Reeder, Nelson and Hopper Join Cast Of Long Wharf's A DOLLS HOUSE, Opens 4/28

Ana Reeder, Mark Nelson and Tim Hopper have joined the cast of Long Wharf Theatre's upcoming production of Henrik Ibsen's A Dolls House, adapted and directed by Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein.

The show will run on the Mainstage, located at 222 Sargent Drive, New Haven, from April 28 through May 23. Nora, a vibrant young woman, has surrounded herself with the trappings of the perfect life. She prides herself in three beautiful children, a big comfortable house, and a handsome husband who has a new job at a large investment bank. But the illusion of her success is about to fade as the secret that hold her family together is exposed for all to see. Edelstein's world premiere adaptation casts Ibsen's ground-breaking, 19th-century drama in a visceral contemporary light.

Ana Reeder's (Nora) work includes Top Girls, Sight Unseen (Broadway), Living Room in Africa (Edge Theatre Company), The Wooden Breeks (MCC), Hedda Gabler (New York Theatre Workshop), Small Tragedy (Playwrights Horizons, Obie award), Humble Boy, An Experiment with an Air Pump (MTC), The Time of the Cuckoo (Lincoln Center), Some Voices (The New Group) and more. Reeder has appeared on the television series "Damages" and on film in No Country for Old Men, Homewrecker, The Getaway and others.

Tim Hopper, playing Rank, is making his Long Wharf Theatre debut. He has worked extensively on stage at theatres across the country. His many stage credits include the title character in Picasso at the Lapin Agile in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago; The Tempest (Steppenwolf); Three Changes (Playwrights Horizons); Uncle Vanya (Intiman); More Stately Mansions (New York Theater Workshop - Obie Award winner), and many others. On film, Hopper has appeared in School of Rock, Vanilla Sky, The Last of the Mohicans and others. His television appearances include "Grey's Anatomy," "Medium," "Third Watch," "Oz" and several of the Law & Orders."

Mark Nelson, playing Krogstad, last appeared at Long Wharf in the critically acclaimed production of Underneath the Lintel, directed by Eric Ting. Last year he performed in seven countries with The Bridge Project, Sam Mendes' new classical rep company. Nelson's New York credits include Picasso at the Lapin Agile for which he won an Obie Award; The Invention of Love at Lincoln Center; Three Sisters and After the Fall at the Roundabout; A Few Good Men; and four plays by Neil Simon. He played the title role in Uncle Vanya (with Tim Hopper) at Seattle's Intiman Theatre, directed by Bartlett Sher, and all thirty-six roles in I Am My Own Wife (Carbonell Award). Mark has directed productions at Manhattan Theatre Club, the Drama Dept, McCarter Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Festival and the Juilliard School. He teaches acting at Princeton University.

For more information about A Doll's House or to purchase tickets, visit www.longwharf.org or call 203-787-4282.

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