MCC Theater has announced that Emmy Award-nominated television and film actress Maura Tierney ("ER") will star as 'Bobbi' in the U.S. premiere of Some Girl(s) by Neil LaBute. The strictly limited engagement of Some Girl(s) will begin preview performances on Wednesday, May 17th and continue through Saturday, June 24 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, NYC). Opening night is set for Thursday, June 8, 7PM.
Some Girl(s) reunites LaBute with director Jo Bonney, who helmed MCC's critically-acclaimed, sold-out run of
Fat Pig last season. "Set in four different city hotel rooms (Seattle,
Chicago, Boston and Los Angeles),
Some Girl(s) follows a soon-to-be-engaged man as he pays a last visit to four ex-girlfriends before taking the plunge. Casting is underway for the ensemble cast which includes the role of 'Man' and the other three ex-girlfriends, Sam, Tyler and Lindsay.
Tierney is currently gracing television screens every week as Nurse Abby Lockhart on the top rated NBC series "ER," for which she received her first Emmy nomination. She will next been seen in a film for Magnolia Pictures called
Diggers, in which she stars opposite
Paul Rudd, Ken Marino,
Josh Hamilton,
Ron Eldard,
Lauren Ambrose and
Sarah Paulson. Other film credits include
Primary Colors, Liar, Liar, Insomnia, Welcome to Mooseport, Instinct and
Forces of Nature, as well as
Primal Fear, The Temp, White Sands, Oxygen and
Scotland, PA. Prior to joining the cast of "ER," Tierney spent four years on the critically acclaimed NBC series "News Radio." Her stage credits include roles in
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Bald Soprano, Baby with Bathwater, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea and
Talking With.
The London production of
Some Girl(s) performed at the Gielgud Theatre and starred David Schwimmer as 'Man;' it ran from May 12th through August 13th, 2005. LaBute's other plays include
Fat Pig, The Mercy Seat, The Distance from Here, bash and
The Shape of Things.Some Girl(s) will feature set design by
Neil Patel (
The Mercy Seat); costume design by Mimi O'Donnell (
Fat Pig); lighting design by
David Weiner (
Living Out) and sound design by Rob Kaplowitz (
Fat Pig).
Ticket information will be announced soon. Visit
www.mcctheater.org for more information on the theater.
