Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) has announced complete casting for the New York premiere of Shipwrecked! An Entertainment - The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself) by Donald Margulies.
Lisa Peterson (The Model Apartment) returns to Primary Stages to direct the three-member cast that features Jeremy Bobb (Is He Dead?) as Player 2, Michael Countryman (Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams) as Louis de Rougemont, and Donnetta Lavinia Grays (Well) as Player 1.
Performances begin Tuesday, January 27, 2009 for a limited run through Saturday, March 7, 2009, at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Opening night is set for Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. Primary Stages is currently represented on Broadway with Horton Foote's Dividing The Estate (produced by Lincoln Center Theater, by special arrangement with Primary Stages), which made its New York premiere last season.
From the author of Sight Unseen, Collected Stories and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner with Friends, Donald Margulies returns to Primary Stages where his play The Model Apartment won him an Obie Award for Playwriting.
A tale of adventure that left England spellbound in the 19th century is the center of attention in Donald Margulies' play Shipwrecked! An Entertainment - The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself). Louis de Rougemont, a would-be explorer, invites you to hear his amazing story of bravery, survival and celebrity. Dare to be whisked away in a story of exotic islanders, rustic vessels and the high seas. Shipwrecked! An Entertainment examines how far we're willing to blur the line between fact and fiction in order to leave our mark on the world.
The creative team includes Neil Patel (Set), Michael Krass (Costumes), Stephen Strawbridge (Lights), and John Gromada (Sound). The Production Stage Manager is Matthew Melchiorre.
Shipwrecked! An Entertainment - The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself) will play the following performance schedule:
Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m., Wednesdays through Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 2:00 p.m.& 8:00 p.m., and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. on February 1 and 15, 2009 and a Wednesday matinee at 2:00 p.m. on February 18, 2009.
