Tessa Thompson has a career milestone this week: she will make her Broadway debut in The Fear of 13. The actress got her start in theater, and last year, starred in Nia DaCosta's cinematic reimagining of Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler. That experience helped her realize that it was time to return to her roots. "I was like, 'I gotta get back in a play.' I haven't done a play in ten years. It's where I started, so it …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PM on March 18, 2026