| Tony & Drama Desk Award-Nominee JOHANNA DAY to Replace Kate Burton in East Coast Tour of THE SOAP MYTH | |
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| Tony & Drama Desk Award-Nominee JOHANNA DAY To Replace Kate Burton in East Coast Tour of THE SOAP MYTH Starring Emmy Award-Winner ED ASNER “Thought-provoking and genuinely moving. A pointed investigation of the politics of history” -The New York Times “Theater-of-witness at its best!” -The Jewish Voice “‘The Soap Myth’ is extraordinary” -The Villager Today, producers of the upcoming east coast concert reading tour of Jeff Cohen’s acclaimed play The Soap Myth announced that Tony & Drama Desk Award-nominee Johanna Day (Sweat) will play the dual roles of holocaust scholar Esther Feinman and holocaust denier Brenda Goodsen. Ms. Day will replace Emmy & Tony-nominee Kate Burton, who is no longer able to participate in the tour due to scheduling conflict which could not be resolved. A two-time Tony nominee for her work in the Pulitzer Prize-winning plays Sweat and Proof, Ms. Day joins the previously announced cast that includes seven-time Emmy Award winner Ed Asner, Ned Eisenberg and Blair Baker. The concert readings will be directed by Pam Berlin. Serving as a tribute to International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the tour will begin on Monday, January 22, 2018 in Miami Beach Florida, and will conclude on Thursday, February 1 at Hofstra University on Long Island. The complete schedule of performances is as follows: Monday, January 22nd The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts Tuesday, January 23rd The Adolph and Rose Levis JCC Wednesday, January 24th The Parker Playhouse Saturday, January 27th The Zeiterion Performing Arts Center Tuesday January 30th Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust Wednesday, January 31st Congregation Rodeph Shalom Thursday, February 1st Hofstra Hillel, Hofstra University - Student Center Theater The Soap Myth takes place more than a half century after the end of WWII when a young journalist sets out to write an article about a cantankerous Holocaust survivor and his crusade regarding the Nazi atrocity of soap. The play dramatically explores how a person survives and questions who has the right to write history - those who have lived it and remember, those who study and protect it, or those who would seek to distort and desecrate its very existence. The Soap Myth was originally produced Off-Broadway at the Roundabout Theater in 2012 by the National Jewish Theater Foundation. A film of that production was broadcast nationally on PBS and is in the permanent collection of Britain’s Digital Theatre. ABOUT THE ARTIST JOHANNA DAY was born in Winchester Virginia and grew up in Rappahannock County, Virginia. She is the daughter and ninth child of Eileen Mitchell Day and Walter Day. She graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Johanna won the Helen Hayes Award as Leading Actress in a Resident Play for her starring role in the 2006 Arena Stage production of The Rainmaker. Other Arena Stage productions include Quality of Life and Good People. In 2008, she was a nominee for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for her role of Ann in the Second Stage Theatre production of Edward Albee’s Peter and Jerry and in 2017 Ms. Day was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in Sweat written by Lynn Nottage and directed by Kate Whorinsky. In 2000, she was also nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in Proof written by David Auburn and directed by Daniel Sullivan. In 2014, she won an Obie Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role in Appropriate at Signature Theatre under the direction of Liesl Tommy. On Broadway, Johanna has also appeared as Mrs. Kirby in the 2014 Revival of You Can’t Take It With You opposite James Earl Jones and her good friend Elizabeth Ashley, directed by Scott Ellis and as Barbara Fordham in the 2007 production of August: Osage County directed by Anna Shapiro. In 2013 Johanna costarred with Reg Rogers in the World Premiere of Carly Mensch’s play Oblivion at the Westport Country Playhouse and appeared with Tracy Letts and Parker Posey in the 2012 World Premiere of Will Eno’s play The Realistic Joneses at Yale Repertory Theatre. Prior to joining the cast of Sweat, Johanna created the role of Zippy in Winnie Holzman’s Choice, directed by Sheryl Kaller. A frequent Guest Lead on episodic television, Johanna currently recurs on the series – Madam Secretary on CBS. Other television credits include: The Knick, created by Steven Soderbergh for Showtime Television, Escape from Dannemora, The Blacklist, The Affair, The Americans and Masters of Sex. |
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