A Moon for the Misbegotten
By Eugene O'Neill, Directed by Rebecca Frecknall
Event details
Tue 17 Jun - Sat 16 Aug 2025
There is no present or future – only the past, happening over and over again – now.
On a barren farm in Connecticut, Josie Hogan dreams of more. Abandoned by her brothers and trapped with her volatile father, the desire for change feels urgent.
Haunted by the death of his mother, James Tyrone Jr drinks to cover the pain. Trapped in a spiral of guilt and shame he longs for connection.
When the two are brought together, a single night reveals a devastating truth and both will be altered forever.
Almeida Associate Director and multi–Olivier Award winner Rebecca Frecknall (A Streetcar Named Desire; Cabaret) directs Academy Award-nominated Michael Shannon (George & Tammy; Boardwalk Empire) and Golden Globe-winner Ruth Wilson (The Affair; Luther) in this “scorching play about the eternal American theme of reality and illusion” (The Guardian) from Eugene O’Neill, one of the great 20th century playwrights.
Presented in association with Smith & Brant Theatricals.
Please note for this production we have limited the number of tickets any one booker can purchase to a maximum of six tickets per person across the whole run
Evenings 7pm
Matinees 1.30pm
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Cast & Creatives
Further casting to be announced.
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Cast
Michael Shannon
Ruth Wilson
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Creatives
Eugene O'Neill
Writer
Rebecca FrecknallRebecca Frecknall
Director
Rebecca Frecknall
Rebecca is a multi-Olivier Award-winning director, who has directed in the UK and internationally. She is Associate Director at the Almeida Theatre and was previously on the Almeida’s Resident Director scheme supported by the Eranda Rothschild Foundation.
For the Almeida: Romeo and Juliet; A Streetcar Named Desire (also West End, Olivier Award for Best Revival, Olivier Award nomination for Best Director); Nine Lessons and Carols: stories for a long winter; The Duchess of Malfi; Three Sisters; Summer and Smoke (also West End; Olivier Award for Best Revival, Olivier Award nomination for Best Director).
Theatre includes: Cabaret (West End/ Broadway, seven Olivier Awards, including Best Director and Best Musical Revival, nine Tony Award nominations including Best Revival of a Musical and Critics’ Circle Award for Best Director); Julie (Internationaal Theater Amsterdam); The House of Bernarda Alba (National Theatre); Sanctuary City (New York Theatre Workshop; Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play).
Tom Scutt
Set Designer
Moi TranMoi Tran
Costume Designer
Moi Tran
Moi is a multi-disciplinary artist, designer, cultural worker and educator with a dual practice across contemporary art and design for live performance.
Theatre includes:
As Set Designer: Why Am I So Single? (West End).
As Set and Costume Designer: The Homecoming; Chasing Hares (Young Vic); A View from the Bridge (Headlong/ Octagon Theatre, Bolton/ Chichester Festival Theatre/ Rose Theatre Kingston); A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction (Headlong/ Barbican); The Herring Girls Protest Song Cycle (HighTide); Worth (New Earth Theatre/ Storyhouse, Chester); The Tempest (Shakespeare’s Globe); Henry V (Headlong/ Shakespeare’s Globe); Baghdaddy; Rare Earth Mettle; White Pearl (Royal Court); Corrina Corrina (Headlong/ Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse); Raya; Deluge (Hampstead Theatre); Dear Elizabeth; The Letters Project (Gate Theatre); In the Blood (Donmar Warehouse); Chiaroscuro (Bush Theatre); Summer Rolls (Park Theatre).
Opera includes: Falstaff (Opera Berbiguieres, France); The Imperfect Pearl (Corn Exchange Newbury/ St George’s Bristol/ Kings Place/ UK tour).
Dance includes: Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby (Rambert); Human Wall (V&A); Beats’n’Shine (Mudam).
Jack Knowles
Lighting Designer
Peter RicePeter Rice
Sound Designer
Peter Rice
Peter is a freelance Sound Designer for Theatre & Short Film. He is Course Leader for Sound Design & Production at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Chair of the Association for Sound Design and Production, Sound Associate for NYX Electronic Drone Choir, and a founder member of Stage Sight. Peter also produces and presents the podcast ‘Conversations with Sound Designers’.
For the Almeida: King Lear; A Streetcar Named Desire (also West End); The Tragedy of Macbeth; The Tragedy of King Richard II; Oil.
Theatre includes: House of Bernarda Alba; Deep Blue Sea; On The Shore Of The Wide World (National Theatre); Jesus Hopped The ‘A’ Train; Yellowman; It’s All Kicking Off Everywhere; Trade; Barbarians; Fireface (Young Vic); This Is Not Who I Am; Gundog; Nuclear War (Royal Court); A Streetcar Named Desire; Hamlet; Scuttlers; The Last Days of Troy; Blindsided; That Day We Sang; Cannibals; Orpheus Descending; Saturday Night/Sunday Morning; Black Roses (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester); Masque Of Anarchy (Manchester International Festival); Miss Julie; Black Comedy (Chichester Festival Theatre); The Fruit Trilogy (Southbank Centre/ West Yorkshire Playhouse); Romeo and Juliet (Sheffield Theatres); The Funfair (HOME, Manchester).
Film includes: Fellow Creatures; Snapshots; Drown; Grin; Swansong; G.O.D.; Glue.
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Access Performances
Audio Described Sat 9 Aug 1.30pm (Touch Tour 11.30am)
Captioned Tue 29 Jul 7pm
Relaxed Environment Wed 30 Jul 1.30pm & 7pm
For full information about how to book for our access performances please visit our Access For All page.
Concessions
All concession tickets are limited and subject to availability. Proof of eligibility is required. Concessions in the final week of performances are only valid on access performances or for Deaf and disabled bookings. More info
Deaf and disabled patrons and a companion can buy discounted tickets by calling the Box Office on 020 7359 4404 or email boxoffice@almeida.co.uk.
£5 tickets will be available to those aged 25 and under for performances from Tue 17 – Mon 23 Jun. Enter code 25UNDER when selecting your seats. £5 tickets are limited to two per booker, any booked over this limit will be returned. Tickets go on sale at 5pm on Tue 27 May. More info
If you are aged 30 or under, over 65 or are unemployed you can book tickets at a discounted rate. Not applicable on Fri or Sat evenings.
Talks & Events
Talkback
After Mon 21 Jul performance
A post-show talk with members of the company. Free to same-day ticket holders.
Almeida For Free
Thu 10 Jul 7.30pm
A free performance for those aged 25 and under. Sign up to our emails for Tickets & Events for 16-25s to be notified when tickets are available.
