BROADWAYWORLD: Jesse Eisenberg Will Make Stage Directing Debut at Chain Winter One-Act Festival The festival will run February 8th - March 3rd, 2024

Academy Award nominee Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) will make his stage-directorial debut with DILL, as part of the 2024 edition of the CHAIN WINTER ONE-ACT FESTIVAL.

Eisenberg will direct DILL, written by Jeryl Brunner. DILL marks Eisenberg's directorial debut for the stage. DILL features Ben McHugh (Mamma Mia!, Sleep No More) and Brunner (One Date Love and 24 Hour Plays). Eisenberg's latest film, A Real Pain, which he stars in, directed, and wrote, will premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in January.

Award-winning playwright Taiwo Aloba brings another original work, SHADOW OF WAR to the Chain Theatre. Taiwo is an African dramatist and historian and founder of Ayo Theater. World Premiere of Writer and Director Edward Gibbons-Brown's solo show WALK IT OFF starring Carlo Marks (Smallville, Pretty Little Liars, The 100).

The festival will feature over 60 new plays at the Chain Theatre (312 W 36th St, 3rd & 4th Floor, New York, NY, 10018). The festival begins Thursday, February 8 and continue through Sunday, March 3.  Tickets will be $22 in advance and $25 at the door. More information available at www.chaintheatre.org