About the Show

Three monologues tracing small decisions that echo across lives and time.

The play unfolds through three separate monologues: a tree surgeon who falls unexpectedly in love, a young woman searching the prairie for a missing friend, and a new mother drawn into an unusual relationship with a celebrity. Though their stories appear unrelated, each narrative reveals how ordinary decisions can trigger profound consequences that resonate across time and geography.

Written by Ella Hickson, the work examines connections between identity, relationships, and transformation. By placing distinct voices side by side, the play explores how individual experiences can reverberate beyond their immediate moment, linking lives across generations and continents.

Critic Reviews (5)

"The idea that New Born offers an experience you can't get from just downloading the monologues onto your phone is pitiable."
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"At just shy of two hours, 'New Born' overstays its welcome, and even Hickson's most compelling ideas are stretched too thin for their own good."
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"While it is not nearly as satisfying an evening as the revival of Noonan's play, it remains a worthwhile opportunity to witness exemplary acting in an intimate setting."
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Jackman maintains an improbably easygoing magnanimity even as his character endures a series of life-altering calamities. We get it; he’s a nice guy. He’s Hugh Jackman. But is it too much to ask the character to register some kind of emotion for what he’s experiencing?
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Hugh Jackman and company are extraordinary in Ella Hickson's New Born, a brilliant, breathless evening that leaves you awed, spent, and wishing for just one breath between blows.
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