Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the full cast for Ordinary Days, a new musical with Music & Lyrics by Adam Gwon, directed by Marc Bruni. Ordinary Days will feature Lisa Brescia as "Claire," Hunter Foster as "Jason," Jared Gertner as "Warren" and Kate Wetherhead as "Deb." This production marks the first musical presented in the Black Box Theatre.
Ordinary Days is the third production of Roundabout Underground, an initiative launched in 2007 to introduce and cultivate artists in Roundabout's 62-seat Black Box Theatre, at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46th Street, NYC, NY, 10036). Prior productions include Speech & Debate (2007) and The Language of Trees (2008).
Roundabout is proud to welcome back two artists who have previously worked at the theatrical institution: Adam Gwon & Marc Bruni.
Ordinary Days will begin previews performances on Friday, October 2, 2009 and will officially open on Sunday, October 25. This will be a limited engagement through Sunday, December 13, 2009.
All tickets for Roundabout Underground productions are $20.
The Ordinary Days creative team includes Vadim Feichtner (Music Direction), Lee Savage (Sets), Lisa Zinni (Costumes) and Jeff Croiter (Lights) and Danny Erdberg (Sound).
From the bustling streets to the quiet rooftops, Ordinary Days tells the story of four young New Yorkers whose lives are unexpectedly interconnected by circumstance. The series of funny and fortuitous events in this intimate, fast-paced musical proves that ordinary days can be simply extraordinary.
Out of college in 2001, Adam Gwon began an internship at Roundabout Theatre Company and went on to become an Associate in the development office. He continued to write musicals while working at Roundabout and he is currently a teaching artist with the company. Adam is the winner of the 2008 Fred Ebb Award for Excellence in Musical Theater Songwriting. Roundabout welcomes back Marc Bruni following his work as an Associate Director on the Tony Award winning production of The Pajama Game and The Man Who Came to Dinner.
Roundabout Underground is an initiative to showcase new plays that will either allow an experienced director to go back to his/her creative roots or give a debut production to an emerging writer or director. Robyn Goodman (Artistic Consultant to the Roundabout), who has significant artistic development experience, is curating the initiative that continues to be a creative breeding ground for nurturing new talent.
The 62-seat Black Box Theatre, below the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, allows Roundabout to take artistic risks that are better suited for a more intimate space.
Support provided by Jodi and Daniel Glucksman, The Educational Foundation of America, The Shen Family Foundation, Laura S. Rodgers/The Honorable Ann W. Brown & Donald A. Brown, and Stephen and Ruth Hendel. Roundabout Underground is also supported, in part, by funds from the City of New York Theater Subdistrict Council, LDC and the City of New York. Support for new plays provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust.
Lisa Brescia (Claire) has appeared on Broadway as Elphaba in Wicked, starred as Cleo in Twyla Tharp's The Times They Are A-Changin' and was seen as Marion Halcombe in The Woman in White when she stepped in for British star Maria Friedman. She played Amneris in Aida on Broadway for the last year of its run and was seen in the revival of Jesus Christ Superstar. Regional credits include the Kennedy Center's Side Show (Violet), The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown (Mom), Evita (Eva), The Last 5 Years (Cathy), A Little Night Music (Petra) and Brigadoon (Meg). For five years, she toured worldwide as a "Mama" with The Mamas and The Papas with original members John Phillips and Denny Doherty. Lisa is a proud graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and was a member of the AADA Repertory Company. Thanks and love to my partner, Craig Carnelia.
