INDIAN INK, Starring Rosemary Harris, Begins Previews Off-Broadway Tonight

Roundabout Theatre Company will present Tony Award-winner Rosemary Harris in the New York premiere of Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink, directed by Carey Perloff.

The cast includes Firdous Bamji ("Nirad Das"), Bill Buell ("Englishman"), Nick Choksi ("Dilip"), Romola Garai ("Flora Crewe"), Rosemary Harris ("Eleanor Swan"), Neal Huff ("Eldon Pike"), Caroline Lagerfelt ("Englishwoman"), Omar Maskati ("Nazrul"), Tim McGeever ("Resident"), Brenda Meaney ("Nell"), Philip Mills ("Eric"), Ajay Naidu ("Coomaraswami") Bhavesh Patel ("Anish Das"), Lee Aaron Rosen ("David Durance") and Rajeev Varma ("Rajah/Politician").

Indian Ink begins previews tonight, September 4, and officially opens on Tuesday, September 30, at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 46th Street). This is a limited engagement through November 30, 2014.

Set on two different continents and in two different eras, Indian Ink follows free-spirited English poet Flora Crewe (Romola Garai) on her travels through India in the 1930s, where her intricate relationship with an Indian artist unfurls against the backdrop of a country seeking its independence. Fifty years later, in 1980s England, her younger sister Eleanor (Rosemary Harris) tries to preserve the legacy of Flora's controversial career. Little by little, Flora's mysterious past is revealed, as is the surprising story of two people whose connection lives on through art. An evocative portrait of love and loss, Indian Ink movingly explores how the creative spirit can bring us together in the most unexpected ways.

The creative team for Indian Ink also features Neil Patel (Sets), Robert Wierzel (Lighting), Candice Donnelly (Costumes) and Dan Moses Schreier (Sound).

Indian Ink will play Tuesday through Saturday evening at 7:30PM with Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00PM.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride