission
JOHNSON THEATER

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Directions

May 10, 1940. As privileged guests play croquet at the elegant Perona Springs Hotel in Normandy, France, the world beyond their civilized retreat is on fire; a mysterious plague and an outbreak of Fascism are about to descend. This adaptation of a little known novella by H. G. Wells is as visionary and as haunting as The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, and Things to Come.

CAST
*Daniel Yaiullo
Christine Weiss
*Brian Vincent
*John Barilla
*Kevin Orton
Trevor Crane

*All Actors appearing Courtesy of Actors Equity Association

PRODUCTION
Adaptation by Kris Kouros
Director – Joe John Battista
Lighting Design – Alex Bartenieff
Set Design – Mark Marcante and Lytza Colón
Stage Manager – Sayma Karim