Michael Braun takes over the role of D in Pre-Existing Condition on Monday, November 30, succeeding Drama Desk Award nominee Greg Keller in Marin Ireland’s play at the Greenwich House Theater.
Braun’s first night is also Edie Falco’s. The Emmy and Golden Globe winner plays A, the play’s unnamed central woman, from November 30 through December 19. Tony nominee Whitney White then takes the part from December 21 until the run ends on January 8, 2027, so Braun plays opposite both. Producers Jessica Chase (Chase This Productions) and Susan Kelechi Watson announced the change on November 10.
A has passed between a series of actors since the production opened. Lupita Nyong’o created it, followed by Phillipa Soo and Susannah Flood, and Hari Nef plays it now, through November 28. Pulitzer Prize finalist Dael Orlandersmith and Drama Desk Award winner Susannah Perkins stay in the company, with Josh Tobin and Sarin Monae West as understudies.
Braun’s screen credits include George Clooney’s The Tender Bar, Adrian Lyne’s Deep Water and The Courtroom, directed by Lee Sunday Evans. On television, he played EJ in the fifth and final season of Showtime’s The Affair, and has appeared in The Sinner, Succession and The Night Of. His Broadway work includes Ivo van Hove’s The Crucible and War Horse at Lincoln Center, and he was part of Sam Mendes’s Bridge Project, playing The Winter’s Tale and The Cherry Orchard at BAM and the Old Vic. Earlier this year he played the title role in Cyrano at the Old Globe, and in 2027 he is due in Grass, a premiere from Park Avenue Armory and National Black Theatre. He trained at the Yale School of Drama.
Ireland’s play, directed by Tony nominee Maria Dizzia, follows a woman in the long aftermath of a damaging relationship, tracing what it takes to carry on with an ordinary life afterward. It was a New York Times Critics’ Pick, and New York Theatre Guide called it an “unfiltered examination of how violence imprints itself on the body and soul.” The production first played a sold-out summer 2024 run at the Connelly Theater. Part of the proceeds from this engagement goes to the Survivor Leadership Fund of Sanctuary for Families.
For what the critics thought, see our review roundup.
Pre-Existing Condition runs at the Greenwich House Theater, 27 Barrow Street, through January 8, 2027, and tickets are on sale now.
