About the Show

A sharp, funny satire on power, privilege, and the cost of winning at all costs.

In a high-stakes debate at an elite boys' school, a leaked rumor derails everything. *TROPHY BOYS* begins as a hilarious satire and evolves into a searing look at power, privilege, and ambition. From playwright Emmanuelle Mattana and Tony Award®-winner Danya Taymor, this provocative comedy makes its American premiere after sold-out runs in Australia.

Critic Reviews (6)

"I can say that it doesn’t make a winning argument: The two characterizations nullify each other, leaving the audience to shrug. The promised debate isn’t even a draw; it’s a forfeit"
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"Under Taymor’s guidance, the cast is terrific and so tightly in sync they recall a boy band."
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"Mattana’s script is subtler, simultaneously broader in its critique of power and more surgical in its dissection of its present trappings."
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"'Trophy Boys' certainly excels in exposing the performative contradictions of male allyship, particularly through the teenage debaters' cynical, absurd improvisations, rife with logical fallacies and desperate deflections and rationalizations"
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Artistically, humorously, and brilliantly tears down male stereotypes.
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Danya Taymor brings a quick-paced energy to the proceedings that stops short of the manic. The cast is terrific, convincingly embodying the casual arrogance of jet-set youth. Subtlety, however, is not a strong suit.
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Cast and creative team