Cheyenne Jackson Joins Clark in 'Agony and the Agony'

Cheyenne Jackson has joined the cast of The Agony and the Agony, Nicky Silver's new play at the Vineyard Theatre (108 E. 15 St.).

Jackson -- best-known for his starring role in the musical All Shook Up on Broadway, and for his portrayal of the real life hero Mark Bingham in the 9/11 film, United 93 -- joins the previously announced cast of The Agony and the Agony--Tony-winner Victoria Clark (The Light in the Piazza) and the playwright himself. 

In the play-- scheduled for a 3-week Lab Production at the Vineyard, from December 8 to 22 -- Clark plays an ambitious actress married to a desperate playwright, played by Silver, while Jackson plays an aspiring young actor whose arrival mixes things up even more. Terry Kinney, who directed Silver's Beautiful Child at the Vineyard, will direct.

The production marks the first stage appearance in New York for Clark since playing the role of Margaret Johnson in the Craig Lucas-Adam Guettel musical The Light in the Piazza at Lincoln Center, a performance that earned her the 2005 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Best Actress in a Musical.

Silver's work has been seen in New York predominantly at the Vineyard, which has premiered such works as the playwright's Pterodactyls, Raised in Captivity and The Maiden's Prayer.

For information about the Vineyard Theatre's 25th Anniversary Season, which opens with Anne Washburn's play The Internationalist, currently in previews (opening November 7), call the Vineyard Theatre at 212-353-0303 or log on to www.vineyardtheatre.org