Name: Garry Starr: Classic Penguins
Start: 2026-09-03T20:00
End: 2026-09-03
Location: Garry Starr: Classic Penguins

THE CLASSICS, STRIPPED BARE.

International smash hit GARRY STARR lands in New York this fall, and he’s hell-bent on saving books from extinction – by performing every Penguin Classic novel ever written in under an hour, (mostly) naked.

This September, don’t miss this brilliantly daring Off-Broadway premiere as Garry Starr takes over Studio Seaview for a month of ‘euphoric chaos’ (★★★★★ Metro).

‘Ingenious comic’ (★★★★ Guardian) Starr will take you on a literary adventure through the world’s most iconic works of fiction. From Breakfast at Tiffany’s to Moby Dick and everything in between, nothing is safe from being lampooned in this ‘bonkers, ingenious and hilarious’ show (Daily Mail).

TimeOut calls it ‘★★★★★ wildly original and relentlessly funny’ – book your tickets now for the exclusive five-week-only New York run.

This event is strictly 18+. The production includes full nudity, strobe lighting, and haze. Audience participation will be invited at the discretion of the performer. No photography or filming.

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CAST

DAMIEN WARREN-SMITH

Damien Warren-Smith is an award-winning writer, producer and performer of ‘brilliantly stupid physical comedy’ (Fest Mag). He regularly teams up with some of the greatest creatives on the planet to create theatre that is ‘meticulously planned yet delightfully unpredictable’ (Metro).

Damien studied pretending at Actors Centre Australia in Sydney, clowning at École Philippe Gaulier in Paris and corporeal mime at Atelier des Mimes in Berlin. His debut solo show Garry Starr Performs Everything was nominated for both Best Newcomer & The Golden Gibbo at the 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival as well as a string of UK awards. His follow-up show Greece Lightning picked up top awards in Adelaide, Sydney, Gothenburg and Manchester. His third show Classic Penguins has already swept the Australian festival circuit including the coveted Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. It then went on to play the 700 seat Garrick Theatre in London’s West End.

TEAM

CAL MCCRYSTAL

DIRECTOR

Takis

Scenic Designer

Lily Woodford-Lewis

Lighting Designer

MARGO JONES AGENCY

ADVERTISING & MARKETING

VIVACITY MEDIA GROUP

PRESS REPRESENTATIVE

SINE DIGITAL

DIGITAL MARKETING

REGULAR PEOPLE

SOCIAL MEDIA

<h2 class="text--uppercase">REGULAR PEOPLE</h2>SOCIAL MEDIARegular People, founded and run by Jacob Stuckelman and Andrew Patino, is an award winning creative studio that seamlessly connects producing, marketing, and general management for live entertainment all under one roof. Regular People is developing several projects across Broadway, Off-Broadway, and London. Recent: the U.S. premiere of Blackout Songs by Joe White (Olivier Award nominee) at MCC Theater, the New York Times Critic’s Pick production of Bubba Weiler’s Well, I’ll Let You Go at The Space at Irondale and the two-time Drama Desk Award–winning production of Ken Urban’s Danger and Opportunity, both directed by Jack Serio. Upcoming: the stage adaptation of Lore Segal’s acclaimed memoir Other People’s Houses, adapted by Emily Feldman (The Best We Could) and directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Aukin (Stereophonic); the new musical In Pieces by Joey Contreras, a two-time Fred Ebb Award finalist and three-time Jonathan Larson Grant finalist.
Regular People also collaborates with leading independent producers in New York and London to help bring compelling theatrical work to wider audiences. Recent marketing clients include Mexodus, Beau the Musical, Marcel on the Train, Color Theories by Julio Torres, the Off-Broadway revival of Heathers the Musical, and Samuel D. Hunter’s Clarkston in the West End, among others

