The Wooden Breeks, Starring Cox, Begins Previews Feb. 2

By: Jan. 31, 2006
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MCC Theater, now in its 20th year, will present the New York premiere of The Wooden Breeks by Glen Berger (Underneath the Lintel), which will be directed by Trip Cullman (Dog Sees God). Performances of The Wooden Breeks will begin on Thursday, February 2 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, NYC). The opening night is Wednesday, February 15 at 7pm; the show will begin previews on Thursday, February 2nd.

"A comic tale set in the fantastical, miserable hamlet of Brood, The Wooden Breeks conjures up a marvelously imaginative world peopled by a large cast of dreamers, schemers, and various sets of would-be lovers. Tormented by the memory of a beautiful young woman he adored and lost, and saddled with the bastard child left behind as a painful reminder of their doomed romance, a village tinker-turned-poet tries to ease his pain by conjuring up a hilarious and extremely moving theatrical tale, a story made up for the young boy as they sit in front of the dying embers of their hearth," state press notes.

The Wooden Breeks stars Louis Cancelmi, Veanne Cox (Caroline, or Change, Company), Ana Reeder (Small Tragedy), Adam Rothenberg (Danny and the Deep Blue Sea) and T. Ryder Smith (Measure for Measure), as well as Maria Dizzia, Jaymie Dornan, Ron Cephas Jones, and Steve Mellor.

The show features set design by Beowulf Borritt; costume design by Anita Yavich; lighting design by Paul Whitaker and sound design by Fitz Patton.

"Under the artistic direction of Bernard Telsey, Robert LuPone and William Cantler, MCC, is one of New York City's leading off-Broadway theater companies, committed to presenting New York and world premieres each season," state press notes. MCC will conclude its 3-play, 2005-06 mainstage season at the Lucille Lortel with the US premiere of Neil LaBute's Some Girl(s), directed by Jo Bonney (May 17-June 24; Opening June 8.)

For more information on MCC Theater and their 20th anniversary season, visit www.mcctheater.org.


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