Diversionary Theatre Announces NEXT FALL Cast

Diversionary Theatre will bring the Tony-nominated play, Next Fall to San Diego. Diversionary's production will feature Matt McGrath, who recently starred in The Old Globe's hit production of The Rocky Horror Show. The production reunites McGrath with Rocky Horror director, James Vasquez at the helm of Next Fall.

Beginning February 16th and running through March 25, 2012, Next Fall is a witty and intelligent play about faith, devotion and unconventional love.

Luke believes in God. Adam believes in everything else. Next Fall portrays the ups and downs of this unlikely couple's five-year relationship with sharp humor and unflinching honesty. When an accident changes everything, Adam must turn to Luke's family and friends for support... and answers.

Joining McGrath (as Adam) are San Diego favorites Tony Houck (Brandon), John Whitley (Butch), Jacque Wilke (Holly) and Shana Wride (Arlene) and introduces Stewart Calhoun as Luke.

Through a series of flash-backs, Luke, Adam, and their friends and family a grapple with the role that faith plays in their relationship. Luke, a devote Christian, sees his homosexuality as a sin he must repent for and nonbelievers as hell bound. Adam, a gay agnostic remains stubbornly unrepentant and unbelieving and Luke worries his boyfriend will be a future inhabitant of hell. Everything changes, however, when Adam finds himself sharing a hospital waiting room with Luke's religious parents who have remained unaware of their son's homosexuality throughout the couple's five-year relationship.

Next Fall received 2010 Tony Award nominations for Best Play and Best Director, received the Outer Critics Circle's John Gassner Award in 2010 for "Best New American Play," and was nominated for a Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama Desk awards for best play It has been playing to great acclaim and success at numerous theatres throughout the country and this weeks is being record as a live radio play by LA Theatre Works.