Cerveris, Chlumsky, Etc. Set for Week Two of SPF Shows

The Third Annual Summer Play Festival (SPF) has announced casting for week two of shows playing at Theatre Row, through Sunday July 16th.  Among those who will perform in the shows include Todd Cerveris, William Youmans and Anna Chlumsky. 

The shows and casts for week two include:

Hitting the Wall by Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich, directed by Drew Barr, "is a dark comedy about a pair of neighbors putting their lives back together after the death of one of their children (at the Clurman Theatre)." The cast includes: Leslie Lyles*, Tom Mason*, Kelly Coffield Park*, John Rothman*, Patricia Buckley*, and Timothy McCracken.*

Gardening Leave by Joanna Pinto, directed by Michael Goldfried, "finds a British man whose life is turned around when a pretty young Iranian woman comes to help with his rooftop garden (at the Lion Theatre)." The cast includes: Maha Chehlaoui*, and Michael Tomlinson.

Father Joy by Sheri Wilner, directed by Pam MacKinnon, is "a fantastical comedy about a girl whose father is actually disappearing before her very eyes." The cast includes: Lizbeth MacKay*, Reno Roop*, Elisabeth Waterston*, Randall Newsome.*

The Butcherhouse Chronicles by Michael P. Hidalgo, directed by Thomas Caruso, "is a darkly comic horror show about four high school students in search of their missing history teacher." The cast indludes: Matthew Doyle, Billy Wheelan*, Todd Cerveris*, Carole Monferdini*, Erik Singer*, Vin Knight*, William Youmans*, Kate Morgan Chadwick*, and Anna Chlumsky.

Under founder Arielle Tepper (a producer of Broadway's Monty Python's Spamalot, The Pillowman, A Raisin in The Sun, and Freak), The non-profit organization The Living Room for Artists Inc./Summer Play Festival provides emerging writers, directors, designers and producers an opportunity to work on their material and their craft in a protected environment, guided by established professionals at no cost to them. The festival takes place throughout the month of July at Theatre Row on 42nd Street.

All show tickets are $10 each. Visit www.TicketCentral.com or call 212-279-4200.  Visit www.spfnyc.com for more information.