Audible Theater's STRATEGIC LOVE PLAY Ends Limited Run This Weekend

“A comedic tour de force!” – The Guardian

“A bracingly funny, brutally efficient satire of modern love,
it has all the hallmarks of a contemporary classic.”
– TheaterMania

Audible Theater
and Chase This Productions’
New York Premiere of
Strategic Love Play
Must End Limited Run
This Saturday, December 7
at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre



Audible Original Releases April 10, 2025,
Pre-Order Now Available on Audible

Commissioned and Originally Produced by Paines Plough, Soho Theatre, and Belgrade Theatre

Starring Heléne Yorke and Michael Zegen
Written by Miriam Battye
Directed by Katie Posner

NEWARK, NJ and NEW YORK, NY – December 5, 2024 – Audible, Inc., the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, and Chase This Productions’ Strategic Love Play starring Heléne Yorke (“The Other Two,” “Masters of Sex”) and Michael Zegen (Notice to Quit, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), must conclude its limited engagement, New York-premiere run this Saturday, December 7 at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre (18 Minetta Lane, between MacDougal & 6th Avenue), Audible’s creative home for live performances in New York.

Strategic Love Play will also be recorded and released as an Audible Original on April 10, 2025, extending its reach to millions of listeners around the world.
Tickets for Strategic Love Play’s four remaining performances can be purchased at StrategicLovePlay.com:
· Thursday, December 5 at 7:30pm
· Friday, December 6 at 7:30pm
· Saturday, December 7 at 5:00pm and 8:30pm

Written by Miriam Battye (“Succession,” “Beef”) and directed by Katie Posner, Strategic Love Play arrives in New York following a sold-out run at the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a UK tour, and two sold-out runs at London’s Soho Theatre. Strategic Love Play was originally produced by Paines Plough, Soho Theatre, and Belgrade Theatre, in association with Landmark Theatres.

After matching online, two strangers – Heléne Yorke and Michael Zegen – meet in real life. The vibe is off, and the conversation is a mess. Yet something is keeping them in their seats. What begins as a typical date off the apps spirals into something unexpected in a bold new production of Strategic Love Play, the show that sold out in London and took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm. From “Succession” writer Miriam Battye and director Katie Posner comes the New York debut of the award-winning, razor-sharp “comedic tour de force” (The Guardian) that The Evening Standard calls “as gripping as a friend’s rapid-fire texts from a disastrous first date.”

The creative team includes Arnulfo Maldonado (scenic design), Dede Ayite (costume design), Jen Schriever (lighting design), Tei Blow (sound design), Elizabeth Allen (production stage manager), Jackson Berkley (properties), and Taylor Williams, CSA (casting). Technical supervision is by Beacon Theatrical Services with general management by Baseline Theatrical’s Jonathan Whitton. The company understudies are Katie Broad and Sebastian Beacon.