Photo Flash: Great Expectations in Previews

Obie-winner Kathleen Chalfant and Christian Campbell star in TheatreworksUSA's world premiere stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, which began performances the at Off-Broadway's Lucille Lortel Theatre on Wednesday, November 8th and will open on Thursday, November 16th at 7 PM for a limited run through Sunday, December 3rd.
 
Joining Kathleen Chalfant (Tony-nominee, Angels in America, Obie-winner for Wit) as Miss Havisham and Campbell (the film Trick, Reefer Madness, tick, tick...BOOM! in London) as Pip are Kenneth Boys (Sarah, Plain and Tall) as Pumblechook, Kristen Bush (A Touch of the Poet) as Estella, Emily Donahoe (Apparition) as Biddy, John Joseph Gallagher as Magwich and Paul Niebanck (Shockheaded Peter) as Joe.

Directed by Will Pomerantz (Godot Has Left the Building), and adapted for the stage by Bathsheba Doran (Living Room in Africa), Great Expectations "is Dickens' famous semi-autobiographical novel which follows a young orphan boy through adulthood, navigating London's society circles and his relationships with a wealthy woman and her haughty adopted daughter," according to Theatreworks notes.
 
Tickets are $25 each and are now available by calling www.TicketCentral.com at 212-279-4200.  Visit www.TheatreWorksUSA.org for more information.

Photos by Joan Marcus

 
Kathleen Chalfant, Kenneth Boys and Christan Campbell

Kathleen Chalfant

Christian Campbell and Kathleen Chalfant

Christian Campbell, Kathleen Chalfant and Kristen Bush