Katie Clark Takes on Clara in Light in the Piazza, Dec. 16

Katie Clarke will assume the role of Clara Johnson in Lincoln Center Theater's Tony Award winning musical THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA on Friday, December 16 at 8pm at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 W. 65 Street). Kelli O'Hara, who originated the role of Clara will play her final performance on Sunday, December 4. Jennifer Hughes, who understudies the role, will perform the role of Clara from Tuesday, December 6 through Thursday, December 15.

KATIE CLARKE, who will be making her New York stage debut in THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, has appeared in her native Texas in Anything Goes at Houston's Theater Under The Stars and in The Exonerated, Ragtime, Smokey Joe's Café, Anything Goes and The Sound of Music at Sam Houston State University, where she'll graduate with a BFA in Musical Theatre next month. In 2004 she was a featured soloist in Tony Award winning choreographer Ann Reinking's Broadway Theatre Project.

THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, with book by Craig Lucas, music and lyrics by Adam Guettel and direction by Bartlett Sher, won six 2005 Tony Awards including Best Score (Adam Guettel) and Best Actress in a Musical (Victoria Clark). THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA also features Glenn Seven Allen, Michael Berresse, Sarah Uriarte Berry, David Bonanno, David Burnham, Patti Cohenour, Beau Gravitte, Laura Griffith, Prudence Wright Holmes, Felicity LaFortune, Catherine LaValle, Aaron Lazar, Michel Moinot, Peter Samuel, Chris Sarandon, Joseph Siravo, Diane Sutherland.