Pawk, Maxwell and More Cast in MTC's Losing Louie

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced announce casting for the American premiere of Simon Mendes da Costa's Losing Louie at the Biltmore Theatre. Previews begin Thursday, September 21 for a Thursday, October 12 opening.

The production will star (in alphabetical order): Adam Arkin (Tony), Matthew Arkin (Reggie), Scott Cohen (Louie), Jan Maxwell (Elizabeth), and Michele Pawk (Sheila). The production will be directed by four-time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks (The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, La Cage aux Folles, Guys and Dolls).

Casting for the remaining two roles for the seven-person cast of Losing Louie will be announced at a later date.

"How do our childhood memories affect our lives? How do the mistakes of one generation impact the next? And most importantly, why does love make us do such crazy things? Interwoven events from the past and present blend together in this wise and witty new play, as two generations of family members work things out in the same bedroom, fifty years apart," state press notes on the show.

Losing Louie will mark the first time that brothers Adam and Matthew Arkin will appear on stage together; both are the sons of Alan Arkin. Adam Arkin has appeared on Broadway in Brooklyn Boy and I Hate Hamlet, and Off-Broadway credits include Four Dogs and a Bone and The Extra Man. Matthew Arkin has been seen on Broadway in The Sunshine Boys, and Off-Broadway in Indian Blood, Moonlight and Magnolias, Dinner with Friends and more. Cohen has been seen Off-Broadway in Glimmer, Glimmer & Shine and The Crucible.

Maxwell last appeared in the Roundabout's Entertaining Mr. Sloane. She received a Tony nomination for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and has also been seen on Broadway in Sixteen Wounded, Match, The Dinner Party, The Sound of Music and more. Pawk is a Tony Award-winner for her work in Hollywood Arms; other Broadway credits include Democracy, Mamma Mia!, Seussical, Cabaret, Triumph of Love, Chicago and Crazy for You.

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