Prince Faggot
2025 Off-Broadway play
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Prince Faggot is a 2025 play by Jordan Tannahill.
| Prince Faggot | |
|---|---|
Program cover from Studio Seaview run | |
| Written by | Jordan Tannahill |
| Directed by | Shayok Misha Chowdhury |
| Date premiered | June 16, 2025 |
| Original language | English |
Synopsis
An ensemble of queer and trans performers imagine a future world where Prince George of Cambridge is a gay man. In the process, they interrogate the ways in which power and colonisation play upon their lives and sexualities.[1][2]
The play features a series of fictional, direct-address monologues written by the playwright for the members of the ensemble, and a final monologue based on the real-life experiences of actress N'yomi Allure Stewart.[3][4]
Production history
World premiere (Off-Broadway)
Prince Faggot opened at Playwrights Horizons with a first preview on May 30, 2025, an official opening night on June 16, and a scheduled closing on July 6. After an extension, the first run closed on August 3, 2025. The show was co-produced by Soho Rep and Jeremy O. Harris, and directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury.[5]
Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)
The show returned for a second Off-Broadway run at Studio Seaview for an initial run of September 11, 2025 to October 26, 2025.[6] It was later extended through November 30, 2025.[7] On November 3, 2025, a third and final extension through December 13, 2025 was announced.[8]
Critical reception
New York Times theatre critic Jesse Green gave Prince Faggot a Critics' Pick and wrote "If the playwright means to shock, mission accomplished. But here’s the real shocker: the play... is thrilling. Inflammatory, nose-thumbing, explicit to the point of pornography, wild and undisciplined."[9] The play received positive reviews from various publications including The New Yorker,[10] Attitude,[11] and Cosmopolitan, which described the show as "a horny, thought-provoking play that's as academic as it is avant-garde."[12] The play stirred a degree of controversy[13] and prompted international press coverage[14] over its depiction of Prince George of Cambridge as an adult gay man engaged in kink and chemsex.
The premiere production was included on a number of 'Best of 2025' lists, including in the Los Angeles Times[15] Artforum[16] and Vulture.[17]
Casting and characters
| Playwrights Horizons[18] | Studio Seaview[18] | |
|---|---|---|
| Performer 1 | Mihir Kumar | |
| Performer 2 | K. Todd Freeman | Tyrone Mitchell Henderson (September 11-26, 2025) K. Todd Freeman (from September 27) |
| Performer 3 | Rachel Crowl | |
| Performer 4 | N'yomi Allure Stewart | |
| Performer 5 | David Greenspan | |
| Performer 6 | John McCrea | |
Awards and nominations
Prince Faggot is a finalist for the 2026 Lambda Literary Award for Drama[19].
Original Off-Broadway production
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Obie Award | Special Citation | Ensemble | Won |