Johanna Day and Tim Hopper To Join 'Almost An Evening' Cast

Tony Award nominee Johanna Day and Steppenwolf Theatre Company member Tim Hopper join the cast of Atlantic Theater Company's acclaimed world premiere production of Academy Award®-winning film maker Ethan Coen's Almost An Evening.

Day and Hopper join F. Murray Abraham, J.R. Horne, Jordan Lage, Mark Linn-Baker, Mary McCann, Del Pentecost and Joey Slotnick when Almost An Evening transfers to a limited run at The Theatres at 45 Bleecker Street (45 Bleecker between Lafayette and Mott Streets) for previews beginning March 20th toward an April 2nd opening. Directed by Atlantic artistic director Neil Pepe, Almost An Evening sold out before previews began at Atlantic Stage 2 on January 9th, opened January 22nd, and played a limited engagement through February 10th, 2008.

In Ethan Coen's Almost An Evening, three short plays unsuccessfully tackle important questions. In Waiting, someone waits somewhere for quite some time. In Four Benches, a voyage to self-discovery takes a British intelligence agent to steam baths in New York and Texas, and to park be nches in the U.S. and U.K. In Debate, cosmic questions are taken up. Not much is learned.

 Academy Award winning film maker Ethan Coen made his Off-Broadway debut as a playwright with his production of short plays at Atlantic Stage 2. He has made thirteen movies with his brother Joel, including the Academy Award winning films No Country for Old Men and Fargo; O Brother, Where Art Thou?; Raising Arizona; Barton Fink; The Hudsucker Proxy and The Big Lebowski. Atlantic artistic director Neil Pepe recently staged the current world premiere of Jez Butterworth's Parlour Song, Harold Pinter's first and most recent plays, The Room and Celebration at Atlantic, and the world premiere of David Mamet's Romance at Atlantic as well as at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.

Johanna Day recently starred in the hit production of Edward Albee's Peter and Jerry Off-Broadway and was nominated for a Tony Award for Proof on Broadway. Steppenwolf Theater Company member Tim Hopper has appeared on Broadway in the revival of Present Laughter, won an Obie Award for More Stately Mansions Off-Broadway, and starred on the HBO series "Oz."

Almost An Evening is produced by Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Managing Director) and Art Meets Commerce (Chip Meyrelles, Executive Director; Ken Greiner, Producing Director). 

Almost An Evening will play Tuesday through Saturday at 8:00pm, with Saturday matinees at 2:00pm and Sunday performances at 3:00 and 7:00pm. Ticket prices range from $20.00 - $50.00 and are available by calling Telecharge at 212-239-6200 / 800-545-2559, online at almostanevening.com and telecharge.com or in person at The Theatres at 45 Bleecker Street (45 Bleecker Street between Lafayette and Mott Street; Tuesday through Sunday from 12:00 – 8:00 p.m.). For more information please visit www.almostanevening.com

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