Adapting The Skin Of Our Teeth

The Seat of Our Pants, a brand-new musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder's classic play The Skin of Our Teeth, will make its world premiere Off-Broadway in 2025, written by Ethan Lipton and directed by Tony and Drama Desk Award nominee Leigh Silverman. Lipton, a longtime collaborator with the Public Theater, adapts the classic with humor and contemporary relevance, offering audiences a fresh take on Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. The Seat of Our Pants is set to be a standout production in the 2025 season!

What Is The Story?

The 5,000-year-old Antrobus family keep finding themselves enduring a series of absurd, apocalyptic challenges throughout the ages. As they face everything from natural disasters to existential crises, all while holding the same kinds of fears and worries we have today, it's a timeless take on the madness of trying to survive in an unpredictable world!