The cast is announced for the upcoming revival of Christopher Fry's 1950 Broadway hit THE LADY'S NOT FORBURNING, receiving a rare NYC production courtesy of new NYC-based company Parenthesis.
The cast features
Todd Lawson(Broadway's Summer and Smoke) as the world weary solider and Anna Olivia Moore(365 Days/365 Playsat the Public) as the witch. Rob Skolits(Red State/Blue Stateat EST) plays the town drunk and the chaplain. Nick Fesetteis the young clerk, with Gwen Ellisplaying the beautiful virgin. The malevolent judge is played by
Jefferson Slinkard(Mamma Miain Las Vegas) and Danny Makali'i Mittermeyer plays the allergic mayor. Rounding out the cast is
Jean Tafler as Margaret,
Matthew Baldigaas Humphrey and Jar
Ed Thompsonas Nicholas.
A charismatic soldier bursts through the mayor's window demanding to be hanged. An eccentric "witch" flees a homicidal mob threatening bloody revolution. A beautiful virgin has the town's young men trying to kill each other. And an allergic mayor wants nothing more than to be fully occupied elsewhere. It's been a rough day for these righteous town-folk, who collide on the eve of both a wedding and a witch burning. THE LADY'S NOT FOR BURNINGis a darkly comic and compelling debate on the merits of life and death, hope and despair.
THE LADY'S NOT FOR BURNING, written by
Christopher Fry and directed by
Bryan Close, begins performances on Saturday, May 21for a limited engagement through Saturday, June 11. Press Opening is Wednesday, May 25 at 8 PM.Performances are at Walkerspace(46 Walker Street, Between Broadway and Church. Via subway take the A, C, E, N, R, 4, 6 to Canal or the 1, 2, to Franklin). The performance schedule is Wednesday - Saturday at 8 PM, Sunday at 3 PM. There is an added performance on Monday, May 23 at 8 PM; no performance on Wednesday, June 8. The regular ticket price is $18. For tickets, call SmartTix at (212) 868-4444 or visit www.smarttix.com. For more information, visit
http://parenthesistheater.com.
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