I AM NOBODY RETURNS! April 2026
Greg Kotis‘ pandemic-clobbered musical rises again in a brand new production at The Magnet Theater, NYC, opening April 6, 2026.
Lucas’ phone has seized control of his mind. It gives him no peace!!! His only recourse is to abscond with a batch of super-charged microchips, intent on unleashing a powerful cyber virus capable of destroying the modern world. Hot on his heels are Naomi, a troubled barmaid and aspirant singer-songwriter, who’s convinced Lucas is a holy man with a holy plan, and Nathaniel, his co-worker at the microchip plant, who’s so smitten with Naomi he’ll drive her 1000s of miles to rendez-vous with another guy. Will Lucas manage to destroy modernity before this modern world can tear them even further apart?
THIS MODERN WORLD IS TEARING US APART, STILL
WE COULD NOT SURVIVE IN ANY OTHER PLACE OR TIME!
THIS MODERN WORLD HAS HELD US LIKE A PRISONER. BUT
WE ARE BOTH THE VICTIMS AND THE CULPRITS OF THIS CRIME.
(Naomi bows. Nathanial, smitten, claps enthusiastically. Lucas broods.)
I AM NOBODY
a guitar-powered 21st century parable by Greg Kotis
Directed by Avery Rose Pedell (Bone by Bone / The End of All Flesh)
Music direction & vocal arrangements by Stephen Anthony Elkins (Pedro Pan / The End of All Flesh)
With:
Emilio Cuesta (The Beast. in Me / I Am Nobody, 2020)
Madeline Glave (Hairspray / Sweeney Todd)
Ayun Halliday (The End of All Flesh / I Am Nobody, 2020)
Greg Kotis (The End of All Flesh / The Wayfaring Strangers)
Eric May Liu (Two Nights and Three Days / Love Interest)
Assistant Music Director: Piatt Pund (The Wayfaring Strangers)
Producer: Katie Walenta (The End of All Flesh / I Am Nobody, 2020)
Costume Design: Ayun Halliday (Lunchtime / Zamboni Godot / The End of All Flesh)
Lighting Design: Brian Chase (The End of All Flesh)
Orchestrations: Michael Cassedy (HALF-LIFE)
In the absence of a New York Times review, we are lucky to be able to share this endorsement of the original production from an anonymous audience member who caught what ended up being its final performance at The Tank and sent this lovely message :
I saw I AM NOBODY on Thursday night and I am so grateful that I saw it – thank you for the beautiful production. I brought a friend who didn’t know anything about the show and I asked her what she thought afterwards – “Oh!”, she exclaimed,”It was wild and beautiful!!” I completely agree with her and I know that everyone who watched the show last night would agree too. It felt so good to be in the theatre, seeing a new piece full of music, love, humour, fighting, driving, and singing …it was a reminder for me of why I love theatre and why I moved to this city a million years ago 🙂