The Third Story: MCC announces full cast

MCC Theater has announced that Jennifer Van Dyck, Scott Parkinson, Sarah Rafferty and Jonathan Walker will complete the cast for their production of Charles Busch�s The Third Story, directed by Carl Andress.

They join the previously announced Kathleen Turner and Charles Busch, who will appear as dueling divas.

This production will mark the New York Premiere of the show following a recently completed run at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego. The Third Story will open at the Lucille Lortel Theatre on 2 Feb 2009, following previews from 14 Jan and run through to 28 Feb 2009.

The Third Story: A mother and son screenwriting team hunker down in Omaha after fleeing Commie-obsessed 1940�s Hollywood. A romantically-inclined but socially-inept princess makes a deal with an ancient witch. And tommy guns meet test tubes as a way-too-well-dressed first lady of the mob forms a desperate alliance with a cloning scientist whose experiments have had, um, less-than-consistent results.

The Third Story replaces the previously announced World Premiere production of Neil LaBute�s 'The Break of Noon,' which the company will now present as their first show of MCC Theater�s 24th season, in September of 2009.

Bio's

Jennifer Van Dyck's Broadway credits: 'Hedda Gabler' (Thea Elvsted: 2001 revival), 'Two Shakespearean Actors' (Miss Jane Bass: 1992), 'Dancing at Lughnasa' (Chris - Replacement: 1991) and 'The Secret Rapture' (Rhonda Milne: 1989). Her Off-Broadway credits include 'Gus and Al,' 'Man in His Underwear' and 'A Cheever Evening' all for Playwright Horizons.

Scott Parkinson made his Broadway debut in Tom Stoppard's 'The Coast of Utopia' trilogy, produced by the Lincoln Center. Off-Broadway he played 'Queen Margaret/Vernon' in Edward Hall's ' Rose Rage.'

Sarah Rafferty's Off-Broadway credits: 'You Never Can Tell' by the Roundabout Theatre Company and 'Gemini' by Second Stage Theatre.

Jonathan Walker's Broadway credits are 'After The Fall' (Mickey: 2004 revival) and 'Twentieth Century' (Grover Lockwood: 2004 revival). His many off-Broadway credits include 'Fran's Bed,' 'An Imaginary Life,' and 'When She Danced' for Playwright Horizons, as well as 'King Richard III,' 'Cinders,' 'Found a Peanut,' for the Public Theater, amongst others.

Kathleen Turner was nominated for a Tony Award when she made her Broadway debut in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' (Maggie: 1990 revival), and was nominated for a second Tony for her performance as 'Martha' in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' (2005 revival). In 2007, she won the Evening Standard award as well as a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for the West End production of 'Who�s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?.

Charles Busch is the author and star of such plays as 'The Lady in Question,' 'Red Scare on Sunset' and 'Vampire Lesbians of Sodom,' which ran five years and is one of the longest running plays in Off Broadway history. His play 'The Tale of the Allergist�s Wife' ran for 777 performances on Broadway and received a Tony nomination for Best Play. His play 'Die, Mummy Die!" played at New World Stages from 21 Oct 2008 to 13 Jan 2008.

Carl Andress (Director) recently directed the world premiere of 'The Third Story' at San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse. Off-Broadway his credits include 'Die Mommie Die!' (New World Stages,) 'Shanghai Moon' (Greenwich House) and 'Queen Amarantha' WPA Theatre, all written by Charles Busch.

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