Anna Chlumsky, Steven Boyer & More Join MISS LULU BETT at Classic Stage Company

Classic Stage Company will present a reading of Miss Lulu Bett by Zona Gale and directed by Tony Award nominee Sheryl Kaller on Monday September 23 at 7pm, followed by an evening of short plays on Monday October 21 at 7pm. All readings will be held in CSC’s Lynn F. Angelson Theater (136 East 13th Street). Tickets are available now at classicstage.org.

The cast for the reading of Miss Lulu Bett includes Tony Award nominee Steven Boyer (Kimberly Akimbo, Hand to God) as Dwight, Emmy Award nominee Anna Chlumsky (“Veep,” “Inventing Anna”) as Lulu Bett, Manu Narayan (Company, Bombay Dreams) as Cornish, and Ella Stiller (Hubie Halloween) as Diana.

It’s 1920, and Miss Lulu Bett, an unmarried woman in her thirties, has resigned herself to a life with few options and no joy. She is grateful to have been taken into the home of her married sister, Ina, even though Ina’s family, especially husband Deacon, treat her like their servant. Cooking and cleaning all day, Lulu has given up on having a life of her own, until the arrival of Deacon’s brother throws her safe existence for a loop. Ninian speaks his mind, takes action, and just might sweep Lulu off her tired feet, if only she’ll let him. But when secrets from the past come back to haunt the family, Lulu will be forced to decide where her loyalties lie – with her sister, her man, or most difficult of all, with herself.

Miss Lulu Bett is the first play written by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Tickets begin at $20 and are on sale https://www.classicstage.org/choose-seats/?eid=MISSLULUBETT2024.