Michael Hayden, Angel Desai & More Set for The Old Globe's DOUBLE INDEMNITY; Full Cast Announced!

The Old Globe today announced the cast and creative team for the San Diego Premiere of the crime classic Double Indemnity, adapted by David Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright from the novel by James M. Cain. Directed by John Gould Rubin, Double Indemnity will run July 27 - August 25, 2013 in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. Preview performances run July 27 - July 31. Opening night is Thursday, Aug. 1 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.

The classic crime novel and film noir masterpiece Double Indemnity has been reinvented for the stage. When small-time insurance agent Walter Huff falls under the spell of Phyllis, a gorgeous femme fatale, the two conspire to murder her husband for the insurance money. It seems like the perfect crime-until it all starts to unravel. Sexy, fun and wildly theatrical, Double Indemnity is a riveting summer thriller.

"Double Indemnity is one great yarn, an edge-of-your-seat, what-will-happen-next thrill ride, and it's a perfect summer entertainment for San Diego audiences," said Artistic Director Barry Edelstein. "The innovative and imaginative director John Gould Rubin has assembled an A-list team of designers to bring to the Globe a production that I know will excite and delight."

Michael Hayden (Walter Huff) has appeared on Broadway in Judgment at Nuremberg (Tony Award nomination), Carousel, Cabaret, Enchanted April, Festen andHenry IV, and his Off Broadway credits include All's Well That Ends Well and Measure for Measure (Shakespeare in the Park), The Lady from Dubuque (Signature Theatre Company), Dessa Rose and Far East (Lincoln Center Theater) and All My Sons (Roundabout Theatre Company).

Angel Desai (Phyllis Nirlinger) played Marta in the Tony Award-winning 2006 Broadway revival of Company, and she has been seen Off Broadway in The Winter's Tale directed by Barry Edelstein and The Tempest (Classic Stage Company), Stop Kiss and Henry VIII (The Public Theater), Manic Flight Reaction and The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (Playwrights Horizons) and The Architecture of Loss (New York Theatre Workshop).

The cast of Double Indemnity also features Murphy Guyer (Keyes, Hebert Nirlinger), Megan Ketch (Lola Nirlinger, Nettie) and Vayu O'Donnell (Sachetti, Jackson, Norton).

The creative team includes Christopher Barreca (Scenic Design), David Israel Reynoso (Costume Design), Stephen Strawbridge (Lighting Design), Elizabeth Rhodes (Sound Design), Keith Skretch (Projection Design), Kwan-Fai Lam (Original Music), Caparelliotis Casting (Casting) and Peter Van Dyke (Stage Manager).

Double Indemnity is supported in part through gifts from Production Sponsors Nina and Robert Doede; Elaine and Leonard Hirsch; Gloria Rasmussen, in memory of Dick Rasmussen; and Mandell Weiss Charitable Trust.

TICKETS to Double Indemnity can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park. Performances begin on July 27 and continue through Aug. 25. Ticket prices start at $29.

Performance times: Previews: Saturday, July 27 at 8:00 p.m., Sunday, July 28 at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 30 at 7:00 p.m. and Wednesday, July 31 at 7:00 p.m. Regular Performances: Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m. and Sunday evenings at 7:00 p.m. Discounts are available for full-time students, patrons 29 years of age and under, seniors and groups of 10 or more.

Photo by Jim Cox

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