Doyle To Direct Gemignani, Wood, Cuervo, & More In Cincinnati Playhouse's THREE SISTERS 10/24-11/21

The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park has finalized casting for its upcoming production of THREE SISTERS. This exciting new version, commissioned by The Playhouse, combines John Doyle, the Tony Award-winning director of Company, and Sarah Ruhl, one of America's most acclaimed young playwrights. THREE SISTERS, a poignant tale of love and dreams and the never-ending pursuit of happiness, begins previews in The Playhouse's Robert S. Marx Theatre October 24 and continues through November 21.

Cast members of THREE SISTERS include Sarah Agnew playing Natasha; Hannah Cabell (Broadway's A Man for All Seasons) as Irina; Lynn Cohen (Broadway's Ivanov and Orpheus Descending as well as Sex and the City and Munich) as Anfisa; Ronald Cohen portraying Ferapont; Alma Cuervo (Broadway's Beauty and the Beast, Titanic, Cabaret and The Heidi Chronicles, among others) in the role of Olga; Alexander Gemignani (Broadway's Sunday in the Park with George, Les Miserables and Sweeney Todd) playing Andrei; Terry Greiss as Chebutykin; Keith Reddin (The Play's the Thing on Broadway and Revolutionary Road) portraying Kulygin; Laila Robins (Broadway's Heartbreak House and Frozen as well as Planes, Trains and Automobiles) in the role of Masha; Felix Solis playing Solyony; Corey Stoll (Broadway's Old Acquaintance and Henry IV) as Vershinin and Frank Wood (Broadway's August: Osage County, Tony and Drama League Awards for Side Man and Hollywood Arms) as Tuzenbach.

Playwright Sarah Ruhl has gained widespread recognition for her contributions to American theatre, including The Clean House (Pulitzer Prize Finalist, 2005; The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, 2004), produced at The Playhouse in 2006.

Ruhl will make her Broadway debut this fall with In the Next Room (or the vibrator play). Her other plays include Eurydice, Dead's Man Cell Phone (Helen Hayes Award for Best New Play), Orlando, Late: a cowboy song, Melancholy Play and Passion Play, a cycle. They have been performed at numerous prestigious venues including Lincoln Center Theater, Second Stage Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre and many others. One of the most acclaimed young playwrights in American theatre, Ruhl's plays have been translated into several languages and have been produced internationally to great acclaim.

This is the first non-musical that acclaimed British director John Doyle will direct in the United States. Doyle has received numerous awards for his excellence in direction, including a Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League Award. Doyle directed The Playhouse's 2006 production of Company, which moved to the Ethel Barrymore Theater for a successful run on Broadway and received the Tony Award for that year's Best Revival of a Musical. He has staged more than 200 productions during his 30-plus year career in the theatre including Sweeney Todd, The Gondoliers, Amadeus, Mack and Mabel, A Catered Affair and Road Show.

The acclaimed artistic team includes Set Designer Scott Pask who received Tony Awards for his designs of Pillowman and The Coast of Utopia and Tony nominations for his designs of Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Pal Joey. He has also received multiple Drama Desk Award nominations. Costume Designer Ann Hould-Ward designed the costumes for The Playhouse's production of Company and has designed costumes for more than 15 other Broadway productions including Beauty and the Beast, for which she won a Tony Award. Lighting Designer Jane Cox was responsible for lighting the Broadway revival of Come Back, Little Sheba and was the resident lighting designer at the O'Neill Playwrights Festival in 2002-2003. Cox and Hould-Ward also worked with John Doyle on the off-Broadway production of Road Show. The Stage Manager is Suann Pollock, Second Stage Manager is Jenifer Morrow and Assistant Stage Manager is Jamie Lynne Sullivan.

Prices for THREE SISTERS range from $25-$58, depending on day and seat location. New this year, tickets are just $25 for the preview performances at 8 p.m. Saturday, October 24; 2 p.m. Sunday, October 25; 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 27; and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 28. Some restrictions apply. The official opening night is Thursday, October 29 at 8 p.m.

Performances take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 4 and 8 p.m. on Saturdays and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sundays.

Tickets to THREE SISTERS are on sale now. For more information, call The Playhouse box office at 513/421-3888 (toll-free in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana at 800/582-3208) or visit www.cincyplay.com. Call 513/345-2248 for TDD accessibility.

The Playhouse is fully accessible. Audio enhancement receivers, large print programs and complete wheelchair access are available.

The Playhouse is supported, in part, by the generosity of the tens of thousands of individuals and businesses that give to the Fine Arts Fund.

The Ohio Arts Council helps fund The Playhouse with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
The Playhouse also receives funding from the Shubert Foundation.

For more information, visit www.cincyplay.com.

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