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Sean Hayes will return to the New York stage in an Off-Broadway production of The Unknown.<\/em><\/p>\n Written by David Calle, the one-man play is about a writer retreating to a remote cabin to cure his writer\u2019s block, only to discover that he may not be alone and may be living within the thriller he\u2019s writing. Leigh Silverman (Suffs, Violet)<\/em> directs.<\/p>\n More from The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n The play is slated for a 10-week run at Studio Seaview Off-Broadway starting Jan. 31, 2026, with a Feb. 12 opening.<\/p>\n Hayes returns to the stage after his Tony Award-winning run in Good Night, Oscar<\/em>, which Hayes also starred in during its recent West End engagement. The Will and Grace<\/em> star first announced the show on his podcast SmartLess<\/em>,<\/em> which he co-hosts with Jason Bateman and Will Arnett.<\/p>\n Cale\u2019s solo play, Harry Clarke, <\/em>starring Billy Crudup, has run Off-Broadway in addition to a recent West End run. Other recent solo plays include Sandra<\/em>, starring Marjan Neshat.<\/p>\n \u201cDavid Cale is a masterful storyteller and I am thrilled to be embarking on our third collaboration with The Unknown. We are joined by the charismatic, dynamic Sean Hayes, an imaginative design team and visionary producers and I can\u2019t wait to share this enthralling show with audiences,\u201d Silverman said.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m thrilled by the inspired pairing of the brilliant Sean Hayes with my solo thriller, and to be collaborating again with the great Leigh Silverman,\u201d Cale said. The Unknown <\/em>will feature scenic design by Studio Bent, costume design by Sarah Laux, lighting design by Cha See, sound design by Caroline Eng and music by Isobel Waller-Bridge.<\/p>\n Best of The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for THR’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sean Hayes will return to the New York stage in an Off-Broadway production of The Unknown. Written by David Calle, the one-man play is about a writer retreating to a remote cabin to cure his writer\u2019s block, only to discover that he may not be alone and may be living within the thriller he\u2019s writing. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2162018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[414684,414686,34395,414683,414687,363951,414685,380084],"class_list":["post-2162017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-david-cale","tag-david-calle","tag-hollywood-reporter","tag-leigh-silverman","tag-off-broadway-production","tag-sean-hayes","tag-studio-seaview","tag-writers-block"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sean-Hayes-to-Star-in-Off-Broadway-Thriller-\u2018The-Unknown.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2162017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2162017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2162017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2162019,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2162017\/revisions\/2162019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2162018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2162017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2162017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2162017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}