The A Little Life play is based on Hanya Yanagihara’s 2015 novel of the same name. The bruising drama follows four classmates — Jude, Willem, JB, and Malcolm — as they graduate from college and move to New York City to pursue their dreams. As the decades pass by, it’s clear that the quartet’s lives revolve around Jude St. Francis.

On the surface, Jude is a high-flying lawyer who seems to have it all. But deep down, Jude remains haunted by his troubled childhood, with the repercussions of past events continuing to play out in his adult life. With ambition, addiction, and pride threatening to pull Jude and his peers apart, they learn the power of unlimited love.