Theater J is thrilled to announce the upcoming production of Jonathan Spector’s Tony Award-winning Eureka Day. Fresh off of Broadway, Eureka Day will run from March 11 to April 5, 2026. The multi-award-winning Spector returns to Theater J (where he once held an internship) after his sold-out 2024 hit This Much I Know.
The Eureka Day School in Berkeley, California, is a bastion of progressive ideals: representation, acceptance, and social justice. In weekly meetings, Eureka Day’s five board members develop and update policy to preserve this culture of inclusivity, reaching decisions only by consensus. But when a mumps outbreak threatens the Eureka community, facts become subjective and every solution divisive, leaving the school’s leadership to confront the central question of our time: How do you build consensus when no one can agree on the truth? Winner of the 2025 Tony Award for Best Revival, Eureka Day will make its timely and triumphant return to the nation’s capital at Theater J in a new production directed by Artistic Director Hayley Finn.
Eureka Day was originally planned to run at the Kennedy Center in 2025, but was cancelled after the takeover of the institution by President Donald Trump. Upon the cancellation, Spector told Deadline, “I think it would have been really difficult to be there because once Trump has appointed himself king of the Kennedy Center and they’ve fired a lot of people and pushed out a lot of artists for political reasons, I don’t know if it’s possible to be there and not on some level sort of be complicit in all that.” Theater J was more than happy to step in to become the home of Eureka Day’s DC run.
“I am thrilled to be bringing Jonathan Spector’s sharp, funny, and extremely timely play to Theater J this season,” says Finn. “Jonathan is a brilliant playwright, and Eureka Day is emblematic of his theatrical genius. I’m delighted to bring the play to life with DC luminary actors and designers.”
The cast of Eureka Day includes Susan Rome* (Suzanne), Eric Hissom* (Don), Renee Wilson (Carina), Lilli Hokama* (Meiko), Jonathan Feuer* (Eli), and Julia Klavans (Winter/Suzanne Understudy). The creative team includes:
Director: Hayley Finn
Set Design: Misha Kachman+
Costume Design: Jeannette Christensen+
Lighting Design: Colin K. Bills+
Projections Design: Kelly Colburn+
Sound Design: Sarah O’Halloran+
Props Design: Aofie Creighton
Production Stage Manager: Leigh Robinette*
Assistant Stage Manager: Miranda Korieth
Assistant Stage Manager: Brian Martinez
Assistant Stage Manager: Logan Fillizola
*Appearing through an Agreement between this theater, Theater J, and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
+Member of United Scenic Artists Local 829
Eureka Day runs March 11 – April 5, 2026, presented by Theater J at the Edlavitch DCJCC, 1529 16th St NW, Washington, DC. Tickets are $69.99 with a $10 discount for DCJCC members. For tickets, call the box office at 202-777-3210 or purchase online.
