The Apiary 2024
Opened: February 13, 2024Closing: February 25, 2024
The Apiary - 2024 Off-Broadway History , Info & More
Second Stage - Tony Kiser Theatre
305 West 43rd Street New York, NY 10036
22 years in the future, two lab assistants hatch a plan that could change the world. All they need are a few volunteers. A raucous and provocative world premiere by Kate Douglas about sacrifice, ambition, and honeybees, directed by Kate Whoriskey (Clyde’s).
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Review: Second Stage Theatre’s ‘The Apiary’: Stinging or Sweet As Honey?
4 / 10
Science fiction may be a natural fit for movies and TV, where budgets allow CGI world-building and eye-popping F/X, but the genre flourishes in humbler forms of storytelling. Caryl Churchill probed the existential horror behind cloning in A Number and Jordan Harrison walked the uncanny valley with aide-mémoire androids in Marjorie Prime. Where does The Apiary rank among futuristic stage work? In Kate Douglas’s dark farce set a persnickety 22 years from now, bee populations are shrinking (even more) due to climate change. A pair of technicians who run a synthetic apiary think they’ve found a solution. But it’s going to take a lot of human corpses. The scientific stakes are fairly high—Earth is, um, dying—but after 75 minutes of tonal wobble, you may flit from Second Stage Theatre with little to buzz about.
Two Queens (and Some Dancing): The Apiary
5 / 10
Connecting the dots of what The Apiary actually wants to say might be less sticky if Whoriskey’s production felt more fluent. Instead, there’s a broad, vaguely dissonant quality to much of the show’s theatricality — as if the production keeps elbowing you in the ribs, taking you out of it every time you try to sink in. This sensation manifests in the acting—Schilling’s ranting, largely two-dimensional Gwen feels like she’s in a completely different play from Matthis and Herlihy—and in the design. Spangler’s set is bulky and expensive-looking, seemingly committed to a kind of realism, and yet that soaring netting is speckled with what look like raisins — stationary black dots that are meant to be bees. Same goes for the hive frames that Pilar lovingly removes for testing: more black dots. The delicate vestiges of life and movement that remain in these creatures are of such central importance that seeing them manifested as clearly static set dressing is disconcerting. Realism has gone as far as it can go and has hit a wall: What could have happened on the other side?
Photos: Inside Opening Night of THE APIARY at Second Stage Theater
by Bruce Glikas - February 14, 2024
by Bruce Glikas - February 14, 2024
Second Stage Theater’s world premiere production of Kate Douglas’ The Apiary, directed by Kate Whoriskey, opened on February 13. BroadwayWorld was there for the show's opening. Check out photos here!
Review Roundup: THE APIARY World Premiere Opens at Second Stage Theater
by A.A. Cristi - February 13, 2024
by A.A. Cristi - February 13, 2024
Second Stage Theater’s world premiere production of Kate Douglas’ The Apiary, directed by Kate Whoriskey, is open now! Read the reviews!
THE APIARY World Premiere Extends at Second Stage Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 8, 2024
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 8, 2024
Second Stage Theater’s world premiere production of Kate Douglas’ THE APIARY, directed by Kate Whoriskey, has been extended one week. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.
Photos: First Look at Taylor Schilling & More in THE APIARY at Second Stage
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 7, 2024
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 7, 2024
Get a first look at photos of Kate Douglas' The Apiary at Second Stage Theater. See who is starring in the production and learn how to purchase tickets.
THE APIARY World Premiere Starring Taylor Schilling & More Begins Previews
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 31, 2024
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 31, 2024
THE APIARY, a world premiere play by Kate Douglas, begins previews tonight at Second Stage Theater's Tony Kiser Theater. Directed by Kate Whoriskey.
The Apiary History
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The Apiary - 2024 Off-Broadway Awards and Nominations
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| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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| 2024 | The Lortels | Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play | Carmen M. Herlihy |
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