| Long Wharf Theatre News Release Steven Scarpa, Director of Communications 203-772-8255 / steven.scarpa@longwharf.org Date: October 16, 2009 FINAL CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR
LONG WHARF THEATRE’S WORLD PREMIERE OF NEW HAVEN - Liza Colon-Zayas, Sol Frieder and Elaine Kussack will join Sam Waterston in the world premiere of Athol Fugard’s Have You Seen Us?, taking place at Long Wharf Theatre from Nov. 24 to Dec. 20. Henry Parsons (Waterston) comes in to a mall diner for his usual - a turkey sandwich - and insulting banter with Adela, the Mexican-American waitress. The two creep toward a fragile understanding until Solly and Rachel, an eastern European Jewish couple, sit down to eat. The couple’s entrance forces Henry to a reckoning with the indelible remains of his past; and, for a moment, unites four lost souls. Colon-Zayas will play the role of Adela. She has most recently been seen in the LAByrinth Theater Company production of Othello, in addition to a host of theatre, film and television credits. Frieder, in his long career, has worked with Henry Fonda, George C. Scott, Olivia DeHavilland and Woody Allen, as well as having performed Brecht’s Three Penny Opera in the original German. Kussack appeared in the original Broadway productions of Fiddler on the Roof and The Flowering Peach. The play will run from November 24-December 20 on the Mainstage. FAST FACTS Have You Seen Us? by Athol Fugard, directed by Gordon Edelstein
# # # LONG WHARF THEATRE, founded in 1965, is recognized as a leader in American theater, producing fresh and imaginative revivals of classics and modern plays, rediscoveries of neglected works and a variety of world and American premieres. More than 30 Long Wharf productions have transferred virtually intact to Broadway or off-Broadway, including the 2005 production of BFE by Julia Cho, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning plays Wit by Margaret Edson, The Shadow Box by Michael Cristofer, and The Gin Game by D.L. Coburn. Long Wharf has received New York Drama Critics Awards, Obie Awards, the Margo Jefferson Award for Production of New Works, a Special Citation from the Outer Critics Circle, and the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. ~ End of Release ~ Steven Scarpa Close window Long Wharf News Home
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