| 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 |
Prince Faggot is a 2025 play by Jordan Tannahill.
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 Obie Award winner Shayok Misha Chowdhury.[5]
Studio Seaview (Off-Broadway)
The show returned to 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 | |
References
- ^ "Prince Faggot". Playwrights Horizon. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ^ Nevins, Jake (2025-07-15). "Jordan Tannahill Takes Tony Kushner Inside "Prince Faggot"". Interview. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ^ "Prince Faggot May Look Like It's About the Royal Family, But It's Actually About Queer Joy". Playbill, November 20, 2025.
- ^ "Breaking the fourth wall to confront and galvanise audiences". Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2025.
- ^ Buchwald, Linda (2025-04-16). "K. Todd Freeman, David Greenspan, and More Join Jordan Tannahill World Premiere". TheaterMania. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ^ Gans, Andrew; Culwell-Block, Logan (4 August 2025). "Prince F****t Sets Fall Off-Broadway Return". Playbill. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^ "Prince F****t Extends Off-Broadway Return". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2025-09-22. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ^ Culwell-Block, Logan (3 November 2025). "Prince Fagg*t Gets 3rd, Final Extension Off-Broadway at Studio Seaview". Playbill. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
- ^ "Review: He's Here, He's Queer, He's the Future King of England". The New York Times. 2025-06-18. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
- ^ Shaw, Helen (2025-06-26). ""Prince Faggot" Sends Up Kink and Country". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
- ^ "Prince Faggot Off-Broadway Review 'No kings in NYC, but we bow to the princess of the pier'". 2025-06-18. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
- ^ "Broadway's Edgier Cousin Is Thriving—and Getting Political". Cosmopolitan. 2025-06-18. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ^ "Sex, drugs and S&M: hit play depicts Prince George as grown up and gay". The Times, June 21, 2025.
- ^ "Why are Americans obsessed with making the Royal family gay?". The Telegraph, June 18, 2025.
- ^ "Best Theater of 2025". Los Angeles Times, Dec 9, 2025.
- ^ "Rhoda Feng Best of Performing Arts 2025". Artforum, Dec 2, 2025.
- ^ "What the Culturati 50 Loved in 2025". Vulture, Dec 1, 2025.
- ^ a b Russo, Gillian (2025-08-04). "'Prince F****t' to play encore Off-Broadway run this fall". New York Theatre Guide. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
