SAFE HOUSE

A new play by L.B. BROWNE

Directed by BENJAMIN VIERTEL

Theatre Row, NYC | September 2 - 13, 2026

SAFE HOUSE is a contemporary family drama set in Pennsylvania in the days leading up to a U.S. presidential election. Convinced the world outside is on the brink of collapse, Rock, a father secretly dying of a hereditary neurodegenerative disease, becomes consumed by the need to protect his family, transforming his suburban basement into a doomsday bunker.

When his estranged teenage daughter, Claire, returns home pregnant and determined to terminate the pregnancy, his fear crystallizes into action, and the family begins to unravel.

Safe House interrogates the collision of political extremism and private life, asking how fear reshapes love, and who bears the cost when protection turns authoritarian.

Produced by split/decision with L.B. Browne and Glenn Seven Allen