Casting Announced for Ruhl's eurydice at Second Stage

Second Stage Theatre has announced the complete cast for their upcoming production of Sarah Ruhl's eurydice.   Directed by Les Waters, the  production will begin previews on Wednesday, May 30 and will officially open on Monday, June 18 at 6:45pm at Second Stage Theatre (307 west 43rd street, just west of Eighth Avenue).  eurydice is scheduled to run through Saturday,  July 21. 

The company of eurydice is Maria Dizzia (The Wooden Breeks, Apparition), Gian-Murray Gianino (Radio Macbeth, Bone Portraits), Carla Harting (Orson's Shadow), Ramiz Monsef (All That I Will Ever Be), Joseph Parks, Charles Shaw Robinson (The Common Pursuit, John Houseman's The Cradle Will Rock) and Mark Zeisler (A View from the Bridge, Brooklyn Boy).

Dizzia, Harting, Monsef, Robinson and Zeisler were seen in eurydice at Berkeley Rep and Yale Rep, while Parks appeared in the play at Yale Rep.

"A moving, surreal, and surprisingly funny take on the classic story of Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl's play eurydice re-imagines the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice through the eyes of its heroine. When she abruptly dies on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey through the underworld, reunite with her father and struggle to retain the memories of her lost love. With  contemporary characters, ingenious twists of plot, and breathtaking visual effects, this stirring new play is truly a fresh look at a timeless love story as envisioned by one of the American theater's most exciting new voices," state production notes.

The production has set design by Scott Bradley; costume design by Meg Neville; lighting design by Russell Champa; and sound design by Bray Poor.

eurydice premiered at Madison Repertory Theatre in 2003 and was subsequently produced at Berkeley Repertory Theater (2004) and Yale Repertory Theater (2006).

Ruhl's plays include The Clean House (Pulitzer Prize Finalist, 2005; The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, 2004); Passion Play, a cycle (The Fourth Freedom Forum Playwriting Award from The Kennedy Center, a Helen Hayes Awards nomination for best new play); Dead Man's Cell Phone; Melancholy Play; Orlando; and Late: a cowboy song.

Ticket information is available by calling Second Stage Theatre box office at 212-246-4422 or online at www.2ST.com.