Mason, Keenan-Bolger, Bogart Added to Playwrights Season

Playwrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, has announced new details for three productions of its 2007/2008 Season, including the first casting news: 

Four-time Academy Award nominee, two-time Golden Globe winner and stage veteran Marsha Mason (Oscar nominations for The Goodbye Girl, Cinderella Liberty, Only When I Laugh and Chapter Two; on Broadway in The Good Doctor, The Night of the Iguana and Steel Magnolias) will star in the World Premiere of A Feminine Ending, a new play by Sarah Treem (Mirror, Mirror; Empty Sky).  Directed by Tony Award winner Blair Brown (James Joyce's The Dead, Copenhagen), it will begin performances in October 2007.

Tony Award-nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Les Miserables) will star in the World Premiere of Saved, a new musical with music and lyrics by Michael Friedman (The Civilians, Romeo & Juliet for Shakespeare in the Park this summer) and book and lyrics by 2-time Olivier Award nominee John Dempsey (The Witches of Eastwick) and Obie Award winner Rinne Groff (The Ruby Sunrise, "Weeds"), based on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture written by Brian Dannelly and Michael Urban.  Directed by Gary Griffin (The Color Purple), it will begin performances in Spring 2008.

Two-time Obie Award winner Anne Bogart (Artistic Director of SITI Company) will direct the New York premiere of Dead Man's Cell Phone, a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl (The Clean House).  Performances will begin in Winter/Spring 2008.

Additional casting for the season will be announced in the coming months.

In addition to A Feminine Ending, Saved and Dead Man's Cell Phone, the 2007-2008 Season will also include the following three previously-announced productions: the world premiere of Kate Fodor's 100 Saints You Should Know, beginning previews on August 24th; the world premiere of Jordan Harrison's Doris to Darlene: A Cautionary Valentine; and the New York City premiere of Adam Bock's The Drunken City.

Visit www.playwrightshorizons.org for more information.

Photo of Celia Keenan-Bolger by Linda Lenzi