The Drawer Boy to close on 19 May 2013

The SoHo Playhouse has announced that Michael Healey's The Drawer Boy will play its final performance on 19 May 2013.

The play opened opening at the SoHo Playhouse on 24 Apr 2013, following previews from 19 Apr, and was originally scheduled to close on 16 Jun 2013.

Set in 1972 on a farm near Clinton, Ontario, The Drawer Boy, replays the adventures of Miles, a young actor from a Toronto theatre group, who visits the rural Ontario home of two elderly bachelor farmers, Morgan and Angus, to 'research' farm life for a new play. Morgan is the caretaker of Angus, who suffers from impaired mental capacities due to an injury suffered during World War II. When Miles enters the lives of The Farmers, he brings the story of Angus' injuries to the surface.

Directed by Alexander Dinelaris, the cast features Alex Fast, Brad Fryman and William Laney. The creative team includes sets by Rebecca Lord-Surratt, costumes by David Murin,lighting by Amith Chandrashaker and sound by Nick Moore.

Winner of the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, a Chalmers Award, and a Governor General's Award, The Drawer Boy made its New York City premiere in March 2013 in a workshop presented by The Oberon Theatre Ensemble at the June Havoc Theatre in The Abington Theatre Arts Complex.

The Off-Broadway production features the original New York Premiere cast and creative team.