| MTC’s HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE announces the full Broadway Company | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 01:17 pm EST 02/14/20 | |
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| Manhattan Theatre Club Announces Full Casting For HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE By Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel Directed By Mark Brokaw Tony Award® Nominee Johanna Day Alyssa May Gold and Chris Myers Join Previously Announced Stars Tony Award® Winner Mary-Louise Parker and Tony Award® Nominee David Morse Preview Performances Begin Friday, March 27 Opening Wednesday, April 22 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street) Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer); Daryl Roth and Cody Lassen; in association with Vineyard Theatre are pleased to announce the full company for the Broadway premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning How I Learned to Drive - written by Paula Vogel, directed by Mark Brokaw. Tony Award® nominee Johanna Day, Alyssa May Gold, and Chris Myers join previously announced stars Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse. How I Learned to Drive will begin previews on Friday, March 27, 2020 prior to a Wednesday, April 22, 2020 opening night at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street). The thrilling Broadway premiere of Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece How I Learned to Drive reunites the two original stars with their award-winning director for a new production. Tony Award® winner Mary-Louise Parker (Proof) and Tony nominee David Morse (The Iceman Cometh) head the cast of this remarkably timely and moving memory play about a woman coming to terms with a charismatic uncle who impacts her past, present and future life. Directing is Mark Brokaw (Heisenberg). The creative team for How I Learned to Drive includes Rachel Hauck (scenic design), Dede Ayite (costume design), Mark McCullough (lighting design), David Van Tieghem (original music & sound design), Lucy Mackinnon (video design) and Deborah Hecht (dialect coach). How I Learned to Drive was originally produced by the Vineyard Theatre in 1997 and transferred to a commercial Off-Broadway production produced by Daryl Roth and Roy Gabay. It opened to critical acclaim and won numerous awards including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama; New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play; Outer Critics Circle Award; OBIE Awards for David Morse, Mary-Louise Parker, Mark Brokaw, and Paula Vogel; Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Play, Outstanding Director, Outstanding Lead Actor, and Outstanding Lead Actress; Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play; and Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding New Play, Outstanding Actor in a Play and Outstanding Director of a Play. TICKETING INFORMATION Tickets for How I Learned to Drive are available at Telecharge.com, by calling 212-239-6200, or by visiting The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre Box Office at 261 West 47th Street. Joining MTC's season of plays is easy! Just call the MTC Clubline at 212-399-3050. To sign up for MTC's "30 Under 35" program, offering $30 tickets for theatregoers age 35 and under, visit www.manhattantheatreclub.com/30under35/. PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE: •FRIDAY, MARCH 27 - SUNDAY, MARCH 29: Friday and Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 2pm. •TUESDAY, MARCH 31 - SUNDAY, APRIL 5: Tuesday and Wednesday at 7pm; Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm; Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. •TUESDAY, APRIL 7 - SUNDAY, APRIL 12: Tuesday and Wednesday at 7pm;Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm; Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. •TUESDAY, APRIL 14 - SUNDAY, APRIL 19: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8pm; Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. •TUESDAY, APRIL 21 - SUNDAY, APRIL 26 (week of opening): Tuesday at 7pm; Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8pm; Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. Opening night curtain time will be announced at a later date. •TUESDAY, APRIL 28 - SUNDAY, MAY 3: Tuesday and Wednesday at 7pm; Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8pm; Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. •TUESDAY, MAY 5 - SUNDAY, MAY 24: Tuesday and Wednesday at 7pm; Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8pm; Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. No