Adding Machine announces full cast

The full cast has been announced for the New York Premiere of Adding Machine, a new musical based on Elmer Rice’s 1923 expressionist play, will open at the Minetta Lane Theatre on 26 Feb 2008, following previews from 7 Feb and run through to 15 Jun 2008.

Adding Machine had its World Premiere at Chicago’s Next Theatre Company last season (winning the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Musical).

Joining the previously announced trio of Cyrilla Baer as ‘Mrs. Zero’, Joel Hatch as ‘Mr. Zero’ and Amy Warren as ‘Daisy’ (all reprising their performances from the original production) will be Joe Farrell as ‘Shrdlu,’ Jeff Still in multiple roles as the ‘Boss,’ ‘Fixer’ and ‘Charles,’ Adinah Alexander as ‘Mrs. Two,’ Niffer Clarke as ‘Mrs. One,’ Roger E. DeWitt as ‘Mr. Two’ and Daniel Marcus as ‘Mr. One.’

Adding Machine, score by Joshua Schmidt and a collaborative libretto by Jason Loewith and Joshua Schmidt, with direction by David Cromer, tells the story of Mr. Zero, a nameless cog in American business, as he journeys through life, death, and an afterlife romance in the Elysian Fields. After twenty-five years of exemplary work, Mr. Zero finds that his pencil and paper efforts have been replaced by a mechanical adding machine. In a rage, Mr. Zero decides to exact revenge by murdering his boss.

The creative team comprises Takeshi Kata (sets), Kristine Knanishu (costumes), Keith Parham(lighting) and Tony Smolenski (sound).

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