The Velocity of Autumn: Estelle Parsons & Stephen Spinella

Academy Award winner Estelle Parsons ("Bonnie and Clyde") and two-time Tony Award winner Stephen Spinella ('Angels in America') are to star in the Broadway premiere of Eric Coble's two character play The Velocity of Autumn, directed by Molly Smith, arriving on Broadway, at a theatre to be announced ,in the Spring of 2013.

The 90-minute dramatic comedy about a woman's anarchic cry for freedom will mark the Broadway debut of playwright Eric Coble.

The Velocity of Autumn swirls around 80-year-old Alexandra, an artist facing the indignities of old age and her family's insistence on moving her to a nursing home. With nothing to lose, Alexandra has locked herself in her Brooklyn brownstone with a pile of Molotov cocktails and is now in a standoff with her children and the police. When Alexandra is visited by her youngest son Chris - who has climbed into her second floor window ending a 20-year absence from her life - in the blink of an eye the emotional bombs start detonating.

The creative team will feature scenic design by Eugene Lee, costume design by Linda Cho, lighting design by Howell Binkley and sound design by Darron L. West.

The play is to be produced on Broadway by HOP Theatricals.

The Velocity of Autumn had its world premiere at Boise Contemporary Theater in Idaho in April 2011, and played in Cleveland's Beck Center for the Arts in Ohio in April 2012.

Bios:

Estelle Parsons (Alexandra) is currently starring on Broadway in Nice Work If You Can Get It. Recently she played 'Dottie' in David Lindsay-Abaire's 'Good People' at Manhattan Theater Club, the 'Dutch psychic' in 'Deathtrap' with Simon Russell Beale in London, after having spent a year on Broadway and a year on tour with 'August: Osage County.' She won an Academy Award for "Bonnie And Clyde" and was nominated for a second Oscar for Paul Newman's "Rachel, Rachel." On television, she played Roseanne's Mother on "Roseanne" for ten years. She was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2004.

Stephen Spinella (Chris) won two Tony Awards for the original Broadway productions of Tony Kushner's epic 'Angels in America' plays, directed by George C. Wolfe; he was honored for playing the role of 'Prior Walter' in both the first part (Millennium Approaches) which marked his Broadway debut and the second (Perestroika). Other Broadway credits include 'A View from the Bridge,' 'Electra,' James Joyce's 'The Dead' (Tony Nomination), 'Our Town' and 'Spring Awakening.' His film work includes "Virtuosity," "The Jackal," "Love! Valour! Compassion!," "Great Expectations," "Ravenous," "Cradle Will Rock," "Bubble Boy," "Connie and Carla," "Milk," "Rubber" and Steven Spielberg's soon to be released feature "Lincoln." Spinella's TV credits include "The Education of Max Bickford", "24", "Desperate Housewives", "ER", "Alias", "Will and Grace", "Numb3rs", "Heroes", "Grey's Anatomy" and "The Mentalist".

Eric Coble (Playwright) work has had productions at The Kennedy Center, Denver Center Theatre Company, New York and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, Alliance Theatre, The Cleveland Play House, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, South Coast Repertory, Asolo Repertory, Indiana Repertory, Coterie Theatre, Great Lakes Theater Festival, Stages Repertory, and The Contemporary American Theatre Festival. His plays include 'Bright Ideas' (Manhattan Class Company, directed by John Rando), 'Natural Selection' (Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival, directed by Marc Masterson), 'The Dead Guy,' 'A Girl's Guide to Coffee' and 'The Giver.'

Molly Smith (Director) is the Artistic Director of the Arena Stage in Washington D.C. She has directed for Arena Stage 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,' 'How I Learned to Drive,' 'Hot 'N' Throbbing,' 'All My Sons,' 'The Great White Hope,' 'Coyote Builds North America,' 'Agamemnon and His Daughters,' 'A Moon for the Misbegotten,' 'South Pacific,' 'An American Daughter,' 'Camelot,' Orpheus Descending, Anna Christie, Passion Play, a cycle, Damn Yankees, Cabaret, The Women of Brewster Place, Christmas Carol '1941,' 'Legacy of Light,' 'Light in the Piazza,' 'Oklahoma!,' 'The Book Club Play' and 'The Music Man.'