Ten Chimneys: by Jeffrey Hatcher, at St Clement's

Peccadillo Theater Company will present the New York premiere of Ten Chimneys, a new comedy by Jeffrey Hatcher, opening at the Theatre at St. Clement's on 30 Sep 2012, following previews from 21 Sep 2012, and running through to 27 Oct 2012.

Directed by Obie Award-winner Dan Wackerman (Counsellor-At-Law), Ten Chimneys, will star Byron Jennings as 'Alfred Lunt,' Carolyn McCormick as 'Lynn Fontanne,' Mariette Hartley as Lunt's mother 'Hattie' and Michael McCarty as 'Sydney Greenstreet.' The cast will also feature Charlotte Booker, Julia Bray and John Wernke.

Ten Chimneys peers into the backstage lives of the two most revered stars of the Broadway stage, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Set on the couple's legendary Wisconsin estate in 1938, love triangles and family dysfunction reveal themselves when the rehearsal process for an upcoming production of Chekhov's The Seagull becomes a true-to-life plot involving a young actress named Uta Hagen.

The creative team features scenic and lighting design by Harry Feiner, with costume design by Sam Fleming.

Bios:

Byron Jennings starred on Broadway in 'Noises Off,' 'Twelve Angry Men,' 'Arcadia,' 'The Invention of Love,' 'Is He Dead?,' 'Inherit the Wind,' 'The Man Who Came to Dinner,' 'Heartbreak House,' 'The Merchant of Venice' and 'Accent on Youth,' and his film and TV credits include "White Collar," "Kings," "Damages," "Quiz Show," "The Ice Storm," "A Time to Kill," "Gossip Girl," "Julie & Julia" and Spielberg's soon-to-be-released "Lincoln."

Carolyn McCormick is best known as 'Dr. Elizabeth Olivette' on "Law & Order" and she also appeared on TV's "Sar Trek: The Next Generation," "Cold Case" and "Body of Proof," and in the films "Whatever Works" and "Enemy Mine."McCormick hasappeared on Broadway in Neil Simon's 'The Dinner Party' and 'Equus,' in which she played the mother of Alan Strang (Daniel Radcliffe).

Emmy winner Mariette Hartley's appeared on Broadway in 'Cabaret,' and Off-Broadway 'King John,' and she starred in the national tours of 'Deathtrap,' 'The Sisters Rosensweig' and 'Copenhagen.' She has appeared in countless films and TV shows including "Twilight Zone," "MAS*H," "Star Trek," "Columbo," "NCIS," "Peyton Place," "Ride the High Country," "Grey's Anatomy" and Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie."

Michael McCarty's Broadway credits include 'Mary Poppins,' '42nd Street,' 'Amadeus,' 'Big River,' 'Oklahoma!' and 'Sweeney Todd,' and his TV and film appearances include "Great Performances: Show Boat," "Quantum Leap," "3rd Rock from the Sun," "Dead Man," "ER," "Orpheus Descending" and "The Legend of Bagger Vance."

Playwright Jeffrey Hatcher is the author of 'Tuesdays with Morrie,' 'Never Gonna Dance,' 'Three Viewings,' 'A Picasso,' 'The Turn of the Screw' and 'Scotland Road.' Hatcher wrote the screenplays for "Stage Beauty," "The Duchess and Casanova," as well as episodes of TV's "Columbo."