RX: cast announced for Kate Fodor's comedy

Primary Stages have announced the full cast for their world premiere production of Kate Fodor's RX, opening at 59E59's Theater A on 7 Feb 2012, following previews from 24 Jan 2012, and running through to 3 Mar 2012.

Directed by Ethan McSweeny, the cast will feature Michael Bakkensen, Marylouise Burke, Marin Hinkle, Stephen Kunken, Paul Niebanck and Elizabeth Rich.

RX: Meena Pierotti's job is making her unhappy. Luckily, there's a pill for that. Well, not yet. But Meena has joined the clinical trial for a new drug targeting workplace depression. The trial gets messy, however, when she falls in love with her doctor, who himself is trying to enroll into a drug trial targeting heartbreak.

The comedy will have set design by Lee Savage, costume design by Andrea Lauer, original music and sound design by Lindsay Jones and prop supervision by Faye Armon.