Full Cast Announced for Geffen Playhouse's EXTRAORDINARY CHAMBERS

The world premiere of David Wiener's Extraordinary Chambers, a thrilling drama about the consequences of one couple's seemingly innocuous business trip to Cambodia, will include Marin Hinkle (Two and a Half Men) and Mather Zickel (Rachel Getting Married) as Mara and Carter, the couple at the center of the story. Directed by Pam MacKinnon, the cast also features Greg Watanabe as Sopoan, the couple's guide through the unfamiliar territory, as well as Francois Chau (LOST) and Kimiko Gelman, who play the roles of a high-powered Cambodian business man and his wife, respectively.

As business deals unravel and personal negotiations brim with political consequences, the couple must decide if the salvation of one life is worth sacrificing the justice of many. Extraordinary Chambers will open in the Audrey Skriball Kenis Theater at the Geffen Playhouse on June 1, 2011.

"This production will be our fourth world premiere this season, and by virtue of exploring a global phenomenon with precise, personal perspective, Extraordinary Chambers is exactly the type of work we're looking for in regards to new plays " said Producing Director Gil Cates. "At the time that we were selecting Extraordinary Chambers, the very trials that are present within it were bringing down indictments, and the global gaze turned toward the Khmer Rouge and Cambodia. Although I believe that good theater must be personal, what a delight it is when the political and the personal intersect with such fluidity as is the case with David Wiener's play."

Extraordinary Chambers was workshopped as part of South Coast Repertory Pacific Playwrights Festival in 2009; there was a subsequent reading as part of the Ojai Playwrights Conference in August of the same year. The Geffen Playhouse run is the world premiere of the fully staged production. Festivities during the run of The Escort include the theater's special Signature Series options for no additional cost. Special evenings include a scintillating, one-of-a kind after-party at Girls Night Out; a cultural happy hour with Lounge Fridays and complimentary wine tastings during Wine Down Sundays. For more information and specific dates, please view www.geffenplayhouse.com/signatureseries.

 

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