Sarah Paulson Joins MTC's COLLECTED STORIES

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce Golden Globe nominee Sarah Paulson ("Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," The Glass Menagerie) will join Tony Award winner Linda Lavin in Manhattan Theatre Club's upcoming Broadway premiere of Donald Margulies' COLLECTED STORIES to be directed by Lynne Meadow at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street).

Meadow has cast Paulson to play the role of 'Lisa,' the young protégé of 'Ruth' (Lavin).

Margulies' acclaimed drama centers on a celebrated New York author (Lavin) and her bright-eyed young protégé (Paulson). As their relationship evolves and the line between fact and fiction blurs, their fascinating story comes to a dramatic conclusion. Lavin and director Lynne Meadow, who collaborated on MTC's hit The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, reunite for this new production.

The limited engagement of COLLECTED STORIES will begin previews Tuesday, April 6, 2010 and open Wednesday, April 28, 2010.

The design team for COLLECTED STORIES includes Santo Loquasto (Scenic Design), Jane Greenwood (Costume Design), Natasha Katz (Lighting Design), and Obadiah Eaves (Sound Design).

Golden Globe nominated actress Sarah Paulson, was seen last winter in Lionsgate's Christmas Day release, The Spirit, opposite Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Mendes, and Scarlett Johansson. Adapted from the legendary comic strip, The Spirit is a classic action-adventure-romance, told by genre-twister Frank Miller (creator of Sin City). In early 2009, Paulson was seen in Rob Thomas' ABC comedy, "Cupid," opposite Bobby Cannavale. Paulson's Golden Globe nominated role was in Aaron Sorkin's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," where she starred opposite Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Bradley Whitford, and Steven Weber. Paulson's major television credits also include the lead role on the drama "Leap of Faith," "Deadwood," "Path to War" (opposite Alec Baldwin and Donald Sutherland), "Jack and Jill," the television movies "The Long Way Home" (opposite Jack Lemmon) and the series "American Gothic" with Gary Cole. Her film credits include Marry Harron's The Notorious Bettie Page, Paramount's Down with Love (with Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor and David Hyde Pierce), What Women Want (opposite Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt), The Other Sister, directed by Gary Marshall (starring Diane Keaton and Juliette Lewis), Swimmers directed by Doug Sadler, and Diggers directed by Katherine Dieckmann. On stage, Paulson recently starred as 'Carrie Ann' in Alexander Dinelaris' Still Life at the MCC Theatre. Before that Paulson played 'Stacey' in Mark Schultz' The Gingerbread House at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre opposite Bobby Cannavale. In 2008 Sarah starred in the Roundabout Theatre Production of Beth Henley's Crimes of the Heart directed by Kathleen Turner. She originated the role for this production at the Williamstown Theatre Festival the previous summer. She also starred opposite Alfred Molina and Annette Bening in the critically acclaimed Cherry Orchard for the Mark Taper Forum playing 'Varya.' She has appeared on Broadway as 'Laura Wingfield' in the revival of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, alongside Jessica Lange as well as Wendy Wasserstein's Tony Award-winning, The Sisters Rosensweig at the Barrymore Theatre. Her other stage credits include the off-Broadway production of Tracy Letts' Killer Joe (opposite Scott Glenn and Amanda Plummer) and Horton Foote's Talking Pictures at the Signature Theatre.

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* Single tickets to COLLECTED STORIES are available via www.Telecharge.com and by telephone at (212) 239-6200 or (800) 432-7250 if outside the NY metro area; and at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre box office (261 West 47th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue).
* COLLECTED STORIES tickets range in price from $57.00-$97.00.