Geoffrey Arend to Lead THE RUFUS EQUATION at FringeNYC; Full Cast Announced!

Casting has been announced for the 2013 New York International Fringe Festival production of the world premiere of THE RUFUS EQUATION, a new comedy by Ted Cubbin.

Geoffrey Arend will lead the cast as Professor Bert Rufus. Arend's film and television credits include Garden State, Supertroopers, (500) Days of Summer, Save the Date, Beach Pillows, Devil, The Ringer, "The Closer" (TNT), "Law & Order" (NBC), "Trust Me" (TNT) and "Body of Proof" (ABC). Onstage he was seen in The American Pilot (MTC) and Mother Courage and Her Children (Public).

The cast will also feature Joy Farmer-Clary (Hamlet at Lincoln Center), Pierre Epstein (Broadway: Black Comedy, Enter Laughing, A Shot in the Dark, Filumena; The Singing Forest at The Public); Chris Kipiniak (Broadway: Macbeth with Alan Cumming;Metamorphosis), Dave Quay ("Drop Dead Diva") and Kristin Villanueva (Here Lies Love at The Public, "Gossip Girl").

What's love got to do with quantum physics? Professor Bert Rufus is awkward with women - especially with the alluring physicist Alys Smith. Bert invents a secret device that will shock the world...and might even get him laid. In THE RUFUS EQUATION, Nerd + Math = Sex.

Author Ted Cubbin grew up with a passion for physics, which he studied at Princeton University and went on to practice at NASA and elsewhere. While a graduate student at Princeton, he was the last student of Professor Robert Jahn, who pioneered the scientific pursuit for experimental evidence of a "sixth sense." THE RUFUS EQUATION is his first play.

THE RUFUS EQUATION will be directed by Tom Ridgely, the Drama Desk-nominated director and co-founder of Waterwell. For Waterwell he's directed or co-directed GOODBAR, #9, The|King|Operetta, Marco Millions (based on lies) and The Persians, among others. His work has also been seen at The Public Theater, Ars Nova, 59E59, Symphony Space, The Barrow Street Theater, NYU/Tisch, Theatre Row, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.

THE RUFUS EQUATION will be performed at The Connelly Theater (Fringe Venue #6) located at 220 East 4th Street in New York City.

The performance schedule is as follows: Tuesday, August 13 at 7pm; Saturday, August 17 at 6:15pm; Sunday, August 18 at 9:15pm; Wednesday, August 21 at 2pm; and Friday, August 23 at 2pm.

To purchase tickets ($15 in advance, $18 at the door), visit www.FringeNYC.org beginning July 19.

For more information visit www.TheRufusEquation.com.

Photo courtesy of John Capo Public Relations