Welch and Camp Round Out Cast of Rebeck's The Scene

The cast for the upcoming New York premiere of Theresa Rebeck's The Scene is now complete.

Joining "Monk" star and theatre veteran Tony Shalhoub and Patricia Heaton ("Everybody Loves Raymond") in the play will be Christopher Evan Welch and Anna Camp.

The new play by the author of Mauritius, The Family of Mann and Spike Heels will begin previews at Second Stage Theatre on December 12th and open on January 11th.  It will run through February 4th.

A hit in its previous Humana incarnation, the play will be directed by Barrymore Award-winner Rebecca Taichman (Green Violin in Philadelphia).  "Using the surreal world of Manhattan party-goers as its background, The Scene is a shrewd and bitter comedy about the empty narcissism of American pop culture," state press notes.  "Clea's ready to make it.  Charlie's trying to retake it.  Lewis wants to change it.  And Stella is simply over it.  It's the New York entertainment 'scene' in all its boozing, schmoozing and using glory."

Welch has appeared on Broadway in Festen, The Crucible and London Assurance, as well as Off-Broadway such plays as The Pain and the Itch and in films such as War of the Worlds and The Stepford Wives.  Camp has appeared Off-Broadway in columbinus, and in the upcoming film Somebody Like You.  She was among The Scene's original cast.

Visit www.secondstagetheatre.com for tickets and more information.