Zoey Deutch & Acting Coach & Movement Director Jean-Louis Rodrigue at Our Town on Broadway

Zoey Deutch worked with Jean-Louis Rodrigue to prepare for her Broadway debut as Emily Webb (opposite Jim Parsons as The Stage Manager) in Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. As part of her warmup, Jean-Louis worked with Zoey to connect with and involve her whole body. Because she had not worked in a large house prior to this role, warming up her body and voice was fundamental for her beautiful performances.⁠

After seeing Zoey in a preview performance last night, Jean-Louis said:

“Zoey’s incandescent Emily tells the truth directly to the audience with simplicity and with an open heart. Her performance was exceptional and founded in Zoey’s constant search for the truth in all her work. She allowed her sharp intelligence, curiosity, and quirkiness to integrate into her interpretation of Emily Webb. It is always a joy to work with her.”

Our Town opens on Broadway at the Barrymore Theater on October 10th and runs through January 19th, 2025.

From Our Town’s official website:
Starring four-time Emmy Award® winner Jim Parsons, OUR TOWN returns to Broadway for the first time in over 20 years. Hailed by Edward Albee as “the greatest American play ever written,” Thornton Wilder‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic will shine in a momentous new production. Directed by Tony Award® winner Kenny Leon (Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch, Topdog/Underdog, A Raisin in the Sun), this is an OUR TOWN for our time.

In Wilder’s timeless tale of a small town, a stage manager narrates the daily lives of its locals, depicts a childhood friendship turn into marriage, and sets the stage for magnificent truths of what it means to be alive. Don’t miss this strictly limited engagement of an essential American classic. Now in performances at the Barrymore Theatre.

OUR TOWN features a cast of 28 actors, including Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory, The Boys In The Band), Katie Holmes (All My Sons, Batman Begins), Zoey Deutch (Netflix’s Set It Up), Ephraim Sykes (Ain’t Too Proud), Billy Eugene Jones (Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch, Fat Ham), Richard Thomas (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Waltons), Michelle Wilson (Sweat), Julie Halston (Tootsie), and Donald Webber, Jr. (Hamilton)