Following an extraordinary inaugural collaboration last year, Audible Theater and TOGETHER, the theatrical partnership led by Sonia Friedman and Hugh Jackman, are pleased to announce the return of Hannah Moscovitch’s Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes with Ella Beatty and Hugh Jackman, and directed by Ian Rickson, to launch their 2026 season. Performances run March 17 – April 20 at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City. Additional programming for Audible Theater and TOGETHER’s 2026 season will be announced soon. Driven by a shared commitment to accessibility, 25% of the house for every performance will have $35 tickets, available only on the day of show through TodayTix or in person at the Minetta Lane box office. Tickets are now available at AudibleTheater.com.
Back by popular demand after an acclaimed and sold-out New York premiere run last year, Hugh Jackman and Ella Beatty return to star in Hannah Moscovitch’s award-winning Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, a New York Times Critic’s Pick that was hailed by the Times as “a terrific, tightly plaited knot of a play.” A provocative and razor-sharp examination of desire, power, and blurred boundaries, this gripping drama is an intimate exploration of agency and perspective that will leave you questioning your own assumptions long after it ends.
Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes is available on Audible, extending the show’s reach to millions of listeners across the globe. The Audible Original was also praised for its “incredible performances by Jackman and Beatty” (Collider).
Sonia Friedman and Hugh Jackman said: “Our first season proudly united remarkable artists and welcomed the widest possible audience into the beloved Minetta Lane to discover visceral theater. We’re energized to return to New York with our artistic collaborators Ian Rickson and the team at Audible to present a rotating season of productions while upholding our shared commitment: ensuring live theater is accessible through approachable ticketing and also extending its life through audio. Our unique Audible and TOGETHER collaboration shows what becomes possible when artistic excellence and genuine access work hand in hand.”
Kate Navin, Audible Head of Creative Development for North America, said: “Last year’s collaboration with TOGETHER set a new standard, and we’re proud to build upon our shared vision with Sonia, Hugh, Ian, and the entire creative team with this second season. Hannah Moscovitch’s riveting play returns following its acclaimed live run and audio release, and we’re excited to share more programming details soon. By offering these productions as Audible Originals on our service, we’re able to make exceptional theater accessible anywhere, from our intimate Minetta Lane stage to listeners across the globe.”
Audible Theater and TOGETHER’s acclaimed, sold-out first season in 2025 also included Jen Silverman’s New York Times Critic’s Pick adaptation of August Strindberg’s Creditors, with Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff, and Justice Smith. Creditors is available now on Audible. Audible Theater and TOGETHERdistributed over 13,000 affordable and complimentary tickets to community organizations over the course of the eight-week season.
The creative team for Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes includes Brett J Banakis and Christine Jones (co-scenic design), Ásta Bennie Hostetter (costume design), Isabella Byrd (lighting design), and Mikaal Sulaiman (sound design). Jim Carnahan is Casting Director. The Production Stage Manager is Merrick A. B. Williams. Theatrical supervision is by Beacon Theatrical Services and general management is by ShowTown Theatricals.
“Ella Beatty delivers halting vagueness so precisely, she fulfills the play’s plan perfectly.” – The New York Times Critic’s Pick
★★★★ “It’s a treat to see Hugh Jackman in such an up-close-and-personal setting. The actor doesn’t disappoint.” – New York Stage Review
“Under Ian Rickson’s astute, sensitive direction, Hugh Jackman and Ella Beatty mine both its heat and its cooler shades of gray.” – The New York Sun
“This two-hander, which can now be listened to in full on Audible, may be Moscovitch’s greyest (and greatest) work yet.” – Playbill 15 Best Shows of 2025
BIOGRAPHIES
ELLA BEATTY is a Juilliard-trained actress who will soon star as Lizzie Borden, the lead role in the next season of Ryan Murphy and Netflix’s “Monster,” as well as Sophia Takal’s psychological thriller Act One, opposite Ari Graynor and Nate Mann. She was most recently seen in the A24 film If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, alongside Rose Byrne and A$AP Rocky. On stage, Beatty recently starred in the off-Broadway play Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, opposite Hugh Jackman, as well as Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts, alongside Lily Rabe and Billy Crudup. Her Broadway debut was in Appropriate at the Belasco Theater, the hit play which won the 2024 Tony Award for “Best Revival of a Play,” where she assumed the role of "River" previously played by Elle Fanning. Additionally, she was seen in the role of "Kerry O'Shea" in the Gus Van Sant-directed, Ryan Murphy-produced FX series, “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.”
HUGH JACKMAN is a multi-talented actor, producer and philanthropist. He is best known for his long-running role as Wolverine in the X-Men film series, as well as for his lead roles in the romantic-comedy fantasy Kate & Leopold, the action-horror film Van Helsing, the drama The Prestige and The Fountain, the epic historical romantic drama Australia, the film version of Les Misérables, and the thriller Prisoners (2013). His work in Les Misérables earned him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy in 2013. On Broadway, Jackman won a Tony Award for his role in The Boy from Oz. A four-time host of the Tony Awards themselves, he won an Emmy Award for one of these appearances. Jackman also hosted the 81st Academy Awards in 2009. His most recent appearance on Broadway was as Harold Hill, in the revival of The Music Man. Hugh then co-starred in the Marvel Films 2024 blockbuster movie Deadpool and Wolverine and 2025’s Song Sung Blue. His upcoming films scheduled to be released are The Sheep Detectives and The Death of Robin Hood.
