The 6th Act Announces Stellar Cast for AN EVENING OF BETRAYAL at Theatre 68

Artistic Directors Matthew Leavitt and Liza Seneca of THE 6TH ACT Theatre Company, along with acclaimed directorElizabeth Swain announce the cast for their Inaugural production, AN EVENING OF BETRAYAL. They are thrilled to sign such a stellar cast for this complex production, a unique combination of Harold Pinter's Betrayaland an extremely condensed version of Shakespeare's Othello. The show will open June 1st, 2018, at Theatre 68's MainStage Theatre.

Tickets & Information at: tickets available at: https://www.the6thact.com

An Evening of Betrayal- Act One is Pinter's Betrayalin its entirety and Act Two is an hour-long adaptation of Othellothat mirrors the way the events in Betrayal unfold. Though that seems like it would be very lengthy, the entire evening will run two hours and thirty minutes with an intermission.

THE CAST WILL INCLUDE

William DeMeritt - Robert in Betrayal, Othello in Othello

Luke McClure - Waiter in Betrayal, Cassio and Emilia in Othello

Liza Seneca - Emma in Betrayal,Desdemona in Othello

Adam J. Smith - Jerry in Betrayal, lago in Othello

William DeMeritt - Robert in Betrayal, Othello in Othello

Regional: Will in Shakespeare In Love (U.S. premiere) and Fenton in The Merry Wives of Windsor at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. We, The Invisibles at the Humana Festival of New American Plays, Actors Theatre of Louisville. Writer & Co-creator of the one-man show, Origin Story (winner New York Innovative Theatre Award, Best Solo Performance). Sense & Sensibility at Dallas Theatre Center. The Slam Jam at the Upright Citizens' Brigade Theatre. Off-Broadway: The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA: the Negro Book of the Dead at Signature Theatre Company. Liz Swados' Violence Project at LaMaMa ETC. Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles? at The Public. October in the Chair & Other Fragile Things at the American Theatre of Actors. International: Hamlet at the Bridge Lane Theater, London. October in the Chair & Other Fragile Things at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival. Film:The Normal Heart, The Lennon Report, What's Up, Lovely?, Bad Luck Dandelion. Television: Person of Interest, Law&Order:SVU, One Life to Live,The Outs, Guiding Light. Additional Credits: Audiobooks: Underground Airlines, the Mortifications, Snapshot, The Wild Ones. Featured Narrator for The New Yorker on the AUDM app (subscription service for narrated long-form journalism)BFA Marymount Manhattan College, MFA Yale School of Drama.

Founding member, Old Sound Room performance ensemble www.oldsoundroom.com

www.williamdemeritt.com. @demeritt

Adam J. Smith- Jerry in Betrayal, lago in Othello

Theater Credits: 12 Angry Men, Intimate Apparel, Matter of Honor(Pasadena Playhouse); As You Like It, Cloud 9,Henry IV Part 1, Curse of Oedipus(Antaeus);The Heir Apparent, Private Lives, How the Other Half Loves(International City Theatre); Three Sisters, Family Planning(Chalk Rep); Beauty(La Jolla Playhouse); Mozart & Strauss(w/LA Philharmonic, Disney Concert Hall); In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)(Chautauqua Theater Company, NY); numerous Off- and Off-Off-B'way. Film/TV: Taken 3, Zombie Strippers, Deceit, "The Good Doctor," "Jane the Virgin," "Scandal", "Castle", "90210", "Medium", "Without a Trace", "Numb3rs", "Victorious", "Chemistry", "As The World Turns", among others. Winner 2006 Emmy Award: "When Things Get Small." Voiceover: Discovery Channel, "Grand Theft Auto V," "Final Fantasy XIII,"SFMOMA Audio Tour, more. Facultymember at CalArts School of Theater. MFA: UCSD/La Jolla Playhouse, BA: Duke (magna cum laude).

Luke McClure -Waiter in Betrayal / Cassio & Emilia in Othello

U.K. credits include Grey Days, by Colin Goodwin (Edinburgh Fringe Festival); Dinner on the Fourteenth Floor, by Evan Placey (Hampstead Theatre, London). L.A. credits include Yellow, by Del Shores,The Boomerang Effect by Matt Leavitt, Enron, by Lucy Prebble (West coast premiere), Henry IV, Part 1(Little Fish Theatre), Pericles(Porters of Hellsgate). Film/TV credits include : Nip/Tuck, Castle, All Together Now,Southern Baptist Sissies, Sleep With Me, This is My Yearand more. Luke received his BA in Drama and Film from the University of Kent and his MA at the Central School of Speech and Drama, London. He is the co-founder of Obviam Entertainment and has written and produced several short films. For more info visit www.lukemcclure.com, www.obviamentertainment.com. Twitter :@LukeMcClure06.

Liza Seneca - Co-Artistic Director, The Sixth Act, Adaptor, Othello, Emma in Betrayal/Desdemona & Bianca in Othello) Select theater credits: Ameryka(Center Theatre Group/Critical Mass), Les Liaisons Dangereuses andCloud 9 (LADCC Award, Best Ensemble) at Antaeus, Macbeth (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), Pulp Shakespeare (NYC and LA Premieres), Collected Stories (The Group Rep), The Boomerang Effect (Odyssey), A Shayna Maidel (ICT), Much Ado About Nothing (Kentucky Shakespeare). TV: Recurring roles on The Following and Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures, Grey's Anatomy, Lie to Me, Monk, Big Love, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Alias. Film: Night Eyes, Zwartboek (Black Book), The Drama Club, among others. Voice work includes films such as Finding Dory and Lego Batman.Co-founder/producer of the Bard tribute series This Week in Shakespeare - www.youtube.com/weeklyshakes

AN EVENING OF BETRAYALopens June 1stthrough 24th, 2018. The Production will be at Theatre 68, located at 5112 Lankershim, North Hollywood, CA. 91601. Performances will be Thursday, Friday, and Saturdays at 8:00PM and Sundays at 2:00PM. Tickets are $25.00

Running time: 150 minutes (includes Intermission)

Information & tickets available at: https://www.the6thact.com

 

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