Creative Team Set For CALL ME IZZY Starring Jean Smart
Performances will run at Studio 54 from May 24 – August 17, 2025.
By: Stephi Wild Mar. 18, 2025
The full creative team has been set for the world premiere of Call Me Izzy, starring Jean Smart in her first return to Broadway in 25 years. Tickets go on sale today at 10AM ET for the 12-week limited engagement playing Studio 54 from May 24 – August 17, 2025, with an opening night set for June 12.
Written by Jamie Wax (Evangeline, CBS News) and directed by Sarna Lapine (Sunday in the Park with George), Call Me Izzy is a darkly comedic story about one woman in rural Louisiana who has a secret that is both her greatest gift and her only way out. It is a moving, tour de force portrait of a woman who resists being silenced by embracing her tenacity, humor, and fiery imagination.
The design team will feature Scenic Design by Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams (McNeal – Assoc., My Fair Lady - Assoc.), Lighting Design by two-time Tony Award winner Donald Holder (South Pacific, The Lion King), Costume Design by Emmy Award winner Tom Broecker (Little Shop of Horrors, “Saturday Night Live”) and Sound Design by Beth Lake (McNeal, Uncle Vanya). Casting is by Caparelliotis Casting (Eureka Day, Mary Jane) - David Caparelliotis, CSA and Joseph Gery. The Technical Supervisor is Juniper Street Productions (The Great Gatsby, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child). General Management is by Live Wire Theatrical (Little Shop of Horrors, Just in Time) and the Production Stage Manager is Howard Tilkin (Funny Girl, Lempicka).
Jean Smart’s versatility as an actor transcends mediums and genres. From her Tony Award Nominated performance in The Man Who Came to Dinner opposite Nathan Lane, to her iconic TV roles as sweet, guileless Charlene on “Designing Women” and now her powerful, Emmy Award-winning performance as Deborah Vance in “Hacks”, Smart effortlessly shifts between comedy and drama. She made history with her 2021 Emmy Award win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for “Hacks”, joining Betty White as the only other actor to complete the comedy trifecta of having an Emmy in the Comedy Lead, Supporting and Guest categories. That win, along with several others for “Hacks”, has placed her in an elite group of actors who have swept all five major TV awards in a single television season — Emmys, Golden Globes, SAG Awards, Critics’ Choice Awards, and Television Critics Association. Jean Smart has been a part of several developmental readings of Call Me Izzy.
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