Wendy C. Goldberg, Artistic Director of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference announced the actors cast in 2007 NPC projects. The actors include a mix of award-winning actors from stage and screen, seasonEd O'Neill performers, and new talent. The Playwrights Conference will be presented this July at the O'Neill Center's Home in Waterford, CT.
The list includes 2007 Tony Award winner Julie White (Best Performance by a leading actress, The Little Dog Laughed); Peter Friedman, who received the Outer Critics Circle Award and Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations for his roles in Ragtime, The Heidi Chronicles and The Common Pursuit; Lenny Von Dohlen, best known for the role of agoraphobic Harold Smith on "Twin Peaks;" Dramalogue and Los Angeles Critics Award winning Deirdre O'Connell; John Rothman, who appeared recently in the Broadway revival of Prelude To A Kiss and in films including Ghostbusters, Gettysburg and The Devil Wears Prada; Mike Doyle, who played forensics technicIan Ryan O'Halloran on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" Amy Redford, acclaimed for her role in Daisy Foote's Bhutan at NYC's Cherry Lane Theatre; Kevin Geer, seen recently on Broadway in Twelve Angry Men, and a frequent O'Neill performer;and Rebecca Brooksher, a 2007 Lucille Lortel Award nominee for her role in Dying City at Lincoln Center, her off-Broadway debut.Also appearing will be: Jeremy Bobb, who recently appeared in Garry Hynes's Tony nominated Broadway production of Brian Friel's Translations; Myra Lucretia Taylor, recently seen in A.R. Gurney's Crazy Mary at Playwrights Horizons; Jess Weixler, who won a jury acting prize for her starring role in the recent Sundance Film Festival favorite, Teeth; Thomas Sadoski, who made his Broadway debut in the 2004 production of Reckless; Jonathan Walker, who appeared on Broadway in 2004's Twentieth Century and After The Fall; John Jellison, who starred in Broadway's All Shook Up and Caroline, or Change; Colman Domingo, who recently appeared in Passing Strange at The Public Theater and has extensive San Francisco area credits, including the award-winning Blues For An Alabama Sky at Theaterworks California.
Goldberg said, "I'm delighted that we have such an exciting roster of performers – a great mix of award-winning actors, seasonEd O'Neill performers and new talent -- to bring our writers' work to life at the O'Neill. The O'Neill, its artists and its audiences will truly benefit from the skills of these performers." Casting Director is Alan Filderman.For more information, please visit the O'Neill website at www.TheONeill.org or call 860-443-5378.
Photo of Julie White by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.
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