The Public Theater announces that Amanda Peet has joined the cast of This Is How It Goes, replacing Marisa Tomei who has withdrawn from the show due to personal family reasons. Directed by George C. Wolfe, the world premiere of This is How it Goes also stars Ben Stiller and Jeffrey Wright. Preview performances begin March 10th and the opening night is March 27th.
In This Is How It Goes, Neil LaBute turns his savage observer's eye to small town America, where an interracial love triangle sets off a fierce drama of manipulation, exploitation, infidelity, and passion. The author of Fat Pig, The Shape of Things, and In the Company of Men brings to The Public's stage his most challenging and ambitious work to-date.
Amanda Peet has appeared on stage in Whale Music (Rattlestick Theater Company), The Country Club (Long Wharf Theatre), Awake And Sing! (Jewish Repertory Theatre; with Stephen Lang and Tovah Feldshuh), and Winter Lies, among others. She is well-known for her roles in such films as Something's Gotta Give with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton; The Whole Nine Yards with Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry; Igby Goes Down opposite Jeff Goldblum, Susan Sarandon and Kieran Culkin; Identity with John Cusack and Ray Liotta; High Crimes with Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd; and Changing Lanes with Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Affleck and Sydney Pollack. Peet will next be seen in Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda, which will be released on March 18th, as well as starring in A Lot Like Love with Ashton Kutcher, which will be released on April 22nd. Peet will appear opposite George Clooney and Matt Damon in Syriana later this fall.
Founded by Joseph Papp as the Shakespeare Workshop and now one of the nation's preeminent cultural institutions, The Public is an American theater in which all the country's voices, rhythms, and cultures converge. Under the leadership of Producer George C. Wolfe and Executive Director Mara Manus, The Public's mandate to create a theater for all New Yorkers continues to this day on stage and through its extensive outreach and education programs. Over 250,000 people annually attend Public Theater-related events at its six downtown stages including Joe's Pub, and at Shakespeare in Central Park and Joe's Pub in the Park.
The New York Community Trust - LuEsther T. Mertz Advised Fund provides leadership support for The Public Theater's year-round activities. Additional generous support is provided by Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman, JPMorgan Chase, The Laura Pels Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Ken Lerer and Katherine Sailer, Carole Shorenstein Hays, The George Delacorte Fund at The New York Community Trust - Fund for Performances at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Newhouse, Warren Spector and Margaret Whitton, The Starr Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Haywood, and the Booth Ferris Foundation. Public support is provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. We are also deeply grateful to The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation for its leadership commitment to The Public Theater's Endowment Fund in support of new work. Continental Airlines is the official airline of The Public Theater.
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