The Wild Party

Led by Music Director Mary‐Mitchell Campbell, Artistic Director Lear deBessonet, and Creative Producing Director Clint Ramos, the Tony‐honored Encores! series returns in 2025 with a season of musical theater revivals to captivate both seasoned enthusiasts and newcomers alike. Closing out the 2025 Encores! series from April 30 through May 11 is The Wild Party. With music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa and book by LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe, The Wild Party brings Joseph Moncure March’s notorious poem to life in this vivid musical adaptaƟon. What happens when a night of debauchery leads to a morning of sobering truths? Directed by Saheem Ali with Encores! Music Director Mary‐Mitchell Campbell, this “dangerous, seedy, fantasƟc” (The Observer) gin‐soaked party is full of jazz‐age indulgence and Vaudeville stars leƫng loose off‐the‐clock.