STANDING ROOM THEATRICAL

TICKETING & REVENUE MANAGEMENT

Dylan Woodley & Jonny Woolly

Original Artwork

FEAST

ADDITIONAL ARTWORK

LUCA FONTES

COMPANY MANAGER

HUDSON THEATRICAL ASSOCIATES

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

JONATHAN WHITTON

Seaview / General Management

<h2 class="text--uppercase">JONATHAN WHITTON</h2>Seaview / General ManagementJonathan Whitton (General Manager). 150+ Off-Bway productions including Prince Faggot, The Ziegfeld Files, Tru, Dead Outlaw, Swing State, Energy Curfew Music Hour, Dear Evan Hansen, Anna Deavere Smith’s Notes From The Field, Long Day’s Journey Into Night (dir. Robert O’Hara), Sorry For Your Loss, Between Riverside And Crazy, Torch Song, Man From Nebraska, Whorl Inside A Loop, Murder For Two, and Sex With Strangers. GM: Second Stage (15 Years), Baseline/Audible Theater (5 Years). Broadway: Lobby Hero, Straight White Men. Skidmore Alum.

FRANCESCA MOODY Productions

PRODUCER

<h2 class="text--uppercase">FRANCESCA MOODY Productions</h2>PRODUCERFMP is an Olivier Award-winning, Tony-nominated production company whose work in theatre has originated two of the most globally successful television shows of the last decade: Fleabag and Baby Reindeer.
Current & upcoming productions: Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen (Studio Theatre, Washington DC); Relics (Lyric Hammersmith); Garry Starr: Classic Penguins (Pleasance Grand, Studio Seaview); Crybabies: The Scaring (Pleasance Two, Soho Theatre); ROLEPLAY (Summerhall); Shedinburgh (Assembly Checkpoint, Edinburgh Fringe & Young Vic, London).

Recent productions include: Weather Girl (St Ann’s Warehouse New York, Soho Theatre, Summerhall); Ohio (Young Vic, Assembly Roxy Edinburgh, Bristol Old Vic); My Master Builder (Wyndham’s Theatre); An Oak Tree (Young Vic, Bergen International Festival, Festival d’Avignon, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh); How to Win Against History (Bristol Old Vic, Norwich Theatre Playhouse, Underbelly Edinburgh); Garry Starr: Classic Penguins (Soho Theatre, Underbelly, Soho Theatre, Arts Theatre, Garrick Theatre); A Streetcar Named Desire (Noël Coward Theatre, BAM, Phoenix Theatre); Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder! (The Ambassadors Theatre, Underbell, Bristol Old Vic, HOME Manchester, Roundabout); Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible is Going to Happen (Arts Centre Melbourne, Sydney Opera House, Adelaide Festival, Bush Theatre, Roundabout); I’m Almost There (Summerhall, Minetta Lane Theatre New York); VL (Roundabout); Nutcracker (Southbank Centre); Never Have I Ever (Chichester Festival Theatre); School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play (Lyric Hammersmith); A Doll’s House (Hudson Theatre New York); Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons (Harold Pinter Theatre); Berlusconi: A New Musical (Southwark Playhouse Elephant); Mum (Soho Theatre); Leopards (Rose Theatre); Baby Reindeer (Bush Theatre, Roundabout); and Fleabag (Wyndham’s Theatre, Soho Playhouse, Soho Theatre, UK and Australian Tour, S. Korea, Underbelly Edinburgh).
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MARK GORDON PICTURES

PRODUCER

<h2 class="text--uppercase">MARK GORDON PICTURES</h2>PRODUCERMark Gordon Pictures is an international film, television, and theatre production company. Founded in 1987, the company has been developing and producing award-winning films and television programs for over 40 years.  In 2022, the company expanded into producing live theater and has since become an Olivier Award-winner and multi-Tony Award nominee. Broadway credits include Romeo + Juliet, Life of Pi, The Piano Lesson, and POTUS. Off Broadway and regional credits include Teeth by Anna K. Jacobs and Pulitzer & Tony winner Michael R. Jackson (New World Stages, Playwrights Horizons), Nothing Can Take You From the Hand of God (Playwrights Horizons), Highway Patrol (Goodman Theatre), Nollywood Dreams (MCC), and The Buddy System (Circle in the Square Downtown). West End and off West End credits include the Olivier Award-winning play Punch by James Graham (West End, Young Vic & Nottingham Playhouse) People, Places and Things, Brace Brace (Royal Court), The Old Man and the Pool, and School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play (Lyric Hammersmith). Film credits include Saving Private Ryan, Speed, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, Murder on the Orient Express, Source Code, Molly’s Game, The Patriot and the upcoming film NARNIA: The Magician’s Nephew, written and directed by Greta Gerwig. Television credits include Grey’s Anatomy, Criminal Minds, Ray Donovan, Designated Survivor, Quantico, Private Practice,  The Rookie and upcoming The Rookie: North. The company holds offices in Los Angeles, New York, and London.

