YOU GOT OLDER
A PLAY BY CLARE BARRON
DIRECTED BY ANNE KAUFFMAN
STARRING ALIA SHAWKAT

BEGINNING FEBRUARY 12, 2026 OFF-BROADWAY AT THE CHERRY LANE THEATRE

FIVE STARS. EXTRAORDINARY. CLARE BARRON’S YOU GOT OLDER MOVED ME AS FEW NEW PLAYS HAVE. ADAM FELDMAN, TIME OUT NEW YORK

THIS TERRIFIC NEW PLAY OFFERS A HILARIOUS AND PAINFULLY AFFECTING BLEND OF ODDBALL DIALOGUE, BEAUTIFULLY OBSERVED FAMILY DYNAMICS, AND A PREOCCUPATION WITH THE WEIRD WAYS OF THE BODY. ROLLO ROMIG, THE NEW YORKER

(December 8, 2025 – New York, NY) The Obie Award-winning play You Got Older by Pulitzer Prize finalist Clare Barron will return Off-Broadway this winter starring Alia Shawkat (“Search Party,” Blink Twice) in a new production by Tony Award nominee and Obie Award winner Anne Kauffman, who also directed the play’s premiere. Produced by Cherry Lane Theatre and Matt Ross, performances of You Got Older will begin Thursday February 12, 2026, at the newly reopened Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street, NY), with an official opening set for Monday February 23, for a limited run through Sunday March 29, 2026.

After losing both her job and her boyfriend (comes with the territory when you're dating your boss), an unmoored and unsettled Mae (Alia Shawkat) returns to her small Washington hometown to take care of her ailing father. When she unexpectedly meets a mysterious stranger, she has the startling realization that maybe the intimacy she’s been craving is easier with the unknown, rather than with her own family. Blending reality and fantasy, You Got Older reunites Obie Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Clare Barron with Obie Award winner and Tony Award nominee Anne Kauffman for this tender and darkly comic play about family, illness, and cowboys — and how to remain standing when everything you know comes crashing down around you.

“The chance to revisit this play with Anne Kauffman is a dream come true,” said playwright Clare Barron. “We both got older. Who knows if we're wiser! But it's a beautiful experience to see the play through a new lens with a new venture on a precious, old stage. Life and intimacy continue to confound.”

Written by Obie Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Clare Barron (Dance Nation) and directed by Obie Award winner and Tony Award nominee Anne Kauffman (Mary Jane), You Got Older will feature scenic design by Tony Award nominee Arnulfo Maldonado (Buena Vista Social Club), costume design by Obie Award winner Ásta Bennie Hostetter (John), lighting design by Tony Award nominee Isabella Byrd (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club), and sound design and composition by Tony Award nominee Daniel Kluger (Oh, Mary!). Taylor Williams, CSA is the casting director.

The full cast for You Got Older will be announced shortly.

You Got Older received its world premiere in 2014 at HERE Arts Center, presented by Page 73, under the direction of Anne Kauffman.

Tickets to You Got Older will begin at $59 and are available now to AAA24 members. An exclusive 24-hour pre-sale for Cherry Lane email subscribers will begin tomorrow, December 9 and last for 24 hours. Tickets will go on sale to the public at 10am ET on Wednesday December 10 at cherrylanetheatre.org.

The performance schedule for You Got Older is as follows:

• Week of February 9: Thursday - Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 7pm.

• Week of February 16: Tuesday - Saturday at 8pm; Saturday & Sunday at 2pm.

• Beginning February 23: Tuesday – Thursday at 7pm; Friday at 8pm; Saturday at 2pm & 8pm; Sunday at 2pm & 7pm.

• Exceptions: there will be no 2pm performances on Sunday March 1 and Sunday March 15. There will be added 2pm performances on Wednesday February 25 and Wednesday March 11.

For tickets and more information on You Got Older visit cherrylanetheatre.org.

ABOUT THE CHERRY LANE THEATRE: As the oldest Off-Broadway theatre in New York City, the century-old Cherry Lane Theatre has long been a staple in New York’s cultural landscape. Acquired by A24 in 2023, the theatre has undergone a multi-year renovation and reopened in September 2025. Its programming will expand to include theater, as well as comedy, music and film. A new addition to the theater is Wild Cherry, the latest bar restaurant from Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr, the team behind Frenchette, Le Rock, and Le Veau d’Or.

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BIOS

ALIA SKAWKAT (Mae) will next appear in NEON's The Wrong Girls, starring alongside Kristen Stewart and Seth Rogen. She will also make her theatre debut in the off Broadway play You Got Older at A24’s Cherry Lane Theatre next year. Most recently she can be seen in the critically acclaimed Atropia, winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and produced by Luca Guadagnino.

