About this Event
Coinciding with LGBTQ+ History Month, this year's fifth annual Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival will bring together ten teams of transgender, non-binary, and Two-Spirit+ (TNB2S+) playwrights, directors, dramaturgs, stage managers, and performers (yes, even in roles written for cis folks!) to develop and showcase new works created entirely by and for TNB2S+ artists.
THE MAGICALLY RE-IMAGINED HISTORY OF J.K. ROWLING
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2026 at 7:30PM
Book, music, and lyrics by Jaime Jarrett (they/he)
directed by Emilio Ramos (he/they)
Music Director: Mack Cline (they/he)
Stage Manager: Dot Scuotto (they/she)
Guitarist: Will Shishmanian (he/him)
featuring Evie Schuckman (they/them), Hennessy Winkler (he/him), Jesse James Rose (she/they), Marti Cummings (they/them)
In the turbulent summer of 2020, Oliver, a transgender man, and his eleven year old daughter, Georgie, have been in lockdown in their tiny apartment for three months. The only thing holding the two of them together? Harry Potter. So when J.K. Rowling publishes an essay spreading dangerous rhetoric about the transgender community, Oliver cannot imagine taking the books away from Georgie— or himself. He magically travels into Rowling’s past: first in an attempt to prove the author’s morality, and then to attempt to alter her history— and transform her into the brave person he desperately needs her to be. With songs that explode events from Rowling’s life, and a book that incorporates verbatim text from her interviews, THE MAGICALLY RE-IMAGINED HISTORY OF J.K. ROWLING explores the interconnectedness of art, artist, and audience, and the consequences their entanglement brings.
For more information, alongside the links to the other ticket links, please visit www.btb-nyc.com/26-festival.
Follow BTB on Instagram at @BreakingTheBinaryTheatre for updates on limited ticket drops for sold out performances leading up to the Festival!
Event venue & nearby stays
MCC Theater, 511 West 52nd Street, New York, United States
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