Reopening Night

This moving feature documentary follows the cast, crew, and staff of the world-famous Public Theater as they prepare to mount a post-pandemic return to the open-air Delacorte Theater with an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Merry Wives,” featuring an all-Black cast. Contending with the ever-present threat of COVID-19 and one of the rainiest Julys on record, the production marks the long-awaited comeback of New York’s live theater scene. Weaving the thrill of witnessing a team of lively characters pull together to overcome myriad hurdles with the inspirational realization that history is being made, Reopening Night documents a unique challenge as The Public strives to embody its aspiration that everyone should get to see theater – and that everyone should get to make it.