William Petersen to Star in Trinity Rep.'s Dublin Carol

Trinity Rep has announced that William Petersen of TV's C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation will star in Conor McPherson's A Dublin Carol in the 2006-2007 season.

Petersen will join Trinity Rep for a five-week run in the Dowling Theater, December 1^st through January 7^th

Directed by Amy Morton, associate artist with Steppenwolf Theater, this play takes place in Dublin, on Christmas Eve. A man's daughter brings him news about her mother, which offers him an unexpected chance at redemption. The tale of pain and hope, memory and myth had its premiere in 2000.

"I'm so thrilled to have William Petersen and Amy Morton, two of my first mentors in Chicago theater, working here alongside Trinity's world class acting company in my first season," says Curt Columbus, Trinity Rep.'s artistic director.

Petersen made his Broadway debut in Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana, which originated at the Goodman Theater. His theatrical productions include the American premiere of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross and The Time of Your Life at the Goodman; Balm in Gilead and Fool For Love at Steppenwolf; In the Belly of the Beast at Wisdom Bridge, the Kennedy Center, and the Edinburgh Theater Festival; American Buffalo, Speed-the-Plow, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, As You Like It, Waiting for Godot, A Streetcar Named Desire and Flyovers. He co-founded Remains Theatre in 1979 and is an artistic associate at Victory Gardens.