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Guest Actor Lineup Announced for NASSIM
By: Julie Musbach Dec. 21, 2018
Barrow Street Theatricals' announced today the rotating cast of guest actors through the beginning of the year for the American premiere of the Nassim Soleimanpour and Bush Theatre production of NASSIM by celebrated Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour (White Rabbit Red Rabbit), featuring direction by Omar Elerian. Joining the production will be:
- Friday, December 21 at 7:30pm - Brad Oscar
- Two-time Tony Award nominee (Something Rotten!, The Producers)
- Saturday, December 22 at 2:30pm - Amy Ryan
- Academy & Tony Award nominee, Obie Award winner (Gone Baby Gone, Birdman)
- Saturday, December 22 at 7:30pm - Ewen Bremner
- BAFTA Award-winner (Trainspotting)
- Sunday, December 23 at 2:30pm -Seth Barrish
- (Director Mike Birbiglia's The New One on Broadway, Founder of Barrow Group Theatre & School)
- Sunday, December 23 at 7:30pm - George Demas
- (Our Town, An Oak Tree)
- Wednesday, December 26 at 2:30pm - Kati Brazda
- (Our Town, The Effect)
- Wednesday, December 26 at 7:30pm - Manu Narayan
- (My Fair Lady, Bombay Dreams)
- Thursday, December 27 at 7:30pm - Jessie Austrian
- (The Importance of Being Earnest, Co-Artistic Director/Founder of Fiasco Theater)
- Friday, December 28 at 7:30pm - Will Brill
- Outer Critics Circle nominee (Tribes, You Can't Take It With You)
- Saturday, December 29 at 2:30pm - Nathan Darrow
- Two-time Screen Actors Guild Award nominee ("House of Cards," "Gotham")
- Saturday, December 29 at 7:30pm - Noah Brody
- (Co-Artistic Director/Founder of Fiasco Theater)
- Sunday, December 30 at 2:30pm - Nathan Lee Graham
- Lucille Lortel Award Nominee (The View UpStairs, Priscilla Queen of the Desert)
- Sunday, December 30 at 7:30pm - Lee Wilkof
- Tony Award nominee (Kiss Me, Kate, Assassins, Little Shop of Horrors)
- Wednesday, January 2 at 7:30pm - Thom Sesma
- Lucille Lortel Award nominee (Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd)
- Thursday, January 3 at 7:30pm - Annie Parisse
- Emmy Award nominee ("Law & Order," "As The World Turns," Clybourne Park)
- Friday, January 4 at 7:30pm - Ken Marks
- Drama Desk Award winner (Airline Highway, Father Comes Home from the Wars)
- Saturday, January 5 at 2:30pm - John Rapson
- (Sweeney Todd, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder tour, Les Misérables)
- Saturday, January 5 at 7:30pm - Lisa Emery
- Screen Actors Guild Award nominee ("Ozark," Casa Valentina)
- Sunday, January 6 at 2:30pm - Meghan O'Neill
- (HBO's "Animals.")
- Sunday, January 6 at 7:30pm - Cory Michael Smith
- Teen Choice Award nominee ("Gotham," 1985, Carol)
Additional rotating guest actors will be announced shortly.
As previously announced, Barrow Street Theatricals, formerly Barrow Street Theatre, moves uptown to New York City Center, Stage II (131 West 55th Street) just for this production, which celebrated its official opening night on Wednesday, December 12, 2018.
No rehearsals. A different guest actor at every performance. A sealed envelope. And some surprises. In his latest work, Nassim explores the power of language to unite us in these uncertain times.
NASSIM was originally commissioned and produced by the Bush Theatre and received its world premiere at the Bush Theatre, London, July 25, 2017.
Nassim Soleimanpour's first play, White Rabbit Red Rabbit, ran for more than nine months in New York, and was performed by Whoopi Goldberg, Bobby Cannavale, Nathan Lane, F. Murray Abraham, and other celebrated actors. It has been performed thousands of times in the United States and has been translated into more than 25 languages.NASSIM is his latest exploration into imaginative storytelling that also challenges traditional theatrical forms.
Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.NYCityCenter.org; on the phone by calling CityTix at 212-581-1212; or in person at New York City Center box office, open Monday-Saturday, noon-8pm, and Sunday, noon-7:30pm.
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