performance Sunday, 5/10. •TUESDAY, MAY 26 - SUNDAY, JUNE 7: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 7pm; Friday and Saturday at 8pm; Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. No performance Tuesday, 5/26. Manhattan Theatre Club, under the leadership of Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and Executive Producer Barry Grove, has become one of the country's most prominent and prestigious theatre companies. Over the past four and a half decades, MTC productions have earned numerous awards including 7 Pulitzer Prizes and 27 Tony Awards. MTC has a Broadway home at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street) and two Off-Broadway theatres at New York City Center (131 West 55th Street). Renowned MTC productions include INK by James Graham, Choir Boy by Tarell Alvin McCraney; the 2018 Pulitzer Prize winner Cost of Living by Martyna Majok; Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes; August Wilson's Jitney and The Piano Lesson; Heisenberg by Simon Stephens; The Father by Florian Zeller with translation by Christopher Hampton; Fool For Love by Sam Shepard; Airline Highway by Lisa D'Amour; Casa Valentina by Harvey Fierstein; Outside Mullingar and Doubt by John Patrick Shanley; The Commons of Pensacola by Amanda Peet; Murder Ballad by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash; The Assembled Parties by Richard Greenberg; Wit by Margaret Edson; Venus in Fur by David Ives; Good People and Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire; The Whipping Man by Matthew Lopez; Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies; Ruined by Lynn Nottage; Proof by David Auburn; The Tale of the Allergist's Wife by Charles Busch; Love! Valour! Compassion! by Terrence McNally; Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley; and Ain't Misbehavin', the Fats Waller musical. For more information on MTC, please visit www.ManhattanTheatreClub.com. Daryl Roth holds the singular distinction of producing 7 Pulitzer Prize-winning plays: the original commercial production of How I Learned to Drive in 1997; Anna in the Tropics; August: Osage County (2008 Tony); Clybourne Park (2012 Tony); Proof (2001 Tony); Edward Albee's Three Tall Women; and Wit. The proud recipient of 12 Tony Awards and London's Olivier Award, her over 120 productions include Kinky Boots, 6 years on Broadway and around the globe (London, Toronto, Australia, Korea, Japan, Germany); Gloria: A Life; Nora and Delia Ephron's Love, Loss, and What I Wore; The Normal Heart (2011 Tony); The Tale of the Allergist's Wife; and Paula Vogel's Indecent. www.DarylRothProductions.com. Cody Lassen, along with producing partner Alex Wyse, aim to bring fresh voices and moving stories to Broadway. Select credits: What The Constitution Means To Me, Paula Vogel's Indecent, The Band's Visit (Tony Award), Torch Song, Significant Other, Deaf West's Spring Awakening. Upcoming: The first revival of Titanic, The Flamingo Kid, based on the Garry Marshall film, Alice By Heart, by Duncan Sheik, Steven Sater & Jessie Nelson, Some Lovers, by Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater and the digital series Indoor Boys (Indie Series Award.) Learn more at www.LassenWyse.com VINEYARD Theatre (Douglas Aibel and Sarah Stern, Artistic Directors; Suzanne Appel, Managing Director) is one of America's preeminent homes for the creation of new plays and musicals, dedicated to nurturing the voices of daring artists. Notable premieres include Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive (Pulitzer Prize) and Indecent (two Tony Awards), Edward Albee's Three Tall Women (Pulitzer Prize), Avenue Q (Tony Award, Best Musical), The Scottsboro Boys, [title of show], Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, Harry Clarke, Wig Out!, The Lyons, Gloria, Do You Feel Anger?. The Vineyard is the recipient of special Drama Desk, OBIE, and Lucille Lortel Awards for Sustained Excellence. www.vineyardtheatre.org BIOGRAPHIES Mary-Louise Parker (Li'l Bit). Broadway and Off-Broadway: Prelude to A Kiss , Proof, How I Learned To Drive, Heisenberg, The Snow Geese, The Sound Inside, Reckless, Hedda Gabler, Four Dogs And A Bone, The Art of Success, Dead Man's Cell Phone and more. Television: "Angels in America," "The West Wing," "Weeds," "When We Rise," "Mr. Mercedes," "Billions," "Sugartime," "The Robber Bride," "Saint Maybe," "A Place for Annie," and more. Film: Red Sparrow, Red and Red 2, The Portrait of A Lady, Golden Exits, The Client, Fried Green Tomatoes, The Assassination of Jesse James, Boys on