I Became We: A Sixteen-Person Choir Performs a New Monologue at Atlantic Theater Company

Atlantic Theater Company in Chelsea is presenting the world premiere of I Became We at the Linda Gross Theater from October 16 through November 15, 2026. It is the first production on the company's 2026–2027 season of four world premieres.

The piece is a first-person monologue about a woman in her mid-thirties wrestling with one of life's most important decisions. What sets it apart is who delivers it: a sixteen-person choir. The text is plainspoken and contemporary, but it is sung in the manner of classical choral music. The company describes the play as formally daring and auto-fictional.

Mona Pirnot, the writer of I'm Assuming You Know David Greenspan, wrote the play. Jack D. Coen, a Relentless Award-winning composer, wrote the music, and the lyrics are credited to Pirnot and Coen together. Sarah Benson, who directed The Welkin at Atlantic, directs. Pirnot and Benson are both Obie Award winners. The design team includes Mimi Lien (scenic), Louisa Thompson and Gylanni Carrington (costume), Tuce Yasak (lighting) and Palmer Hefferan (sound).

The show runs 70 minutes with no intermission. Evening performances begin at 7:00 PM, and there are 2:00 PM matinees on many Saturdays and Sundays, plus some Wednesday matinees. The performances on October 17 and 18 are sold out, and the October 21 show has limited availability. Every ticket for the October 31 evening show costs $31 for Halloween. Audio description is offered on November 12 at 7:00 PM. Access to sold-out performances comes with Atlantic's Patron Program, which starts at a $3,000 donation.

The theater is at 336 West 20th Street. For readers who want a short, unusual evening of theater, a spoken story carried by sixteen singing voices is a distinctive format, and the plain language of the lyrics keeps it approachable.