Robert Sean Leonard, Timothée Chalamet & More Will Star in MTC's PRODIGAL SON

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce complete casting for Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of Prodigal Son, the new play written and directed by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner John Patrick Shanley (Doubt, Outside Mullingar).

The cast for Prodigal Son will feature Annika Boras (Chair, An Oresteia), Timothée Chalamet ("Homeland," Interstellar), Tony Award winner Robert Sean Leonard (The Invention of Love, "House"), Chris McGarry (Defiance, Doubt), and David Potters (New York stage debut).

The limited engagement of Prodigal Son will begin previews Tuesday, January 19, 2016 for a Tuesday, February 9, 2016 opening night at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street).

Prodigal Son is a passionate, explosive portrait of a young man on the verge of salvation or destruction, written and directed by John Patrick Shanley (of Tony, Academy Award, and Pulitzer Prize fame). A 17-year-old boy (Timothée Chalamet) from The Bronx finds himself suddenly in a private school in New Hampshire. He's violent, gifted, alienated, on fire with a ferocious loneliness. Two faculty members (Tony Award winnerRobert Sean Leonard and Chris McGarry) wrestle with the dilemma: Is the kid a star or a disaster?

The world premiere of Prodigal Son marks another exciting step forward in the collaboration between Manhattan Theatre Club and this visceral New York playwright (Doubt, Outside Mullingar).

The creative team for Prodigal Son will feature Santo Loquasto (scenic design), Ann Roth (costume design), Natasha Katz (lighting design) and Fitz Patton (sound design).

For more information on Manhattan Theatre Club and their upcoming 2015-16 season, please visit www.ManhattanTheatreClub.com.