T2 Announces Cast for Reasons to Be Pretty

TheatreSquared (T2) announced today the cast and creative team for Neil LaBute's Reasons to Be Pretty, a modern-day love story which received its Broadway premiere in 2009 and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best New Play. Reasons to Be Pretty, a provocative new drama filled with dark humor and raw emotion, follows the romantic entanglements of four young friends and their love affair with physical beauty. The production is directed by Shana Gold, who previously directed Underneath the Lintel at TheatreSquared (2010). Reasons to Be Pretty will open on April 15 and play through May 1, 2011 at Walton Arts Center's Nadine Baum Studios (505 W. Spring St.) in Fayetteville. Tickets range from $22-24 ($10/under 30) and are on sale now at the Box Office at (479) 571-2728 and online at theatre2.org. The play contains mature language and violence, and is recommended for adult audiences.

"Reasons to Be Pretty is a powerful new play," said T2 Artistic Director Robert Ford. "It is simultaneously dark comedy and gut-wrenching drama. These characters are fiery, vulnerable, acerbic, clumsy-they're painfully in love and trying to make it work. The reality of Reasons is exactly why it resonates. If you love gritty, heartfelt and honest theatre, this one's for you."

The cast for Reasons to Be Pretty includes: Dusty Brown (Greg) and Christin Sawyer Davis (Steph), both of New York; and Northwest Arkansas natives Rebecca Rivas (Carley) and Kris Pruett (Kent), who previously appeared as Mutt in T2's World Premiere of Sundown Town (2011). The creative team includes: Shana Gold (director), who also directed Underneath the Lintel at T2 (2010); Nick Francone (scenic designer); Michael Riha (lighting designer), who previously designed lighting for T2's Sundown Town (2011) as well as scenery for The 39 Steps (2010) and Rabbit Hole (2009); Derek Karney (sound designer); Katie Langely (props master); and Josh Tillotson (production head).

TheatreSquared is Northwest Arkansas's regional theatre, producing professional work that is challenging and heartfelt, intimate and entertaining. Seventy annual performances, the annual Arkansas New Play Fest, and touring educational programs attract a growing audience of patrons from throughout the region, including more than 4,000 students and their teachers. Performances are presented in the intimate, 150-seat Studio Theatre at Walton Arts Center's Nadine Baum Studios in downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas. For press tickets, or for further information, call 479.445.6333 or visit theatre2.org.

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