Derrick Baskin, Nicholas Christopher & More Join Sherie Rene Scott in WHORL INSIDE A LOOP at Second Stage

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director, Casey Reitz Executive Director) has announced complete casting for its upcoming world premiere production of Whorl Inside a Loop, a new play by Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott, co-directed by Michael Mayer and Mr. Scanlan, the creative team behind the Tony-nominated, critically acclaimed hit, Everyday Rapture, which had its world premiere at Second Stage Theatre in 2009.

Previously announced star Sherie Rene Scott will be joined by Derrick Baskin (...Spelling Bee), Nicholas Christopher (Motown), Chris Myers (An Octoroon), Ryan Quinn (King Lear), Daniel J. Watts (In the Heights), and Donald Webber, Jr. (Motown).

WHORL INSIDE A LOOP will begin performances August 4, 2015 at Second Stage Theatre's Tony Kiser Theatre (305 West 43rd street). Season subscriptions are currently available through 2ST.com or by calling the box office at 212-246-4422.

A well-regarded actress agrees to teach six inmates how to tell their stories behind the bars of a men's maximum security prison. Sharing intimate and sometimes hilarious details of their former lives, this unlikely group forms a bond -- even as the actress' life outside spins out of control. And when what happens in prison doesn't stay there, no one is sure who to trust. From the team that brought you Everyday Rapture, this new play features Sherie Rene Scott and six men playing two dozen characters in a constant shifting of scenes, ages, genders and races. Whorl Inside a Loop explores the fine line between convicted felons and the criminal inside each of us, the viability of forgiveness and the unreliability of redemption.

Second Stage Theatre is currently presenting the world premiere of Neil LaBute's THE WAY WE GET BY, starring Thomas Sadoski andAmanda Seyfried, directed by Leigh Silverman, which is currently in previews and opens on May 19th. Second Stage Uptown will present the world premiere of THE OTHER THING, written by Emily Schwend and directed by Lucie Tiberghien, beginning previews May 12th and opening on May 21st.

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