Will Brill, Russell Harvard, et al. Join Cast of TRIBES

Producers Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian and Tom Wirtshafter today announced the complete cast for the North American premiere of Nina Raine's new play Tribes, directed by multiple Lortel and Obie Award-winner David Cromer. The cast will feature Will Brill (Our Town), Russell Harvard (There Will Be Blood), Steppenwolf Theatre co-founder Jeff Perry (August: Osage County), Susan Pourfar (When the Rain Stops Falling), Gayle Rankin (The Illusion at Signature Theatre), and Academy Award® nominee and Emmy Award®-winner Mare Winningham (Georgia). (This production marks a reunion for Mr. Perry, who hasn't appeared Off Broadway in nearly thirty years, and Ms. Winningham. They played husband and wife on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," and will also play husband and wife in Tribes.)

Producers also announced today the design team for Tribes, which includes Scenic Design by multiple Tony Award®-winner Scott Pask (The Book of Mormon), Costume Design by Tristan Raines (The Merchant of Venice), Lighting Design by Keith Parham (Adding Machine), Sound Design by Daniel Kluger (The Temperamentals) and Projection Design by Jeff Sugg (Chinglish).

Tribes will begin performances on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at New York's Barrow Street Theatre (27 Barrow Street at 7th Avenue), and will officially open on Sunday, March 4, 2012. Tickets are now on sale via SmartTix.

Mr. Morfee, Ms. Doumanian, Mr. Wirtshafter, who are general partners for Tribes, most recently collaborated with Mr. Cromer on the landmark, record-breaking production of Our Town, also at the Barrow Street Theatre. Patrick Daly, of Jean Doumanian Productions, will be a producer on this production.

In Tribes, Billy was born deaf into a hearing family, and raised inside the fiercely idiosyncratic and unrepentantly politically incorrect cocoon of his parents' house. He has adapted brilliantly to his family's unconventional ways, but they've never bothered to return the favor. It's not until he meets Sylvia, a young woman on the brink of deafness, that he finally understands what it means to be understood.

During its sold-out world premiere run at London's Royal Court London, Tribes garnered rave reviews and numerous honors, including an Olivier Award nomination for Best Play and, most recently, the Evening Standard Award nomination for Best Play. Variety called the play "Extraordinarily funny, daringly non-PC" and "exhilarating," going on to say, "Raine has the pleasing audacity to seduce her audience with what appears to be a smart and loud-mouthed comedy while quietly turning up the dramatic heat."

Tickets for Tribes ($55 for preview performances and $75 for regular performances) can be purchased online at www.smarttix.com; on the phone at 212-868-4444, or in person at the Barrow Street Theatre box office, open at 1PM daily. The performance schedule is Tuesday – Friday at 7:30 PM, Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 PM & 7:30 PM. (There is no performance on 2/21.)

The Barrow Street Theatre is located at 27 Barrow Street at 7th Avenue South in the heart of Greenwich Village. Nearby subway stops are the 1 at Christopher Street (walk 1 block South on 7th Avenue to Barrow) and the A, C, E, B, D, F and M at West 4th (walk West on 4th Street, left on Barrow).

For more information, visit www.barrowstreettheatre.com.