Photo Flash: In Rehearsal for MARJORIE PRIME, Beginning Next Month at CTG/Mark Taper Forum

Rehearsals have begun for the world premiere of Jordan Harrison's haunting drama "Marjorie Prime," which begins previewsSeptember 10, 2014, at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum. Directed by Obie Award-winner Les Waters, the profound and engaging new play opens September 21. Performances continue through October 19, 2014. Check out a first look at the cast in rehearsal below!

The cast of "Marjorie Prime" features Lois Smith (in the title role), Lisa Emery, Jeff Ward and Frank Wood.

Set design for "Marjorie Prime" is by Mimi Lien, costume design by Ilona Somogyi, lighting design by Lap Chi Chu, sound design by Adam Phalen and casting is by Mark B. Simon, CSA. The production stage manager is David S. Franklin.

"Marjorie Prime" asks exquisite questions about the difference between a life lived and a life remembered. Marjorie (Lois Smith) is a clever, wry woman who, at age 85, finds that her memory is failing. She is living out her days at an assisted living facility where she is frequently visited by her anxious, quick-witted daughter, Tess (Lisa Emery), and her kind, easygoing son-in-law, Jon (Frank Wood). With the urging of Jon and the facility and despite Tess' misgivings, a mysterious young man, Walter (Jeff Ward), joins the group with the hope that he can help reverse Marjorie's decline. Through an ingenious series of shifting realities, Walter's nature is revealed, and the family's memories gently unfold into a cathartic meditation on life and loss, and the desire to keep our dearly departed with us.

Photos by Craig Schwartz