SEAVIEW

PRODUCER

<h2 class="text--uppercase">SEAVIEW</h2>PRODUCERSeaview is a Tony, Olivier, and Peabody Award-winning theater and film company. This Spring: The Fear of 13 starring Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson, The Unknown starring Sean Hayes, TRU starring Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Every Brilliant Thing starring Daniel Radcliffe, Kenrex starring Jack Holden, and All Out: Comedy About Ambition. Recent: The Queen of Versailles starring Kristin Chenoweth, Prince Faggot, The Ziegfeld Files starring Jesse Eisenberg, The Least Problematic Woman in The World starring Dylan Mulvaney, Gruesome Playground Injuries starring Nicholas Braun and Kara Young, Good Night, and Good Luck starring George Clooney, The Last Five Years starring Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren, Angry Alan starring John Krasinski, My Master Builder starring Ewan McGregor and Elizabeth Debicki, Romeo + Juliet starring Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler, All In: Comedy About Love, Hold On To Me Darling starring Adam Driver, Once Upon a Mattress starring Sutton Foster, the Tony Award-winning Stereophonic, Sam Gold’s An Enemy of The People starring Jeremy Strong, Justin Peck and Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Illinoise, Lempicka directed by Rachel Chavkin, Stress Positions (NEON), and Reality (HBO). Past Credits: Danny and the Deep Blue Sea starring Aubrey Plaza and Christopher Abbott, Michael Arden’s Tony Award-winning revival of Parade, Alex Edelman’s Emmy Award-winning Just For Us, Lorraine Hansberry’s The Sign In Sidney Brustein’s Window,The Old Man & The Pool, POTUS, Slave Play, Sea Wall / A Life, and Sweeney Todd at the Barrow Street Theatre. 
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MILKE

Associate PRODUCER

How to Buy Tickets

ONLINE

Buy online from the official box office.

Tickets begin at $35, including fees.

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IN PERSON

The Studio Seaview box office is located at 305 W 43rd St, New York, NY 10036.

The box office will open for in-person sales on August 25.

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FOR GROUPS

For Groups Tickets and Events, email
[email protected].

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FOLLOW GARRY STARR ON SOCIALS

For tour dates, workshops, and more, visit GarryStarr.com

Where is Garry Starr: Classic Penguins playing?

Studio Seaview, 305 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036.

How much are tickets?

Tickets start at $35, including fees. All tickets to the first four preview performances (September 3, 4, 5, and 6) are $35.

How long is the show?

Approximately 70 minutes, with no intermission.

Is there an age restriction or content advisory?

This event is strictly 18+. The production includes full nudity, strobe lighting, and haze. Audience participation will be invited at the discretion of the performer. No photography or filming.

Does the show contain nudity?

Yes. Garry Starr performs much of the show fully nude. The production is strictly 18+.

Will there be late seating?

Late seating is not guaranteed and will be at the discretion of house management.

Does Studio Seaview have wheelchair access?

All of our accessible locations are removable to accommodate a wheelchair. The building is fully accessible with no steps to enter, and there is elevator access to the theater level.

Does Garry Starr: Classic Penguins offer accessible performances?

At this time there are no scheduled audio-described, open-caption, or ASL performances. Accessible seating is available at the lowest ticket price. For accommodations, contact [email protected] or call (212) 542-3147.

Is the Seaview Lounge open for this production?

The Seaview Lounge will not be open for Garry Starr: Classic Penguins. Bar Petra, in the lobby, will be open before and after each performance.

How many tickets can I buy?

There is a limit of 8 tickets per order. For Group Tickets & Events, please click here or email [email protected].

How do I make a group booking?

For Group Tickets & Events, email [email protected].

How do I contact the box office?

Call (212) 542-3147 or email [email protected].

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