TACT's 'Eccentricities' Sells Out At Clurman Theatre

In its second season of fully staged productions, The Actors Company Theatre / TACT (Scott Alan Evans, Cynthia Harris and Simon Jones, Co-Artistic Directors) has its fourth HIT production.  The Eccentricities of a Nightingale by Tennessee Williams, directed by Jenn Thompson, Opened  on  May 5th to glowing reviews.  The production is now officially sold out through the end of its limited run on Saturday, May 24, 2008 at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre.

 
Leading the cast of Eccentricities is TACT company member Mary Bacon in the role of Alma Winemiller. Playing opposite her, in the pivotal role of Dr. John Buchanan, is Todd Gearhart (The Guthrie's All My Sons.) They are joined by TACT company members and Broadway veterans Larry Keith (Primary Stages' Southern Comforts, Caroline, Or Change, Titanic) as the Reverend Winemiller, Darrie Lawrence (Come Back Little Sheba, Steel Magnolias, Buried Child) as Mrs. Buchanan, and Cynthia Darlow (Rabbit Hole, Taller Than a Dwarf, Hank Williams: Lost Highway) as Mrs. Basset. Fellow company members Nora Chester, Francesca Di Mauro, Greg McFadden, James Prendergast and Scott Schafer round out the cast. The design team includes TACT company members: Darryl Bornstein (sound), Jonathan Faiman (original music) and David Toser (costumes), joined by Lucrecia Briceno (lighting) and Bill Clarke (sets).

Photo Credit Stephen Kunken

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