The Assembled Parties: Jessica Hecht & Judith Light

Manhattan Theatre Club have announced that Tony Award-nominee Jessica Hecht ('A View From The Bridge') and Tony and Emmy Award winner Judith Light ('Other Desert Cities' "One Life to Live") will star in their world premiere production of Richard Greenberg's The Assembled Parties, directed by Lynne Meadow, opening at the Friedman Theatre on 17 Apr 2013, following previews from 19 Mar 2012.

Additional casting and creative team will be announced in the coming weeks.

The Assembled Parties welcomes us to the world of the Bascovs, an Upper West Side Jewish family in 1980. In a sprawling Central Park West apartment, former movie star Julie Bascov and her sister-in-law Faye bring their families together for their traditional holiday dinner. But tonight, things are not usual. A house guest has joined the festivities for the first time and he unwittingly - or perhaps by design - insinuates himself into the family drama. Twenty years later, as 2001 approaches, the Bascovs' seemingly picture-perfect life may be about to crumble.

Greenberg returns to MTC following the Broadway revival of his play 'The American Plan.' MTC's collaboration with Greenberg spans 20 years and has seen the New York premieres of such works as 'The Violet Hour,' 'Three Days of Rain' and 'Eastern Standard.' This production marks MTC's 10th collaboration with Greenberg.

Hecht (Julie) recently appeared in the revival of 'Harvey opposite' Jim Parsons. Hecht received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role in the 2009 revival of 'A View From the Bridge' and, earlier that season starred in the revival of 'Brighton Beach Memoirs.' Her numerous television and film credits include: "Breaking Bad," "Seinfeld," and "Friends."

Light (Faye) most recently won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her work in'Other Desert Cities' and a Tony nomination for her performance in the 2010 production of 'Lombardi.' Her other theatrical credits include 'Wit,' both Off-Broadway and the national tour, for which she won Helen Hayes and Elliot Norton Awards. Her television credits include her Emmy nominated roles on "Ugly Betty" and "Who's The Boss." She won two Emmys for her work in the ABC daytime drama "One Life to Live."

Lynne Meadow's (Director) Broadway directing credits include the premiere of Margaret Edson's 'Wit' (Tony nomination), Donald Margulies' 'Collected Stories' (Tony nomination), Charles Busch's 'The Tale of the Allergist's Wife' (Tony nomination), Alan Ayckbourn's 'A Small Family Business.' Off Broadway and MTC: Donald Margulies' 'The Loman Family Picnic,' Alan Ayckbourn's award-winning 'Woman in Mind' and 'Absent Friends,' the Obie Award-winning 'Ashes' by David Rudkin,' Charles Busch's 'Our Leading Lady,' David Greig's' The American Pilot,' Ron Hutchinson's 'Moonlight and Magnolias,' Marsha Norman's 'Last Dance,' David Edgar's 'The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs,' Simon Gray's 'Close of Play' and 'Sally and Marsha.'