Ari Brand, Lynn Cohen & More to Lead Westport Country Playhouse's CROSSING DELANCY Reading, 12/9

Casting is announced for the heart-felt, romantic comedy "Crossing Delancey," a Script in Hand playreading at Westport Country Playhouse, on Monday, December 9, 7 p.m. Tickets are $15. The play is written by Susan Sandler and directed by Anne Keefe.

Actors in the comedic story are Ari Brand (Westport Country Playhouse's "The Diary of Anne Frank," Broadway's "The Neil Simon Plays," Off-Broadway's "My Name Is Asher Lev") as Sam; Kieran Campion (Westport Country Playhouse's "Journey's End," "David Copperfield," and several Script in Hand playreadings, Broadway's "Our Town," "The American Plan") as Tyler; Lynn Cohen (Broadway's "Ivanov," "Orpheus Descending"; films "Catching Fire: The Hunger Games 2," Steven Spielberg's "Munich," "Sex and the City" - TV and both movies) as Bubbie; Dana Steingold (Westport Country Playhouse's "Into the Woods" as Little Red Ridinghood, and two Script in Hand playreadings, Broadway/National Tours of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee") as Isabel; Cheryl Stern (Westport Country Playhouse's " Into the Woods," Script in Hand playreading of "Beau Jest," Broadway's 2010 Tony Award-winning "La Cage aux Folles") as Hannah; and Ronald Cohen (New York's "Artist Descending a Staircase," "Henry IV Part One," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Twelfth Night") reading stage directions.

In "Crossing Delancey," Isabel is a modern young woman who lives alone and works in a bookstore. When she is not pining after a handsome author, she is visiting her grandmother in Manhattan's Lower East Side. This delightfully nosey old lady and her friend the matchmaker have found a 'good catch' for Isabel - Sam, the pickle vendor.

Director Anne Keefe served as artistic director of Westport Country Playhouse with JoAnne Woodward in 2008, and as associate artistic director from 2000-2006, also with Ms. Woodward. She co-directed with Ms. Woodward the Westport Country Playhouse production of "David Copperfield," and directed many Script in Hand playreadings.

Script in Hand sponsors are Marc and Michele Flaster; Script in Hand partners are Ann Sheffer and Bill Scheffler. The series is supported, in part, by the White Barn Program of the Lucille Lortel Foundation.

Upcoming Script in Hand playreadings will be on Mondays, February 10 and March 10, at 7 p.m. Titles will be announced soon.

For more information or tickets, call the box office at (203) 227-4177, or toll-free at 1-888-927-7529, or visit Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court, off Route 1, Westport. Tickets are available online 24/7 at www.westportplayhouse.org.

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