Geffen's 2nd Cast of Love Loss And What I Wore Ends Run 7/3

The Geffen Playhouse's second cast of Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's Love, Loss, and What I Wore includes Lucy DeVito, Conchata Ferrell and Rhea Perlman. Devito, who is best known for her stints Off-Broadway as well as spots on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, has appeared in many casts of the New York production. Joining DeVito is her mother, four-time Emmy Award winner Rhea Perlman.

Perlman, who is also a Love, Loss veteran, recently appeared in the Broadway production of The Tale of the Allergist's Wife and is best known for her role as Carla on Cheers. Award winning theater and TV actress Conchata Ferrell, currently on Two and a Half Men, makes her Love, Loss debut with this production. Two more roles are yet to be announced. Love, Loss and What I Wore, an intimate collection of stories covering some of life's most poignant moments and their corresponding wardrobe, is directed by Jenny Sullivan and is currently playing in the Geffen Playhouse's Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater.

The evening of vignettes, which is based on the best-selling book of the same name by Ilene Beckerman as well as personal reminiscences from the Ephrons and their friends, features a rotating cast of five actresses who share tales to which every woman can relate. The second installment of Love, Loss and What I Worebegins in previews on June 8 with an official opening on June 10, 2010 and is set to close on July 3, 2010. Love, Loss and What I Wore is simultaneously running off-Broadway where it is produced by Daryl Roth. Originally directed by Karen Carpenter, the show opened in October 2009 and is still playing to sold-out houses.

Cast members have included Samantha Bee, Kristin Chenoweth, Tyne Daly, Janeane Garofalo, Michele Lee, Natasha Lyonne, Jane Lynch and Rosie O'Donnell. Staged with a focus on storytelling, the actresses sit side-by-side with script in-hand, deftly guiding the audience through an evening of humor, nostalgia and, of course, fashion. LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WOREWritten by Nora Ephron and Delia EphronDirected by Jenny SullivanOriginally directed by Karen CarpenterBased on the book by Ilene Beckerman

Previews: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 2pm and 8pm Opening: June 10, 2010 at 8pm Closing: July 3, 2010 at 8pm Ticket Info Ticket prices range from $69 to $74 for the regular run.

Tickets are on sale now online at www.geffenplayhouse.com, at the Geffen Playhouse box office or by calling (310) 208-5454.

Lucy DeVito Off-Broadway: Love, Loss, and What I Wore, Lucy (Ensemble Studio Theatre, Billy Carden, dir.). Also at EST: For the Love of God St. Theresea (Marathon 2009) and Thicker Than Water. Regional: The Miracle at Naples(Huntington, Peter DuBois, dir.); The Diary of Anne Frank (Intiman); Speech and Debate (Brown/Trinity Rep). Film: Beware the Gonzo, Leaves of Grass, A Quiet Little Marriage, Speed Grieving, Nobel Son and Just Add Water. TV: "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and "Dirt." DeVito is a Brown University graduate.

Conchata Ferrell Created the role of "April Green" in Lanford Wilson's The Hot L Baltimore as a member of the renowned Circle Repetory Theatre in New York. The role of "Gertrude Blum" in Edward Moore's The Seahorse, also at the Circle Repetory for which she won The OBIE Award, The Theatre World Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance in New York in 1973. "Chatti" worked with Tennessee Williams in the Circle revival of Battle of Angels. She appeared in Marsha Norman"s Getting Out at the Mark Taper Forum, and as "Mrs. Potts" in Picnic at the Ahmanson Theatre. She has been over a hundred television shows over the 30+years of her career plus many films. Conchata just finished her seventh season as "Berta" in the CBS situation comedy, Two and a Half Men.

Rhea Perlman Theatre: Boeing-Boeing (London), The Tale of the Allergist's Wife (Broadway), Love, Loss, and What I Wore and The Exonerated (Off-Broadway). Four-time Emmy winner for her role as Carla on "Cheers." Other TV includes "Kate Brasher," "Pearl," recent guest appearances on HBO's "Hung" and "Law & Order: SVU" and more than 15 TV movies. Film: Sunset Park, Canadian Bacon, Carpool, Matilda (with her husband Danny DeVito). Rhea is also the author of the children's book series Otto Undercover.

ABOUT THE Geffen Playhouse The Geffen Playhouse has been a hub of the Los Angeles theater scene since opening its doors in 1995. Noted for its intimacy and celebrated for its world-renowned mix of classic and contemporary plays, provocative new works and musicals, the Geffen Playhouse continues to present a body of work that has garnered national recognition. Named in honor of entertainment mogul and philanthropist David Geffen, who made the initial donation to the theater, the company is helmed by Producing Director and President of the Board Gilbert (Gil) Cates, ArtisticDirector Randall Arney, Managing Director Ken Novice and Chairman of the Board Frank Mancuso. Proudly associated with UCLA, the Geffen Playhouse welcomes an audience of more than 130,000 each year, andmaintains an extensive education and outreach program, designed to engage young people and the community at large in the arts. For more information, please visit geffenplayhouse.com

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