IAN RICKSON (Director) was the Artistic Director of the Royal Court from 1998 to 2006. He directed numerous productions including The Weir by Conor McPherson, Jerusalem, The River (also West End and Broadway), Mojo (also Chicago), all by Jez Butterworth; Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen and This is a Chair by Caryl Churchill. West End shows include Lyonesse, Rosmersholm, Uncle Vanya, The Birthday Party, Old Times, Betrayal and The Children’s Hour; National Theatre, London Tide, Paradise, All of Us, Translations by Brian Friel, Evening at the Talk Houseby Wallace Shawn, The Red Lion by Patrick Marber, The Hothouse by Harold Pinter. Productions at the Old Vic include Electra by Sophocles. Ian was Artistic Director of Sonia Friedman’s Re-Emerge season in the West End in 2021 and directed for the stage and the filming of Walden, one of the three plays in that Season. Rickson also works with PJ Harvey and Kate Tempest on their music and poetry shows.
HANNAH MOSCOVITCH is one of Canada’s most acclaimed playwrights. Her sixteen plays have been widely produced at home and abroad, and she’s been honoured with numerous awards for her work, including The Governor General’s Award, the Trillium Book Award, the Nova Scotia MasterWorks Arts Award, and the Windham-Campbell Prize. In television, Hannah was the Co-Creator, Executive Producer and Head Writer of the limited series “Little Bird” alongside showrunner Jennifer Podemski. “Little Bird” garnered a landslide of awards and critical praise, winning thirteen Canadian Screen Awards in 2024 including Best Drama Series. Hannah has worked as a writer and producer on all three seasons of AMC’s hit series “Interview With The Vampire,” which has been included on many Best TV of the Year Lists, such as Vanity Fair, Variety, TV Guide, Buzzfeed, HuffPost, Slate, Collider, Vulture and IndieWire.
ABOUT TOGETHER
Sonia Friedman and Hugh Jackman have launched TOGETHER, a new company dedicated to creating live theater that is intimate and accessible. Every TOGETHER production will be driven by a commitment to offering audiences a chance to experience theater in a fresh and engaging way.
Working alongside artistic director Ian Rickson, TOGETHER will stage short runs of fully rehearsed, full-length plays, along with readings, panel discussions and other events in the US, UK, and beyond. The focus will be on collaboration, ensemble, equal pay for actors, and shared creative credit. By stripping the fully rehearsed productions down to their essentials, with minimal décor, TOGETHER aims to celebrate the raw power of storytelling — getting back to what often makes theater so compelling in the first place.
Performances will take place in small venues, where established actors will perform just feet from the audience, creating an intimate, elemental experienceand heightened sense of community. Above all, TOGETHERis committed to keeping its productions genuinely affordable for a large proportion of the house and open to as many people as possible.
ABOUT AUDIBLE THEATER
Audible Theater makes outstanding performances and powerful storytelling available to live audiences in New York City and millions of people all over the world. Since founding in 2018, Audible Theater’s dynamic mix of live and audio theater productions have been praised as “trailblazing” (Variety), “illuminating” (Forbes), and “an exemplary use of the medium” (The Observer).
Audible Theater productions have garnered more than 60 nominations and 14 wins across the theater awards landscape. More than 120 audio theater titles have released on Audible. Audible Theater has produced the multi-award-winning and seven-time Tony Award-nominated musical Dead Outlaw, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, book by Itamar Moses, conceived by David Yazbek, and directed by David Cromer; Hannah Moscovitch’s play Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes starring Ella Beatty and Hugh Jackman; Sorry for Your Loss written by and starring Michael Cruz Kayne; Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares written by and starring Laura Benanti; Alex Newell and the Gospel of a Diva written by and starring Alex Newell; Nostalgia: A Love Letter to NYC written by and starring Eva Noblezada; Girls & Boys starring Carey Mulligan; Harry Clarke starring Billy Crudup; and many others at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City. Audible Theater has also produced audio adaptions of acclaimed plays including Colman Domingo’s Wild with Happy starring Domingo, Oprah Winfrey, Sharon Washington, Alex Newell, and Tyler James Williams; David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face starring Daniel Dae Kim and Jason Biggs; David Auburn’s Summer, 1976 starring Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht; and many more.
In May 2018, Audible announced that the Minetta Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village would serve as its creative home for live performances in New York, with Audible members receiving exclusive access to discounted tickets and related audio content. Since then, Audible has hosted and produced a wide variety of live performances at the Minetta Lane including dramatic plays, comedic shows, original musical performances, and more.
Since June 2017, Audible has commissioned 50 playwrights to receive support from its $5 million Emerging Playwrights Fund dedicated to developing innovative English-language works from around the globe. The initiative enables the creation of original plays driven by language and voice, keeping with Audible’s core commitment to elevate listening experiences through powerful performances and extraordinary vocal storytelling. Emerging Playwrights commissions have included Evil Eye by Madhuri Shekar, The Half-Life of Marie Curie by Lauren Gunderson, Good Enemy by Yilong Liu, and more.
ABOUT AUDIBLE, INC.
Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), is the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, offering global audiences a powerful way to enhance and enrich their lives through extraordinary content. Audible’s catalog includes more than 1,000,000 audio titles, including Audible Originals as well as audiobooks and podcasts from leading studios, print, audio and magazine publishers and world-renowned entertainers.