On the Evolutionary Function of Shame (Off-Broadway, The Pershing Square Signature Center/Irene Diamond Stage, 2025) | Playbill

On the Evolutionary Function of Shame

Off-Broadway
Play

Presented by Second Stage



SYNOPSIS:

In the beginning, two people got kicked out of a garden for eating fruit. Many years later, Adam—a transgender man expecting a child—meets with his twin sister, Eve, a pioneering scientist. She offers her brother prenatal services from her cutting-edge practice. But what exactly does that entail? And does Adam even want Eve’s help?



Directed by Jess McLeod

Cast includes Jordan Barbour, Kayli Carter, Elizabeth Ramos, Imani Russell, Cody Sloan, Ryan Jamaal Swain