Brandon Ruckdashel Joins The Cast of ALL THAT MIGHT HAPPEN At Manhattan Theater Source

Brandon Ruckdashel has joined the cast of 3A Productions' All That Might Happen by John Philip and directed by Michael Portantiere, February 19 through March 6, 2010 at Manhattan Theatre Source (177 MacDougal St.).

It is February 1984. Two gay men plan to sign an agreement tomorrow with a surrogate mother to have a child. She comes to tell them she has changed her mind.

Ruckdashel (Ascension and Twist) will play the role of Josh. He joins the previously announced cast including Mariah Bonner (David Fincher's upcoming The Social Network), Barbara Mundy (A Body Without A Head), John Philip (The Bostonians) and Andrew Loren Resto (Hollywood Confidential). The production's set designer is Emmy Award winner George McGarvey.

As the writer John Philip noted, "The character of Josh, to be played by Brandon Ruckdashel, was originally referred to, but not seen, in the play. As rehearsals of this new work have progressed it has become more evident that Josh has a role to play onstage as well. We are very happy Brandon can join us to do it."

Performances of All That Might Happen run February 19 through March 6, 2010, Thursday through Saturday at 8:00 pm at Manhattan Theatre Source (177 MacDougal St., between Waverly Pl. and West 8th St., Subway: A/C/E or B/D/F/V to West 4th). Tickets are $18 at http://www.theatermania.com or (212) 352-3101. The running time is 60 minutes. The production is an Equity-approved showcase.

John Philip (Playwright/Actor) played most recently in Commerce Street Sonata at Village Playwrights, and in A Body Without A Head at Manhattan Theatre Source. He has acted and produced theatre in New York for many years, and appeared on film and television.

Andrew Loren Resto (Actor) began his career as a child actor in 1968 playing the Indian "Grey Squirrel" in the 20th Century Fox television series "Lancer," and the lead in the film Apple Warm, directed by Cal Bellini. Further television work followed on Shari Lewis Holiday Specials, with Lamb Chop, and on stage as the understudy for the lead in the 1974 Los Angeles production of Time of the Cuckoo starring Jean Stapleton and Charlotte Ray. He has also pursued a career as a competitive dancer, rising to a regional championship in California, and equestrian showman. Most recently Resto was a featured tap dance performer in last summer's Cherry Grove, Fire Island production of Hollywood Confidential.

Michael Portantiere is a theater journalist and photographer whose work may be seen at BroadwayStars.com and FollowSpotPhoto.com. He is co-author with Gerard Alessandrini of the book Forbidden Broadway: Behind the Mylar Curtain, recently published by Hal Leonard/Applause. His community theater credits as a director include Butterflies are Free, A View From the Bridge, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Glass Menagerie, and Bent for Seaview Playwrights Theatre, Dames at Sea for the Looking Glass Players, Barefoot in the Park and The Who's Tommy for Center Stage Production

Photo: Brandon Ruckdashel and Robert Petkoff 

Photo credit: Walter McBride

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