Michele Pawk to Make NY Directorial Debut with 'Carapace Isle' at Manhattan Rep

Tony-Award-winning actress Michele Pawk will make her New York directing debut at the Manhattan Repertory Theatre with Carapace Isle, a world premiere play by Jon Courie.

The limited 4-week engagement begins November 8 and will play through December 5 at Manhattan Repertory Theatre, 303 West 42nd Street. The cast includes Athena Masci, Rachel Charlop-Powers, Grace Savage, Jim Speake and Wanda O'Connell.

Carapace Isle is a comedy set in a small town on the Crystal Coast of North Carolina. In a moment of crisis, Ashley (Athena Masci) returns to her parent's home, seeking support and comfort. Instead, she's hit broadside with a dose of Southern-fried family dysfunction.

For more information please visit www.manhattanrep.com or www.carapaceisle.com

Michele Pawk received a Tony Award for best featured actress in a play for Hollywood Arms.  Her other Broadway credits include Losing Louie, Mamma Mia!, Chicago, Seussical, Cabaret (for which she received Drama Desk, Outer Critics' Circle nominations), Triumph of Love, Crazy For You (for she received a Drama Desk nomination), and Mail.  Off-Broadway she appeared in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, The Paris Letter (Drama Desk nomination), Reefer Madness, After the Fair, Hello Again, Merrily We Roll Along, john & jen, A Little Night Music (NYC & LA Operas).  Ms. Pawk appeared in the regional production of Natural History and her television credits include the three "Law and Order" series. She also has starred in Broadway's HAIRSPRAY and will be in the upcoming production of Playwrights Horizons PRAYER FOR MY ENEMY.