Misery

Opening the new season is a play that will undoubtedly chill audiences to the bone. It is common knowledge that Stephen King knows how to bring a sledgehammer to a horrific story. In the GCA’s first 2026 production, he made that sledgehammer literal. “Misery”, adapted by William Goldman and based on the novel by Stephen King, will be directed by JW Ruth.

“Misery” introduces us to the terrifying meeting between writer Paul Sheldon and ex-nurse Annie Wilkes when Paul is rescued from a car crash. He wakes up as a captive in her secluded home and is forced to write a new Misery novel when Annie discovers that he intended to kill off Misery Chastain, the main character in his books. The incensed and imbalanced Annie has Paul writing as if his life depends on it, and it does. “Misery” will open February 20th and run through March 8th, 2026.