Pretend it’s Pretend | Lincoln Center Theater

Begins January 26, 2027; 6 weeks only Jen teaches third grade and runs on coffee and bad sleep. Arthur designs playgrounds and carries an old grief he cannot shake, while his teenage daughter Clara is writing songs she isn't yet brave enough to sing. Emma Watkins' PRETEND IT'S PRETEND, directed by Annie Tippe, is a tender, funny, searching new play about the teachers who memorize every name, the fathers who mistake protection for love, and the students who are asked to carry more than they should. Claire Tow Theater / Directions PRETEND IT'S PRETEND is supported by The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust. Support for LCT3 is provided by the Helen Gurley Brown Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, and members of the LCT3 Council. Endowment support for LCT3 is provided by Daryl Roth, James-Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach, and The Judith Champion Playwrights' Vision Fund and Mel Litoff. LCT season support is generously provided by Daryl Roth and American Airlines.