This year, Shawkat appeared in “Severance” Season 2, Apple TV+'s multi-Emmy nominated series, and Peacock’s highly praised “Poker Face” Season 2. Previously, Shawkat could be seen starring opposite Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow in seasons 1 and 2 of the FX on Hulu series “The Old Man.” She previously starred in the genre-bending mystery comedy “Search Party” which aired its fifth season on HBO Max. She received critical praise each season for her performance as the show’s lead “Dory.” 

Shawkat's other feature credits include Amazon / MGM Studios Summer 2024 theatrical release, Blink Twice and Aaron Sorkin's Amazon film Being the Ricardos opposite Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem. Shawkat was nominated for a BIFA for starring in Anthony Chen's English-language debut film Drift, opposite Cynthia Erivo, which premiered at 2023's Sundance Film Festival. Alia has also been featured in the independent drama Animals opposite Holliday Grainger, and Blaze, the Ethan Hawke directed indie bio about country and western songwriter Blaze Foley. In 2018, Alia starred in the independent film Duck Butter which she co-wrote with Miguel Arteta and executive produced alongside Arteta and the Duplass Brothers. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival where she was awarded Best Actress in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film.

Shawkat is well known for her role of “Maeby Funke” on FOX’s Emmy Award winning cult comedy series “Arrested Development.” Her other film credits include the thriller Green Room, directed by Jeremy Saulnier, 20th Century Women, directed by Mike Mills and Kelly Reichardt’s films Night Moves and First Cow.       

In addition to acting, Shawkat is a talented jazz singer, pianist, and an accomplished painter and illustrator.    

CLARE BARRON (Playwright) is a playwright and performer from Wenatchee, Washington. Her plays include Shhhh (The Atlantic), You Got Older (Page 73; Steppenwolf), I'll Never Love Again (The Bushwick Starr), Baby Screams Miracle (Clubbed Thumb; Woolly Mammoth) and Dance Nation (Playwrights Horizons; Steppenwolf; The Almeida). She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the winner of two Obie Awards, the Relentless Award, the Whiting Award, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and the James Tait Black Prize. She was a writer/producer on the Emmy-nominated series “Say Nothing” about the lives of two teenage sisters who join the IRA during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Her episode about the sisters' hunger strike was singled out as one of “The 10 Best TV Episodes of 2024” by The Hollywood Reporter and nominated for the Humanitas Prize.

ANNE KAUFFMAN (Director). New York Philharmonic, BAM, Ars Nova, NYTW, Roundabout Theatre Company, Encores! Off-Center, Women’s Project, Playwrights Horizons, MCC, The Public, P73 Productions, New Georges, Vineyard Theater, LCT3, Yale Rep, Steppenwolf, Goodman Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Z Space, American Conservatory Theater and Berkeley Rep. She is a Resident Director at Roundabout Theater, Artistic Associate and Founding Member of The Civilians, a Clubbed Thumb board member and co-creator of the CT Directing Fellowship, a New Georges Associate Artist, Drama League board member, Vice President and Trustee of SDCF 2020-2023 and Artistic Director of City Center’s Encores! Off-Center 2017-2020. Kauffman’s awards include a 2024 Tony nomination for Best Director for Mary Jane, a 2023 Tony nomination for Best Revival for The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, three Obies, the Joan and Joseph Cullman Award for Exceptional Creativity from Lincoln Center, the Alan Schneider Director Award, a Lucille Lortel Award, a Drama League award and the Joe A. Callaway. Co-creator of the Cast Album Project with Jeanine Tesori.

CHERRY LANE THEATRE (Producer, Theatre) As the oldest Off-Broadway theatre in New York City, the century-old Cherry Lane Theatre has long been a staple in New York’s cultural landscape. Acquired by A24 in 2023, the theatre has undergone a multi-year renovation and reopened in September 2025. Its programming will expand to include theater, as well as comedy, music and film. A new addition to the theater is Wild Cherry, the latest bar restaurant from Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr, the team behind Frenchette, Le Rock, and Le Veau d’Or.

MATT ROSS (Producer) is a theatrical producer whose lead producing credits include Is This A Room/Dana H.; Pass Over; Sam Kissajukian: 300 Paintings (currently on tour); and the Tony Award-nominated Broadway engagement of Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me, its national tour, and live capture film for Amazon Prime Video. Projects currently in development include the new musicals The Interestings (based on the book by Meg Wolitzer) and What's Eating Gilbert Grape (based on the book by Peter Hedges).

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