A Stone Carver, Starring Lauria, to Close a Week Early

Originally announced to end its run on September 3rd, William Mastrosimone's new play A Stone Carver will close at the Soho Playhouse a week early.

At closing, it will have played 9 previews and 33 regular performances.  The play opened on July 27th after beginning previews on July 18th. 

Dan Lauria ("The Wonder Years," Off-Broadway's The Guys) stars in A Stone Carver, which is directed by Robert Kalfin (Yentl, Happy End on Broadway).  "Set in a beautifully hand-crafted but run-down home in the 1970's, A Stone Carver could be ripped from today's headlines of eminent domain and urban redevelopment. When a town wants to build a new highway off-ramp and issues eminent domain orders to clear the needed land, one elderly stone carver refuses to leave the home he built with his own hands," according to notes on the show.

Darren Lee Cole and Parseghian Planco (comprised of former William Morris agents Gene Parseghian and Johnnie Planco) produce A Stone Carver, which also features Jim Iorio and Elizabeth Rossa, who were previously seen in the play when it premiered at the Passage Theater Company in Trenton, NJ.  They once again play, respectively, the carver's son and wife.

Mastrosimone, who is currently the head writer for the TNT miniseries "Into the West," received a Drama Desk nomination for his play Extremities (later adapted into a film).  Other plays include Sunshine and The Woolgatherer.

Visit www.sohoplayhouse.com for tickets and more information.