A passionate, explosive portrait of a young man on the verge of salvation or destruction, written and directed by John Patrick Shanley, of Tony, Oscar, and Pulitzer fame.

A 17-year-old boy (Timothée Chalamet) from The Bronx finds himself suddenly in a private school in New Hampshire. He's violent, gifted, alienated, on fire with a ferocious loneliness. Two faculty members (Tony Award winner Robert Sean Leonard and Chris McGarry) wrestle with the dilemma: Is the kid a star or a disaster?

Inspired by a pivotal time in Shanley's own life, PRODIGAL SON marks another exciting step forward in the collaboration between Manhattan Theatre Club and this visceral New York Playwright ( Doubt, Outside Mullingar).