People, Places and Things: Sandbox’s 2026 Plans
Review update, September 7, 2026: Read our People, Places and Things technical dress rehearsal review, based on the August 14, 2026 rehearsal. The announcement below predates the cast, venue and full schedule details.
The Sandbox Collective’s June 14, 2026 announcement named People, Places, and Things as its next project: a limited staged reading of Duncan Macmillan’s play, directed by artistic director Sab Jose and planned for August 2026.
The announcement followed the company’s February production of Spring Awakening. At that point, Sandbox had not released the cast, venue, exact performance dates or ticket availability. Those were still forthcoming when this preview was written.
Sandbox returns to Duncan Macmillan
The company’s earlier Macmillan productions include Lungs and Every Brilliant Thing, with the latter also presented in Filipino as Bawat Bonggang Bagay. Every Brilliant Thing is by Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe. The new announcement continued that relationship with the playwright.
People, Places, and Things follows an actress whose life has spun out of control. Sandbox’s synopsis identifies addiction, recovery and escapism as its subjects. Its announcement said the staged-reading format would foreground Macmillan’s dialogue; it did not establish what the finished staging would look or feel like.
“Since our inception, advocacy theater has been at the heart of The Sandbox Collective’s identity,” Jose said in the announcement. She connected the choice of this play to the company’s intention to continue difficult conversations after Spring Awakening.
The useful connection is the company’s stated programming choice. Addiction and recovery were the subjects it wanted to address next. Whether the reading achieved that intention belongs to an account of the performance, not to this announcement.
What the original announcement established
Sandbox’s release dates the play’s first presentation to September 1, 2015 at the Dorfman Theatre, National Theatre in London, in a co-production with Headlong. Its June announcement for Philippine audiences supplied the August 2026 window and Jose’s direction, while leaving the remaining practical details for later releases.
The company listed Facebook, X and TikTok at @TheSandboxCo, its official Sandbox website, and #SandboxPPT for updates. The technical dress rehearsal review linked above provides the subsequent performance-specific coverage.