Luce: Marin Hinkle and Neal Huff to star

LCT3's have announced that Marin Hinkle ('Electra,' "Deception," "Two and a Half Men") and Neal Huff ('Take Me Out,' "The Wire") will star in their world premiere of JC Lee's Luce, opening at the Claire Tow Theater on 21 Oct 2013, following previews from 05 Oct 2013, and closing on 17 Nov 2013.

Directed by May Adrales, Luce will also feature Olivia Oguma ('Mamma Mia!'), Okieriete Onaodowan and Sharon Washington (Lucille Lortel-nomination for 'Wild With Happy.')

When a teacher makes an alarming discovery about Luce (to be played by Okieriete Onaodowan), an all-star high school student, Luce's parents (to be played by Marin Hinkle and Neal Huff) are forced to reckon with their idealized image of their son, adopted years ago from a war-torn African country.

Luce marks JC Lee's professional playwriting debut. He is a recent graduate of the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at the Juilliard School and was a 2011-12 writing fellow at The Playwrights Realm. His plays have been in various stages of development throughout the United States at such theaters as South Coast Rep, the Magic Theatre, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Director May Adrales' Off-Broadway credits include David Henry Hwang's 'The Dance and the Railroad' at the Signature Theatre Company and Lauren Yee's 'Ching Chong Chinaman' at Pan Asian Rep. Her production of Thomas Bradshaw's 'Bereaved' was named one of 2009's "Ten Best of the Year" by Time Out/NY. She has also directed in New York at The Public Theater, Second Stage, New York Theatre Workshop and Primary Stages.

LCT3 was established in 2008 by Lincoln Center Theater as a programming initiative devoted to producing the work of new artists as well as developing new audiences. Past LCT3 productions include Ayad Ahktar's 'Disgraced,' winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and Amy Herzog's '4000 Miles,' a finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize.