Cast members of Theresa Rebeck’s celebrated comedy “The Understudy” will be guest speakers at the Westport Country Playhouse’s Sunday Symposium Sunday, Aug. 19, following the 3 p.m. show, Playhouse officials said today.
Cast members and director of Westport Country Playhouse’s “The Understudy”—(l-r) Eric Bryant as Harry; Andrea Syglowski as Roxanne; David Kennedy, director; and Brett Dalton as Jake. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Photo by Stephen Emerick
The play by Theresa Rebeck, creator of NBC’s business drama “Smash,” offers a backstage comedy about a Hollywood action star making his Broadway debut amid tensions with his understudy. It opens Saturday, Aug. 18 with previews starting Tuesday, Aug. 14.
The cast includes Eric Bryant as Harry. Bryant won the Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play for his role in the Playhouse’s “The Invisible Hand.”
Also cast is Brett Dalton as Jake. Dalton plays Agent Grant Ward on the ABC series, “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” for which he received a Teen Choice Award as Best Male Breakout Star. Andrea Syglowski plays Roxanne. Syglowski was the recipient of the Robin Williams Scholarship at The Juilliard School.
Playhouse officials say the symposium, which is free and open to the public, will engage actors in a conversation with David Kennedy, playhouse associate artistic director, as well as the play’s director. Kennedy previously directed a production of “The Understudy” at the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia.
The Sunday Symposium Series is supported, in part, by the White Barn Program of the Lucille Lortel Foundation
For further information and to buy tickets for the play visit http://www.westportplayhouse.org, or call the box office at (203) 227-4177, toll-free at 1-888-927-7529, or visit Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court.
