The charm. The hilarity. The tenderness. The urgency. Can New York handle it?

Following a highly acclaimed run in Boston and the award-winning success of Our Class, producers Craig Balsam, Patrick Catullo, and Thomas M. Neff are proud to announce the New York premiere of the -ARLEKIN! production of Delirium, a bold new adaptation of Eugène Ionesco's Frenzy for Two, Or More, adapted and directed by Lucille Lortel Award winner Igor Golyak.

Delirium begins performances at The Space at Irondale (85 South Oxford Street, Fort Greene, Brooklyn) on September 8, 2026, with opening night set for September 24, for a strictly limited engagement through Saturday, October 24, 2026.

International artists Andrey Burkovskiy and Chulpan Khamatova star in this comic, deeply human piece about survival, love, and the fragile architecture of reality. A couple is locked in an endless argument while the world outside collapses into chaos. As the boundaries between reality and delusion dissolve, Khamatova (“Her”) and Burkovskiy (“Him”) inhabit a space where conflict becomes connection, and contradiction becomes a form of devotion. What begins as absurdist comedy reveals its deeper truth: two people fighting not against each other, but for each other's continued existence.

“Burkovskiy and Khamatova bring extraordinary depth and lived experience to the production. Both artists, having left Russia in the wake of political upheaval, carry within their work the urgency and emotional truth of displacement — making Delirium not only a reinterpretation of Ionesco, but a reflection of the present moment.” — Igor Golyak

Delirium reunites Golyak with the international design team behind Arlekin's acclaimed Our Class: Scenic and Properties Design by Jan Pappelbaum, Costume Design by Sasha Ageeva, and Music Composition by Anna Drubich, with Lighting Design by Jeff Adelberg, Sound Design by Denis Zabiyaka, and Arlekin production by Nick Schwartz-Hall.

From the Boston run

“Igor Golyak's genius — the flavor of originality to some of the most complex and demanding material the theater has to offer.” — The Boston Globe

“A riotous, rampantly imaginative, and deeply moving production.” — The Theater Mirror

“Innovative, boundary-pushing and uniquely their own.” — WBUR

Tickets start at $49 and are on sale now at DeliriumNYC.com.