Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director), in association with Sonia Friedman Productions and Ostar Productions presents Sienna Miller as "Miss Julie", Jonny Lee Miller as "John" and Marin Ireland as "Christine" in the American premiere of playwright Patrick Marber's drama After Miss Julie, a version of Strindberg's Miss Julie, directed by Mark Brokaw.
After Miss Julie will begin preview performances on September 18th, 2009 and open officially on October 22nd, 2009 at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd Street). This is a limited engagement through December 6th, 2009.
The design team includes Allen Moyer (Sets), Michael Krass (Costumes), Mark McCullough (Lights) and David Van Tieghem (Original Music & Sound).
After Miss Julie transposes August Strindberg's 1888 play about sex and class to an English country house on the eve of Labour's historic landslide in 1945.
Tickets are available by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at (212)719-1300, online at www.roundabouttheatre.org or at the American Airlines Box Office (227 West 42nd Street). Ticket prices range from $66.50 to $111.50. Through ACCESS Roundabout, 100 tickets are available for the first four preview performances beginning September 18 for only $10 each.
Mark Brokaw's production of Lisa Loomer's play Distracted, starring Cynthia Nixon, recently concluded its extended limited engagement at Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre. His other past Roundabout productions include the 2006 production of Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer with Blythe Danner and Carla Gugino and The Constant Wife at the American Airlines Theatre in 2004.
After Miss Julie will play Tuesday through Saturday evening at 8:00 p.m. with Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m.
Sienna Miller (Miss Julie). Born in New York, Sienna Miller spent the majority of her childhood in London and Wiltshire. She went on to study drama at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. In 2000 she starred in the off-Broadway production of Independence at the Neighbourhood Playhouse. Sienna portrayed "Celia" in the Young Vic's critically acclaimed production of Shakespeare's As You Like It, at the Wyndhams Theatre in London's West End. She starred alongside Helen McCrory, Dominic West and Reece Shearsmith. Sienna Miller was presented with the 2009 ShoWest Supporting Actress of the Year Award. Recently released movies include The Edge of Love with Keira Knightly, directed by John Maybury and The Mysteries of Pittsburgh opposite Peter Sarsgaard. In August, Sienna can also be seen in the highly anticipated action film G.I. Joe: Rise Of The Cobra directed by Stephen Sommers in which she plays the baroness Anastasia DeCobray. Sienna has starred in Interview opposite Steve Buscemi and played "Nikki," a beautiful but unstable party girl, in Charles Shyer's high profile remake of the1960's classic Alfie. She starred alongside Jude Law, Susan Sarandon, Marisa Tomei, Jane Krakowski and Nia Long. Sienna also starred opposite Heath Ledger in Lasse Hallström's production of Casanova. She plays the part of Francesca, the only woman Casanova fails to seduce. Sienna completed four other feature films in 2006, the most notable of which was Factory Girl directed by George Hickenlooper in which she plays the ill-fated Andy Warhol muse, Edie Sedgwick, opposite Guy Pearce. In addition, she starred in Interview opposite Steve Buscemi, Camille opposite James Franco, and had a cameo in Stardust directed by Matthew Vaughn.
