Ordinary Days: Lisa Brescia, Hunter Foster, Jared Gertner & Kate Wetherhead to star

The Roundabout Theatre Company have announced the full cast for Ordinary Days, a new musical with music & lyrics by Adam Gwon, directed by Marc Bruni.

Ordinary Days will feature Lisa Brescia as 'Claire,' Hunter Foster as 'Jason,' Jared Gertner as 'Warren' and Kate Wetherhead as 'Deb.' This production marks the first musical presented in the Black Box Theatre.

The musical opens at the Roundabout Underground on 25 Oct 2009, following previews from 2 Oct and running through to 13 Dec 2009.

From the bustling streets to the quiet rooftops, Ordinary Days tells the story of four young New Yorkers whose lives are unexpectedly interconnected by circumstance. The series of funny and fortuitous events proves that ordinary days can be simply extraordinary.

The creative team includes Vadim Feichtner (Music Direction), Lee Savage (Sets), Lisa Zinni (Costumes) and Jeff Croiter (Lights) and Danny Erdberg (Sound).

Ordinary Days is the third production of Roundabout Underground, an initiative launched in 2007 to introduce and cultivate artists in Roundabout�s 62-seat Black Box Theatre, at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. Prior productions include 'Speech & Debate' (2007) and 'The Language of Trees' (2008).

Roundabout Underground is an initiative to showcase new plays that will either allow an experienced director to go back to his/her creative roots or give a debut production to an emerging writer or director. Robyn Goodman (Artistic Consultant to the Roundabout), who has significant artistic development experience, is curating the initiative that continues to be a creative breeding ground for nurturing new talent.

The 62-seat Black Box Theatre, below the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, allows Roundabout to take artistic risks that are better suited for a more intimate space.

Out of college in 2001, Adam Gwon began an internship at Roundabout Theatre Company and went on to become an Associate in the development office. He continued to write musicals while working at Roundabout and he is currently a teaching artist with the company. Adam is the winner of the 2008 Fred Ebb Award for Excellence in Musical Theater Songwriting.

Roundabout welcomes back Marc Bruni (Director) following his work as an Associate Director on the Tony Award winning production of 'The Pajama Game' and 'The Man Who Came to Dinner.'

Lisa Bresica (Claire) has appeared on Broadway as 'Elphaba' in 'Wicked,' starred as 'Cleo' in Twyla Tharp�s 'The Times They Are A-Changin�' and was seen as 'Marion Halcombe' in 'The Woman in White 'when she stepped in for British star Maria Friedman. She played Amneris in 'Aida' on Broadway for the last year of its run and was seen in the revival of J'esus Christ Superstar.'

Hunter Foster (Jason). Broadway: 'Leo Bloom' in 'The Producers,' 'Seymour' in 'Little Shop of Horrors' (Tony nomination), 'Bobby Strong' in 'Urinetown,' 'Les Miserables,' 'Grease,' 'Footloose' and 'King David.' Off-Broadway: 'Happiness,' 'Frankenstein,' 'Dust,' 'Modern Orthodox,' and 'Urinetown.'

Jared Gertner (Warren). Broadway: 'William Barfee' in 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,' for the last year of its run. Prior to that, he spent a year playing 'Barfee' in the San Francisco Company and The Boston Company of 'Spelling Bee, 'for which he won an IRNE Award for Best Actor.

Kate Wetherhead (Deb) played both 'Kate and 'Chutney' in Legally Blonde' and understudied various roles in 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, ' on Broadway. Off-Broadway credits: 'Sarah, Plain and Tall,' 'Cam Jansen' and 'The Summer of the Swans'.

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