Jeff Hiller in the Exhibitionist

Only Nine Performances at SoHo Playhouse

By: SoHo - Oct 08, 2026

 

Occasional Drawl (Brian Letchworth & Christa Scott-Reed) is delighted to announce a limited engagement of James Hindman's The Exhibitionist starring Emmy Award Winner Jeff Hiller (“Somebody Somewhere,” “Widow’s Bay”). Andrew Russell will direct.

 “I could not be more thrilled to be returning to the stage this fall with The Exhibitionist, a play that so beautifully represents exactly what it is to be an artist,” remarked Hiller. “Getting to present this iteration of the show in great company at SoHo Playhouse, a venue near and dear to my heart, is simply dreamy. You'll laugh, you'll cry, or maybe you won't, I don't know? You get to decide how to express yourself, that's what it means to be an artist!”

 The Exhibitionist will be performed for nine performances only at SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street) on Monday, November 9; Tuesday, November 10; Friday, November 13; Saturday, November 14; Sunday, November 15; Tuesday, November 17; Thursday, November 19; Friday, November 20; and Saturday, November 21. Tickets are on sale now at ExhibitionistPlay.com.

 Justin is coming undone. The McMillon Museum of Art’s oldest and most charming intern is guiding patrons to an exhibit of a recently discovered painting by Vincent Van Gogh. But Justin is freaking out. Just one floor below, his own artwork is being scrutinized in a big competition that could thrust him into the career of his dreams.

 The Exhibitionist is a love letter to artists and explores the lengths we will go to define our worth and success. It’s funny, fast, and theatrical—but underneath is the deep human fear of being invisible and the courage it takes to keep believing your voice matters. This award-winning 65-minute solo comedy explores the joys and terrors of being an artist.

 The Exhibitionist will feature scenic and costume designs by Christopher Ford, lighting design by Kate McGee and sound design by Peter Mills Weiss.

The Exhibitionist is produced by Occasional Drawl (Brian Letchworth & Christa Scott-Reed), in association with Whitley Theatrical.

BIOGRAPHIES

JEFF HILLER (Justin) is an actor, comedian, and writer. His portrayal of Joel on the HBO comedy-drama Somebody Somewhere, opposite Bridget Everett, earned him the 2025 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. His best-selling book, “Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success” is available now from Simon and Schuster. His extensive television credits include appearances on Widow’s Bay, Elsbeth, Pluribus (Emmy nomination), American Horror Story, 30 Rock, Ugly Betty, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Community, and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, among many others. His film work includes Ghost Town, Morning Glory, Greta, and Set It Up. Theater credits include Broadway’s Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Love’s Labours Lost and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Public Theater Shakespeare in the Park), Urinetown, Hercules, Silence!, Bright Colors and Bold Patterns. A longtime fixture of New York’s comedy and improv scene, Hiller performed for years at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, where he also taught improv.

JAMES HINDMAN (Playwright) is an award-winning actor and playwright. His musical Pete ’n’ Keely (Outer Critics Circle Award nomination; two Drama Desk nominations) was performed at Carnegie Hall starring Jennifer Simard and Christopher Sieber. His solo show What Doesn’t Kill You was extended at 59E59 Theatre in New York after receiving three Oscar Wilde Award nominations at the International Gay Dublin Theatre Festival and was later translated into French and performed in Paris and at the Avignon Festival. The Exhibitionist, starring Emmy winner Jeff Hiller, received Theatre Aspen’s Solo Flights Grant Award. A Terrence McNally Award finalist, Hindman’s work has been developed at theaters including Second Stage, The Vineyard, Long Wharf, Goodspeed, and Paper Mill Playhouse. He is currently developing a new musical adaptation of Mulan and is a co-creator of Now Comes the Fun Part. As an actor, his many credits include The Gilded Age, Marvel’s Iron Fist, The Blacklist, and numerous Broadway productions.

