Guirgis' play Between Riverside and Crazy premiered Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company in July 2014 and closed on August 23, 2014.[3] It then was produced by Second Stage Theatre, opening in previews on January 16, 2015, officially on February 11, 2015. Directed by Austin Pendleton, the play featured Stephen McKinley Henderson.[4] The play received a nomination for the 2015 Drama League Award, Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play.[5] The play won the 2015 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play.[6] The play won the 2015 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play.[7] The play won the 2015 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Play.[8] Artists Repertory Theatre, located in Portland, Oregon, will stage Between Riverside and Crazy from March 4 to April 1, 2018.[9]