Justin Kirk Signs on for Season Eight of WEEDS

According to Deadline.com, OTHER DESERT CITIES star Justin Kirk has signed on for the eighth season of Showtime's 'Weeds.' Kirk plays 'Andy' in the series, which will likey enter its final season later this year.

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Justin Kirk is an Obie Award winner for his performance in Love! Valour! Compassion! (in which he co-starred both on Broadway and its original off-Broadway production). He last appeared at Lincoln Center Theater in Jon Robin Baitz’s Ten Unknowns, for which he won a Lucille Lortel Award and garnered Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations. His other stage credits include The Understudy opposite Mark Paul Gosselaar and Julie White, The World Over at Playwrights Horizons, the Broadway production of Any Given Day and the off-Broadway productions of Old Wicked Songs and June Moon with the Drama Department, of which he was a founding member.

He received Emmy and Screen Actors Guild nominations for his performance as Prior Walter in Mike Nichols HBO adaptation of Angels in America. His other television credits include a recurring role on ABC’s Modern Family and a regular role on Jack & Jill. His films include Love! Valour! Compassion!, Against the Current, Puccini for Beginners, Four Boxes, Flannel Pajamas and Wasps. His latest films, Goats, in which he stars opposite David Duchovny and Vera Farmiga and Nobody Walks, in which he stars opposite John Krasinski and Olivia Thirlby, will both premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2012. Currently Mr. Kirk is in Europe filming the new film Mr. Morgan’s Last Love, in which he stars opposite Michael Caine and Clemence Posey.

The playing schedule for OTHER DESERT CITIES is Tuesday evenings at 7pm, Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 8pm, with matinees Wednesday and Saturdays at 2pm and Sundays at 3pm. Tickets, priced from $56.50 to $126.50 are available at telecharge.com or by visiting www.lct.org. A limited number of tickets priced at $31.50 will be available at every performance through LincTix, LCT’s new program for 21 to 35 year olds. For information and to enroll, visit LincTix.org.