John Krasinski will star in the dark comedic play Angry Alan Off-Broadway this June.

The Penelope Skinner play will mark the first production at the Studio Seaview space, which was previously known as the Tony Kiser Theatre. Seaview, the production company behind John Mulaney’s All In: Comedy About Love, Good Night, and Good Luck with George Clooney this season, acquired the theater from the nonprofit theater company Second Stage Theater in January.

Sam Gold, who directed An Enemy of the People and Romeo + Juliet, both produced by Seaview, directs the one-man play. Angry Alan will start performances May 23, ahead of a June 11 opening night. The play is slated for a 10-week engagement.

Angry Alan makes its New York debut after premiering at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and later appearing in London and around the world. Donald Sage Mackay co-created the piece and acted in prior productions. The production description reads: “Roger is divorced,...