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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Public Theatre, Newman Theatre
October 08, 2026 - November 15, 2026
A Musical
Book and Lyrics by Jethro Compton
Music and Lyrics by Darren Clark
Based on the Short Story by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Choreographed by Chi-San Howard
Directed by Jethro Compton
Following a highly acclaimed production in London’s West End, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON makes its North American premiere at The Public this fall. Olivier Award-winning writing team Jethro Compton and Darren Clark reimagine F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic story of an old man who is not at the end of his life, but at the beginning. Set in a Cornish fishing village on the coast of Great Britain, and brought to life by a company of 15 actor-musicians, this is the magical tale of a love that defies all odds.
In June 2026, Jo Brook released a new original song Alabama Land.
Featuring:
Morgan Morse on mandolin & guitar
Brendan O’Grady on bass
and Jo Brook on vocals, guitar, fiddle
In April 2026, Jo Brook released a new original song Montana Crosstune.
Featuring:
Morgan Morse on mandolin
Hilary Hawke on banjo
Brendan O’Grady on bass
and Jo Brook on vocals & fiddle
TADA! / 28th Street Theatre, NYC
April 22, 2026 | 7PM
Jo is thrilled to share that her solo show, Back Float, has been selected as an official performance in Emerging Artists Theatre’s Spark Festival in New York City.
Writer & Performer: Jo Brook*
Directer: Lauren Jeanne Thomas
Director of American Sign Language: Erin Rosenfeld
Dramaturg: Megan Loomis
Sound Design: Melanie Chen Cole
Graphic Design: Annette Navarro
Back Float is a daring, deeply human solo show about an actor and musician navigating hearing loss. Blending folk music, auditory soundscape, spoken English and ASL, the piece lives in the charged in-between: between sound and silence, labels and lived experience, isolation and belonging. Intimate, inventive, and witty, Back Float charts one woman’s unapologetic reclamation of sound, memory, and identity.