ANDREW RUSSELL (Director) is a writer and director who for two decades has created new work at theaters across the country. His play My Maria won the 2025 Write It Out! Prize for playwrights living with HIV and AIDS and he’s particularly proud of directing all three plays within Sara Porkalob’s The Dragon Cycle. He is the former Producing Artistic Director of the Tony Award–winning Intiman Theatre in Seattle where he played a critical role in reopening the theatre after its closure.

CHRISTOPHER FORD (Scenic and Costume Design) is an Obie Award–winning designer and creator based in New York whose work spans theater, puppetry, and interdisciplinary performance. Ford is a co-founder of On The Rocks Theatre Company, alongside Dakota Rose, and together they are the recipients of the 2024–25 Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence grant. Their Off-Broadway production of The Beastiary, for which Ford served as costume, puppet designer, co-scenic designer and co-creator, won the Obie Award and Ford’s designs were nominated for Drama Desk and Lortel awards. Other original OTR work includes McBeth, Wolfert, The White Stag Quadrilogy, FRED, and Edelweiss. OTR has been commissioned by Ars Nova and Dixon Place. Ford is an alum of the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where he studied drama and design. His work explores imaginative worlds through costume, and scenic environments, creating visually rich theatrical landscapes that fuse historical imagery, absurdity, and contemporary storytelling.

KATE MCGEE (Lighting Design) is a trans* lighting designer, scenic designer, and interdisciplinary artist based in New York. She received a 2026 Obie Award for Lighting and a 2026 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Lighting Design for her work on Without Mirrors, starring David Greenspan. Her Off-Broadway and New York credits include My Lingerie Play (Rattlestick Theater), while you were partying and Notes on Killing (SoHo Playhouse/SoHo Rep), Pay No Attention to the Girl (Target Margin Theater), Early Plays (New York City Players/Wooster Group), and Sound House (New Georges), among others. Additional work has been seen at The Public Theater, Cherry Lane Theatre, Under the Radar Festival, and The Bushwick Starr. Regional credits include productions at Long Wharf Theatre, Trinity Rep, and PlayMakers Repertory Company. McGee frequently collaborates with experimental theatre makers including Taylor Mac and Matt Ray, Richard Maxwell and New York City Players, Mabou Mines, and Object Collection. In addition to theatrical work, she creates multimedia and new-media projects exploring emerging technology and performance, including the VR piece Girl Mode, developed during her Project Number One residency at Soho Rep. Awards and honors include three Henry Hewes Design Award nominations.

PETER MILLS WEISS (Sound Design)  is a theater artist based in Brooklyn, NY. He has been nominated for a Henry Hewes Design Award and a New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award. Recent credits include Tartuffe at New York Theatre Workshop, directed by Sarah Benson, and Jewish Plot at The Brick, directed by Sarah Hughes. Peter’s work has been presented at Soho Rep, Ars Nova, the Baryshnikov Arts Center, Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3, The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival, and internationally at the Radikal Jung Festival at Münchner Volkstheater and the Noorderzon Festival in Groningen. Peter is a former member of the Soho Rep Writer Director Lab and The Public Theater’s Devised Theater Working Group.

OCCASIONAL DRAWL (Producer) Led by Brian Letchworth and Christa Scott-Reed, Occasional Drawl draws on decades of experience financing, developing, administering and managing as well as directing, writing and performing. Our collective work, past and present, spans Broadway, Off-Broadway, London, Las Vegas, and multiple national tours. Occasional Drawl chooses work that is socially electric and designed for cultural relevance, commercial upside, and repeat engagement. We take a holistic and hybrid approach to producing and have a values-system rooted in paying attention to people. Occasional Drawl’s Off-Broadway production of Arlene Hutton’s Blood of the Lamb was nominated for the 2025 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play. BLOOD/LOVE by Carey Renee Sharpe and Dru DeCaro was nominated for the 2026 Drama Desk award for Outstanding Choreography. Occasional Drawl most recently presented EBKM’s award-winning Heartbreak Hotel at DR2 Theatre. www.occasionaldrawl.com