"Brooklyn Boy" is Margulies' first work for the stage since winning the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with his "Dinner with Friends". Tony Award-winning director Daniel Sullivan, who directed South Coast Repertory's production of "Dinner with Friends" returned to South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, California, to direct the world premiere of "Brooklyn Boy". This was a co-production by South Coast Repertory and the Manhattan Theatre Club, and was commissioned by SCR and developed at the company's 2003 Pacific Playwrights Festival. The play ran from September 10, 2004 to October 10, 2004. The cast starred Adam Arkin as Eric Weiss; Allan Miller as his father Manny; Dana Reeve as his wife Nina; as well as Arye Gross, Ari Graynor, Mimi Lieber and Kevin Isola.