Cast Announced For OPERATION EPSILON Reading 7/27

The cast has been announced for the reading of Operation Epsilon, a new play by Alan Brody (Housewives of Manheim), directed by Andy Sandberg (Producer of Hair). This developmental reading is being presented by ElLen Berman (Enchanted April), and this presentation is supported by a grant from the Council of the Arts at MIT.

The play is based on the transcripts from Operation Epsilon at Farm Hall, 1945.

The twelve-person CAST for the reading features:

Sandy Binion (Make Me a Song; Jane Eyre)
William Bogert ("Small Wonder" and "Chappelle's Show")
Joseph Collins (Rock & Roll)
Kyle Fabel (The Farnsworth Invention)
Greg Hildreth (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson)
Steven Cole Hughes (Baltimore Centerstage)
Conan McCarty (Rounding Third; "Duplicity")
Peter McRobbie ("Brokeback Mountain", The Invention of Love)
Brian Russell (The Farnsworth Invention, The Caine-Mutiny Court Marshall)
Tommy Schrider (Greek Holiday, "Medium")
Aaron Serotsky (August: Osage County)
Jeremiah Wiggins ("Cashmere Mafia")

Operation Epsilon will have an industry reading at The Westside Theatre on Monday, July 27th, at 4pm. For inquiries or to request a seat, please contact OperationEpsilon@gmail.com.

Operation Epsilon is the true story of ten German nuclear scientists, including two Nobel Prize winning physicists, who were interned at Farm Hall, England, by the British and American authorities just after the fall of Germany in World War II. All the rooms in Farm Hall were under surveillance and all conversations recorded on wax disc. These conversations were later transcribed, translated and sent to the military authorities in Washington and London. Much of that material appears in this play interwoven with scenes that have been imagined within the documented events.

Alan Brody (Playwright) is Professor of Theater Arts at MIT. For ten years, he was Associate Provost for the Arts. His plays have won numerous awards and had productions at such theaters as The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Aspen Playwrights Conference, The Live Oak Theater in Austin, Texas, The Berkshire Theater Festival and The Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. His play, Invention for Fathers And Sons, was the first winner of the annuAl Rosenthal Award at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park in 1989. It was subsequently produced at the American Jewish Theater in New York City. The Company of Angels was the recipient of the 1990 Eisner Award from the Streisand Center for Jewish Culture in Los Angeles. It had its world premiere at the New Repertory Theater in Massachusetts in the spring of 1993, and has been produced at the T. Schreiber Studio in New York and Theater Emory in Atlanta. The Housewives of Mannheim was produced at the New Jersey Repertory Company this April. Three of his plays, Five Scenes From Life, Greytop in Love and One-on-One were developed at the Missouri Repertory Theater. Greytop in Love was subsequently seen at the Walnut Street Theater, Philadelphia, in1998 starring Kim Hunter. The dramatic oratorio, Reckoning Time: A Song of Walt Whitman, which he wrote in collaboration with composer Peter Child, had its world premiere at Jordan Hall with the John Oliver Chorale in March of 1995. Among his credits as a director are Vinie Burrows' internationally acclaimed one-woman show, Sister! Sister! and the world premieres of two operas, T.J. Anderson's Soldier Boy, Soldier and Ken Guilmartin's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Alan is also the author of two novels, Coming To (1973) and Hey Lenny, Hey Jack (1975).

Andy Sandberg (Director) is currently represented on Broadway as a producer of the hit revival of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical (Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle Awards). He is also the lead producer of the forthcoming new musical The Last Smoker in America, with book and lyrics by Tony nominee Bill Russell (Side Show) and music by Drama Desk nominee Peter Melnick. The Last Smoker in America will be presented in the New York Musical Theater Festival this fall. Upcoming: A Perfect Future, a new play by David Hay (The Maddening Truth). As a director, Andy is developing multiple new plays and musicals. Recent New York credits include Bernice Bobs Her Mullet (NYMF) and Into the Woods (BHT). Upcoming: R.R.R.E.D. (NYMF '09). Favorite regional and university credits include Parade, The Laramie Project, Side Show, The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?, Matt & Ben, Fully Committed, Songs for a New World, and The Star-Spangled Girl. In 2007, Andy worked with Hal Prince on the Broadway production of LoveMusik (SDC Fellowship). B.A. Yale University. Alumnus of Yale Whiffenpoofs, Alley Cats, and Dramat. Proud member of AEA and the SDC.