Prima Facie

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Sara Krulwich

Productions photography: Jodie Comer in Prima Facie
Sara Krulwich
Productions photography: Jodie Comer in Prima Facie
Sara Krulwich
Productions photography: Jodie Comer in Prima Facie
Sara Krulwich

11 April – 02 July 2023
The John Golden Theatre, Broadway

Olivier Award-winning actress Jodie Comer, makes her Broadway debut in Prima Facie, the new play the Daily Beast calls “one of the most electrifying pieces of theatre on Broadway.”

Jodie Comer “gives ONE OF THE MOST THRILLING PERFORMANCES OF THE BROADWAY SEASON.” (Wall Street Journal) as Tessa, a young brilliant barrister who loves to win.

She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; defending; cross examining and lighting up the shadows of doubt in any case. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge.

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Cast

Tessa - Jodie Comer
Understudy Tessa - Dani Arlington

Creative Team

Writer - Suzie Miller
Director - Justin Martin
Designer - Miriam Buether
Lighting Designer - Natasha Chivers
Sound Designer - Ben and Max Ringham
Composer - Rebecca Lucy Taylor
Video Designer - Willie Williams for Treatment Studio

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★★★★★
The sensational Jodie Comer is a must-see. I was in awe. Pure exhilaration washes over us — because we have just witnessed the emergence of an extraordinary new stage talent. Comer goes into the upper echelons of greatness. This won’t be her last standing ovation on Broadway
The New York Post
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★★★★
JODIE COMER IS F–CKING REMARKABLE, ASTOUNDING, A PERFORMANCE APPROACHING MIRACULOUS. The emotional and physical toll of a performance like this is, and the truths it brings to light, is akin to a public service. A night of theater that not only speaks to the culture but shifts it as well.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
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★★★★
Jodie Comer doesn’t just take the stage. She consumes it. Director Justin Martin injects supersonic dramatic fuel into Suzie Miller’s rocket-propelled play. It’s the kind of evening from which you don’t instantly rebound. You slowly recover.
THE WASHINGTON POST
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★★★★
The play is a blunt polemic against a patriarchal legal system weighted against female victims of sexual violence; Comer’s performance and Martin’s staging deepens the text into a one of the most electrifying pieces of theatre on Broadway this season.
THE DAILY BEAST