Sheffield
Chastain
Overview
- Produced by:
- Twilight Theatre Co.
- Dates:
- February 05 - March 01, 2026
- Run Time:
- 1 Hour, 30 Minutes
- Intermission:
- No
- Theater:
- Showing in Theater
- Tickets:
- $44 (incl. a $4 fee) | 59E59 Members: $30
Show Info
By Brian Dykstra
Directed by Margarett Perry
With Sheffield Chastain, Brian Dykstra, Kathiamarice Lopez, and Kate Siahaan-Rigg
If you’re not guilty, what are you afraid of?
McAlester Daily is a professor of ethics who finds himself accidentally entangled with the police. After saving an officer’s life, McAlester is hailed as a hero—but as questions mount and his refusal to conform raises red flags, the system begins to see him as something else.
In a society quick to judge and slow to understand, Not Nobody is an intriguing, funny and powerful portrait of one man trying to be heard on his own terms.
Please note the start time of your performance as there is no late seating.
CONTENT TRANSPARENCY
In an effort to care for our community, we’re sharing details about this production that may be sensitive for members of our audience. The following information may reveal plot points.
Contains a prop gun, gunshot sound effects, and haze.
Please join us for post-show talkbacks after the following performances:
- Friday, February 20: How Systems Interpret Nonconformity
- Saturday, February 21: The Relationship Between Humor and Discomfort in Not Nobody
Photo Caption: Brian Dykstra, Kathiamarice Lopez, and Sheffield Chastain in NOT NOBODY
Photo: Carol Rosegg
Photo Caption: Sheffield Chastain and Brian Dykstra in NOT NOBODY
Photo: Carol Rosegg
Photo Caption: Sheffield Chastain, Brian Dykstra, and Kate Siahaan-Rigg in NOT NOBODY
Photo: Carol Rosegg
Photo Caption: Brian Dykstra and Sheffield Chastain in NOT NOBODY
Photo: Carol Rosegg
Photo Caption: Kathiamarice Lopez in NOT NOBODY
Photo: Carol Rosegg
Photo Caption: Brian Dykstra and Sheffield Chastain in NOT NOBODY
Photo: Carol Rosegg
Photo Caption: Brian Dykstra in NOT NOBODY
Photo: Carol Rosegg
Photo Caption: Brian Dykstra in NOT NOBODY
Photo: Carol Rosegg
Producing Company
Twilight Theatre Company
Twilight Theatre Company's mission is to develop, workshop, and produce new work and to tell stories that deepen our awareness, encourage compassion, and ignite conversation. Founded by Sturgis Warner in 1998 and now under the artistic leadership of Margarett Perry, Twilight continues its mission to support new work through readings, workshops, and productions. This season Twilight produced the extended Off Broadway run of Polishing Shakespeare by Brian Dykstra (the best-selling show in the 21-year history of 59E59 Theater B) as well as continuing its work to bring international artists to the United States and the work of US artists to the UK and beyond. Last spring we went to London to co-produce A Special Relationship by Tim Marriott and Jeff Stolzer with the Tabard Theatre and bring it back to NYC for Brits Off Broadway at 59E59 Theaters. Other 2025 productions include Old Cock by Robert Schenkkan directed by Jorge Andrade for Under the Radar with Mala Voadora and Peacedale Global Arts and Kafka by Jack Klaff directed by Colin Watkeys (59E59 Theaters Brits Off Broadway). Last season, Twilight produced Appraisal and Watson: The Final Problem for Brits Off Broadway as well as the extended run of The Rosenberg/Strange Fruit Project at 59E59 Theaters. Twilight produced two world premieres at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival — Polishing Shakespeare by Brian Dykstra and Plotters by Brian Parks. Both productions received sold out, critically acclaimed runs. Upcoming 2026 productions include two world premieres heading to Edinburgh for the Fringe Festival and Nicole Travolta is Doing Alright at Soho Playhouse. Twilight Theatre Co. is a Co-Op Resident Company at 59E59 Theaters.
Read more at: www.twilighttheatrecompany.org
Reviews
"Brian Dykstra is a master of language." – Huffington Post
"Dykstra can make you think as hard as you laugh!" – The Village Voice
"Brian Dykstra's work provides the startling immediacy that makes live performance feel so alive!" – Variety
★★★★ "The whole Law & Order franchise should have dialogue this crackling" – New York Notebook
"The anarchist legal drama we need right now"
"A spicy and irresistibly puckish repudiation of the whole rotten system"
"Dykstra is an actor's playwright, crafting lines that he knows will sound great in the mouths of his castmates, and none of them disappoint" – TheaterMania
"Not Nobody smartly portrays a moral dilemma between the fairness of the judicial system and a person's decision whether or not to cooperate with it."
"It is a story for our times. See if while you can!" – BroadwayWorld
"Unquestionably a playwright to follow!"
"Director Margarett Perry, who often collaborates with Dykstra, is a virtuoso of timing"
"Playwright Brian Dykstra has a habit of sneaking up on one with narratives so topically incisive they startle." – Theater Pizzazz
"Perry's direction keeps the whole [play] moving fluidly, stitching the story together"
"Expertly acted and designed" – OffOffOnline
"One of the most gripping experiences I've had in a long, long time."
"Gripping, galvanic, wonderful theatre! Virtually flawless... it's that good."
"I hope that Brian Dykstra continues to write. I hope he continues to perform because we'll have a much better theatre if he and Margarett Perry and these wonderful performers continue doing what they're doing." – Peter Filichia, Broadway Radio
Schedule & Tickets
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- Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 7:15PMGet Tickets
- Friday, February 27, 2026 at 7:15PMGet Tickets
- Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 2:15PMSOLD OUT
- Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 7:15PMGet Tickets
- Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 2:15PMSOLD OUT