Chris Bauer, Dominic Hoffman, Jonno Roberts and DeWanda Wise to Star in RACE at CTG's Kirk Douglas Theatre This Fall

Casting is set for Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet's "Race," which opens September 7, 2014, at the Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Previews begin August 31, and performances run through September 28.

Directed by longtime Mamet collaborator Scott Zigler, "Race" features acclaimed stage and screen actors Chris Bauer ("True Blood," "The Wire," Broadway's "A Streetcar Named Desire"), Dominic Hoffman (Mamet's world premiere of "Faustus"), Jonno Roberts (Broadway's "Take Me Out") and DeWanda Wise (ABC's "Firelight").

"Race" has set design by Jeffery P. Eisenmann, costume design by Leah Piehl and lighting design by Josh Epstein. Casting is by Mark B. Simon, CSA, and the production stage manager is Kirsten Parker.

In "Race," Mamet tackles America's most controversial subject in his provocative tale of sex, guilt and bold accusations. In "Race," two lawyers find themselves defending a wealthy white executive charged with sexually assaulting a black woman. When a new legal assistant gets involved in the case, the opinions that boil beneath explode to the surface.

David Mamet is the author of the plays "The Anarchist," "Race," "Keep Your Pantheon," "School," "November," "Romance," "Boston Marriage," "Faustus," "Oleanna," "Glengarry Glen Ross" (1984 Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics Circle Award), "American Buffalo," "The Old Neighborhood," "A Life in the Theatre," "Speed-the-Plow," "Edmond," "Lakeboat," "The Water Engine," "The Woods" "Sexual Perversity in Chicago," "Reunion" and "The Cryptogram" (1995 Obie Award). His translations and adaptations include "Faustus" and "Red River" by Pierre Laville, and "The Cherry Orchard," "Three Sisters" and "Uncle Vanya" by Anton Chekov. His films include "The Postman Always Rings Twice," "The

Verdict," "The Untouchables," "House of Games" (writer/director), "Oleanna" (writer/director), "Homicide" (writer/director), "The Spanish Prisoner" (writer/director), "Heist" (writer/director), "Spartan" (writer/director), "Redbelt" (writer/director), "Phil Spector" (writer/director). Mr. Mamet is also the author of "Warm and Cold," a book for children with drawings by Donald Sultan, and two other children's books, "Passover" and "The Duck and the Goat; Writing in Restaurants," "Some Freaks," and "Make-Believe Town," three volumes of essays; "The Hero Pony" and "The Chinaman," two books of poems; "Three Children's Plays," "On Directing Film," "The Cabin," and the novels "The Village," "The Old Religion" and "Wilson." His most recent books include the acting books, "True & False," "Three Uses of the Knife," "Bambi Vs. Godzilla," "Three War Stories," and "The Secret Knowledge." "Glengarry Glen Ross" was awarded the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play in 2005.

Tickets for "Race" are available at www.CenterTheatreGroup.org, the CTG box office located at the Ahmanson Theatre, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre box office starting two hours before curtain or by calling (213) 628-2772.

Pictured: L-R (back row): cast members Chris Bauer and Dominic Hoffman and L-R (front row): cast members DeWanda Wise and Jonno Roberts during the first rehearsal for David Mamet's "Race." Photo by Craig Schwartz.