the Side, Red Dragon, The Five Senses, R.I.P.D, Howl, Solitary Man, Romance & Cigarettes, and more. Recipient of the Tony award, The Emmy, Two Golden Globes, The Satellite Award, Two Obies and Two Lucille Lortel Awards, as well as The Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Drama League Awards, The Clarence Derwent and Theater World Awards, and more. She was also an on staff contributor to Esquire magazine for over a decade and her writing has appeared in The New York Times, O Magazine, Bullett, Bust, The Riveter, In Style, Hemispheres, and others. Her first book Dear Mr. You was published in November 2015 and translated into five languages. Her humanitarian efforts have been recognized by the Los Angeles Country Commission, GLAAD, and OUT Magazine and her work on behalf of the LGBTQ community has been recognized by the Hetrick Martin Institute and the NY LGBTQ Center. She was a member of Circle Rep Theater Company and a founding member of the Edge Theater. DAVID MORSE (Uncle Peck) starred in the 2018 revival of The Iceman Cometh, for which he received a Tony Award nomination. Other notable stage performances include the 1984 Los Angeles production of Of Mice and Men; Redwood Curtain, in which he originated the role of Lyman; An Almost Holy Picture; the Broadway production of The Seafarer; the Off-Broadway production of The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin; and the original Off-Broadway production of How I Learned to Drive, for which he won a Lucille Lortel Award, a Drama Desk Award and an Obie Award®. Morse received Emmy® nominations for his roles on "House" and HBO's "John Adams," and has appeared in "Escape at Dannemora," "Hack," "Treme," "True Detective," "Outsiders," "St. Elsewhere, "Morning Show, The Deuce," and "The Good Lord Bird." Morse's film credits include The Green Mile (1999), 16 Blocks (2006), The Hurt Locker (2009), World War Z (2013) and Concussion (2015). JOHANNA DAY (Female Greek Chorus). Broadway: The Nap, Sweat (Tony Nomination), You Can't Take It With You, August: Osage County, Lombardi, Proof (Tony Nomination). Theatre: Floyd's (Guthrie) Peace for Mary Francis (New Group), Peter and Jerry (Second Stage - Drama Desk Nomination) Appropriate (Signature - Obie Award, The Lilly Award), Poor Behavior (Mark Taper), Realistic Joneses (Yale), Choice (Huntington), The Rainmaker (Arena Stage - Helen Hayes Award), How I Learned to Drive (Vineyard). Television: "Madam Secretary" (5 Years Recurring), "For Life," "New Amsterdam," "The Blacklist," "Escape at Dannemora," "The Knick," "The Americans," "Masters of Sex," "Alpha House," "Royal Pains." Film: Worth, The Post, Great Gilley Hopkins, How Far She Went, The Breatharian. ALYSSA MAY GOLD (Teenage Greek Chorus) was most recently seen in WP Theater/2nd Stage's acclaimed world premiere of Our Dear Dead Drug Lord. Her other credits include Broadway: Arcadia, NY Theater: Juliet + Romeo, Julius Caesar, The Maid's Tragedy (Pocket Universe), Middle of the Night, Lemon Sky (Keen Company), Brilliant Traces (Art of Warr), Film/TV: Rebel in the Rye, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Taking Woodstock, "Law & Order: SVU." Alyssa is the founder of Pocket Universe, a theater/film production company dedicated to reconsidering and re-imagining classic stories and conventions. BA: NYU Gallatin MA: LAMDA Proud Member: Team SMASHY. @heylyssamay // @universepocket CHRIS MYERS (Male Greek Chorus). Broadway Debut. Selected NY Theater: BLKS (MCC), Henry IV (Shakespeare Center LA; with Tom Hanks), The Winter's Tale (The Public), An Octoroon (Soho Rep; Obie Award), Whorl Inside A Loop (Second Stage Theater), On The Grounds of Belonging (The Public), Little Children Dream of God (Roundabout Underground), Julius Caesar (The Public/Shakespeare in the Park), War (Lincoln Center/LCT3), Brownsville Song (Lincoln Center/LCT3), Honky (UrbanStages), Phoebe In Winter (Clubbed Thumb). Selected Regional: Fences (McCarter/Long Wharf; Dir: Phylica Rashad), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare Theatre DC), The Golden Dragon (Studio Theatre DC). TV: "Merry Happy Whatever" (Netflix), "The Resident" (FOX), "Sneaky Pete" (Amazon), "The Good Fight" (CBS), "She's Gotta Have It" (Netflix - Dir: Spike Lee), "The Breaks" (VH1), "The Break with Michelle Wolf" (Netflix). Chris has also written and produced two short films, Post-Emma and The Interruption, along with a half-hour comedy about gentrification called "GUAP." His work and more can be found at chrismyersinc.com. Instagram/Twitter: @chrismyersinc. |
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