Jonathan Groff returns to Broadway this season in a solo play Amish Project.
The play, written by Jessica Dickey, is a fictional exploration of a schoolhouse shooting in an Amish community, and how the community learns to provide forgiveness and compassion. Sarna Lapine will direct the show, which begins performances at the Broadhurst Theater on February 10, 2027.
Drama It debuted at the New York International Fringe Festival and was developed at the Cherry Lane Theater before premiering Off-Broadway at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in 2009. It has since been produced in regional theaters in the US and around the world. The play is usually performed as a one-woman show, with the lead actor playing multiple characters. Groff will perform the play as written.
This is the third Broadway project for Groff in recent years, after being Tony-nominated at the right time From March 2025 to 2026 and his Tony-winning role we walk happily together In 2023-2024 season. He comes to the project after making his debut at the Royal Shakespeare Company as you like It This past fall. He recently completed production on the feature adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s octetas well as independent films trust the manIn which he stars alongside Daniel Radcliffe.
The play’s subject matter greatly influenced Groff, who grew up in nearby Amish country.
“20 years ago this month, an unimaginable tragedy struck a one-room Amish schoolhouse in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Jessica Dickey wrote a stunning work of art in response. Sarna Lapin sent me Amish Project Last year and I were struck by the urgency and powerful poetry of Jessica’s writing as she delves deeply into the many shocks of this horrific event and explores the idea that sometimes the most radical human act is forgiveness. Groff said, I am extremely grateful to be able to bring Jessica’s play to Broadway with Sarna and this incredible team.
Robert Ahrens and Tom Kirdahy, producers at the right timeProducing a play.