Jacob, a teenage boy living in the Meadows, Nottingham, often spends his time roaming the streets drunk and in search of trouble. On one chaotic weekend night, he throws a single punch—eventually fatal—at a stranger. Two years later, after a prison term of 14 months, Jacob emerges lost and aimless. He then forms an unlikely connection that helps turn his life around: it’s with the victim’s parents, Joan and David. This true story of redemption, as told in Jacob Dunne’s memoir Right from Wrong, is the subject of a theater adaptation by James Graham. Narrated by Jacob, the play travels from the tragic night to prison, and from a restorative justice program to the meeting with Joan and David. “It astonished me that they wanted me to make something of myself,” Dunne told The Guardian. “It gave me a lot of strength.” The show’s Broadway premiere is directed by Adam Penford, the artistic director of Nottingham Playhouse, where Punch had its premiere, in 2024. —Jeanne Malle