Beth Fowler, Daniel Gerroll & More to Lead Reading of SCOTLAND Road at Westport Country Playhouse

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Script in Hand playreading of "Scotland Road," a mystery/thriller involving a woman who may be a survivor of the Titanic, on Monday, February 8, at 7 p.m. Written by Jeffrey Hatcher, the play will be directed by Anne Keefe, Playhouse associate artist and curator of the playreading series. Tickets are $20 each.

"There are certain topics that continue to fascinate long after the actual fact. The Titanic has always been one of those for me," said Keefe. "There have been at least two films, a couple of Broadway musicals ('The Unsinkable Molly Brown' and 'Titanic'), and this fascinating play on the subject. Part mystery thriller, part sci-fi drama, it's pure entertainment. This should give our audience something to talk about on the ride home!"

The story takes place in the last decade of the twentieth century, when a beautiful young woman in nineteenth-century clothing is found floating on an iceberg in the middle of the North Atlantic, saying only one word: Titanic. She is rescued and taken to an isolated spot on the coast of Maine where an expert on the sinking of the liner interrogates her. His goal: to crack her story, get her to confess she's a fake, and reveal her true identity. His one clue: her enigmatic references to an unknown place called "Scotland Road."

Cast members for "Scotland Road" are: Beth Fowler as Miss Kittle (WCP's "David Copperfield"; Broadway's "Beauty and the Beast," "The Boy from Oz," "Sweeney Todd"; Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black" - 2015 SAG-AFTRA Award); Daniel Gerroll as John (WCP's "Holiday Garland," "The Constant Wife"; Broadway's "Plenty," "The Homecoming," "Enchanted April," "High Society"; film's "Chariots of Fire"); Patricia Kalember as Dr. Halbrech (WCP's "A Marriage Minuet"; Broadway's "The Foreigner" - Outer Critic's Circle nominee; TV's "Orange Is the New Black," "Olive Kitteridge," regular on "thirtysomething"); and Liv Rooth as The Woman (WCP's "Nora," "Loot," "Suddenly Last Summer," Script in Hand playreading "Dial 'M' for Murder"; Broadway's "Venus in Fur," "Born Yesterday," "Is He Dead?")

All artists are subject to change.

Playwright Jeffrey Hatcher's Broadway credits include the book for "Never Gonna Dance." Off-Broadway credits include "Three Viewings," "A Picasso," "Scotland Road," "The Turn of the Screw," and "Tuesdays with Morrie." Film and television credits include "Stage Beauty," "Casanova," "The Duchess," and episodes of "Columbo."

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. Script in Hand corporate sponsor is People's United Bank Wealth Management. The series is supported, in part, by the White Barn Program of the Lucille Lortel Foundation.

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