‘Psychopathia Paschalis’ — a new play by Jacob Iglitzin
SYNOPSIS
Psychopathia Paschalis is a dark comedy-of-manners that satirizes the hypocrisy and dysfunction beneath an upper-middle-class American family. When the Wallace family gathers for Easter, a shocking revelation—that Nick’s “friend” Justin is actually his lover—throws the household into chaos. As tensions erupt, an inept, self-styled detective only makes matters worse. Secrets unravel, bodies pile up, and the family’s fragile civility collapses into madness.
THE PLAYWRIGHT
Jacob Iglitzin is a New York–based theatre artist. A lyricist, book-writer, composer, playwright, performer, director, and dramaturg from Seattle, Jacob’s original musicals include 16/32 (Studio Tisch 2025), AIDEN (Off-Off-Broadway), Elaine!, and Boys, Boys, Behave!. His songs have been featured at 54 Below, The Green Room 42, Laurie Beechman Theatre, The Players Theatre, The Vino Theater, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Shubert Theatre at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Greenhouse Ensemble Theater, and Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. His historical one-act play The King of Andorra received a staged reading at the O’Neill Center. As a performer, Jacob works frequently with Brief Cameo Productions, a Connecticut-based theatre company that produces concert stagings of underrepresented works of musical theatre. Jacob holds a B.A. in History from Columbia University and certifications from the Musical Creators’ Institute and the O’Neill’s National Musical Theatre Institute. He is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild, Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, and New York Theatre Workshop’s Young Defenders program.