Stockard Channing to Join Nathan Lane, Debra Messing in Benefit Readings of Wesley Taylor's Short Plays

It was announced today that additional cast members have joined the benefit evening of "BRIDGING THE GAP AND OTHER SHORT PLAYS BY WESLEY TAYLOR". The event will be presented as an evening of readings of a collection of six new short plays by actor and playwright WESLEY TAYLOR to benefit The Actors Fund. The one-night-only event is set for Monday, October 26, 2015 at 7:30 pm at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) and tickets are now on sale via www.actorsfund.org.

Previously announced cast including Golden Globe, Emmy, and two-time Tony Award winner NATHAN LANE and Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Award winner DEBRA MESSING will be joined by Emmy and Tony Award winner and Academy Award nominee Stockard Channing ("Six Degrees of Separation"/"The West Wing"/Other Desert Cities), Tracee Chimo (Bad Jews/Lips Together, Teeth Apart), Obie winner Dane DeHaan ("The Amazing Spider-Man: 2"/The Aliens), Tony nominee Billy Magnussen ("Into the Woods"/Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike), Tony nominee Bryce Pinkham (The Heidi Chronicles/A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder), "Smash" actress Krysta Rodriguez (First Date/Spring Awakening) and Becca Tobin ("Glee"/Rock of Ages).

Boasting an additional cast of Kyle Beltran (Fortress of Solitude/In the Heights), Logan Fahey ("Masters of Sex/"Grey's Anatomy"), Max Jenkins ("The Mysteries of Laura"/Unnatural Acts), Alice Lee (ABC's "Rising Star"/Heathers: The Musical), Victoria Mack (Venus in Fur/"The Good Wife) and Adrienne Warren (Bring it On: The Musical/"Orange is the New Black") with Roger Clark on stage directions.

The evening will consist of six ten minute play readings, written by WESLEY TAYLOR, including "Bridging the Gap"; "Spark"; "Mother"; "Cuckold"; "Little Monsters"; and "Billy Green Auditions for Juilliard." The director and host will be announced at a later date. All cast members are subject to change.

Tickets ($75, $150, $250) are now on sale at www.actorsfund.org or by calling 212.221.7300 ext. 133. Tickets that include a post-performance cast party will be available for a donation of $500. For details, visit www.actorsfund.org.