Natural Affection: TACT announces cast
The Actors Company Theatre (TACT) have announced the cast for their revival of William Inge's Natural Affection, opening at Theatre Row's Beckett Theatre on 26 Sep 2013, following previews from 17 Sep 2013, and running through to 26 Oct 2013.
Directed by TACT Co-Artistic Director Jenn Thompson, the cast will feature TACT Company Members Alec Beard ('Lost in Yonkers,' 'Semi-Monde'), Eve Bianco ('Bedroom Farce,' 'Dandy Dick)', Victoria Mack ('Happy Birthday,' 'Venus in Fur') and Guest Artists Tobi Aremu (Off Broadway debut), Chris Bert (TACT debut), Kathryn Erbe (Tony Award nominee 'The Speed of Darkness,' "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"), and John Pankow (B'way: 'Cymbeline,' "Episodes").
The design team includes John McDermott (Scenic Design), David Toser (Costume Design), Aaron Spivey (Lighting Design) and Toby Algya (Sound Design).
Co-Artistic Director Jenn Thompson said,
We are thrilled to celebrate Mr. Inge's centennial by presenting this intense and startlingly contemporary drama in its first NYC revival. We are just as thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Katie, John and the rest of the cast in bringing this very powerful and important play back to New York audiences.In Natural Affection, a troubled young man, who, abandoned early in life by his single mother, returns from reform school to find her now living with a lover. As the tension between them mounts, their fight for forgiveness and connection gives way to desperation, setting this insecure family on a collision course of reckless, heartbreaking and almost inevitable violence.
As with Truman Capote's 'In Cold Blood,' the inspiration for Natural Affection came from a newspaper account of a seemingly meaningless and unmotivated crime.
Natural Affection had its Broadway debut at the Booth Theatre on 31 Jan 1963. Its opening coincided with the New York newspaper strike and it ran for a total of 36 performances to 02 Mar 1963. Directed by Tony Richardson, the cast included Kim Stanley, Harry Guardino and Tom Bosley. The play has not been seen in New York since.
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