Keep Your Pantheon / School: Atlantic announce cast for their Mamet doube bill

Atlantic Theater Company have announced casting for the New York and world premieres of a double bill of one-act plays from Atlantic�s founder.

Two unrelated plays by David Mamet: Keep Your Pantheon / School, directed by Neil Pepe, will feature the ensemble cast of Jeffrey Addiss, Michael Cassidy, Steven Hawley, J.J. Johnston, Jordan Lage, Brian Murray, Rod McLachlan, John Pankow, Jonathan Rossetti, Jack Wallace and Todd Weeks.

Keep Your Pantheon / School will open at The Linda Gross Theater on 30 Sep 2009, following previews from 9 Sep and play a limited engagement through to 1 Nov 2009.

David Mamet returns to Atlantic with his new comedy that made its world premiere at Center Theatre Group, directed by Atlantic Artistic Director Neil Pepe. Keep Your Pantheon is a farce that follows the fortunes and misfortunes of an acting troupe in ancient Rome. An impoverished acting company on the edge of eviction is offered a lucrative engagement. But through a series of mishaps, the troupe finds its problems have actually multiplied.

Mamet�s world premiere play School is a brief comic discourse on recycling, poster design and the transmission of information.

Mamet was last represented on the Atlantic stage with the comedy 'Romance,' also staged by Pepe.

Neil Pepe made his acclaimed Broadway debut with the hit revival of David Mamet�s 'Speed-the-Plow' last season and staged the world premiere of Ethan Coen�s trio of one act comedies 'Offices.' He directed the world premiere of Mamet�s 'Keep Your Pantheon' as well as 'The Duck Variations' at Center Theatre Group.

Jeffrey Addiss and Michael Cassidy appeared in the world premiere of 'Keep Your Pantheon' at Center Theater Group. Atlantic ensemble member Steven Hawley appeared in the world premiere of David Mamet�s 'Romance' at Atlantic and at the Mark Taper Forum. Mamet veteran 'J.J. Johnston' appeared in the world premiere of 'Keep Your Pantheon' at Center Theater Group.

Founding Atlantic ensemble member 'Jordan Lage' recently played the role of 'Bobby Gould' in the hit Broadway revival of David Mamet�s 'Speed-the-Plow.' Three time Tony Award nominee Brian Murray appeared on Broadway in the acclaimed 'Mary Stuart' this season. Atlantic ensemble member Rod McLachlan has appeared in 'Edmund' and 'Clean.'

John Pankow recently starred in 'Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them' Off-Broadway and in 'Cymbeline on Broadway.' 'Jonathan Rossetti' and Mamet veteran 'Jack Wallace' appeared in the world premiere of 'Keep Your Pantheon' at Center Theatre Group. Atlantic ensemble member Todd Weeks recently appeared in 'Some Americans Abroad' Off-Broadway and Atlantic�s Scarcity.

The creative team for Keep Your Pantheon / School will feature scenic design by Takeshi Kata, costume design by Ilona Somogyi, lighting design by Chris Akerlind and sound design by Obadiah Eaves.