This Wide Night: Alison Pill & Eddie Falco

Two-time Golden Globe and three-time Emmy Award-winner Edie Falco and Alison Pill will star in the Naked Angels-produced American premiere of This Wide Night, by Chloe Moss, directed by Anne Kauffman, opening at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater on 16 May 2010, following previews from 8 May and running through to 20 Jun 2010.

This Wide Night: A prison sentence isn't over once you leave jail. Having just begun to rebuild a life on the outside, Marie (Pill) is confronted with her past when former cellmate Lorraine (Falco) shows up unannounced on her doorstep. The two outcasts, once so close on the inside, struggle to navigate a friendship beyond the prison walls - which may threaten their prospects to start over. This Wide Night is a portrait of two lost souls trying to find their way in an unforgiving world.

This Wide Night was commissioned and first produced by Clean Break - a London-based theatre company that works with women affected by the criminal justice system - and premiered in July 2008 at The Soho Theatre in London. The Times in London called the play "comic, colorful, full of pain and tenderness and truth. Raw and riveting."

In 2009 the play was awarded the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize honoring women playwrights in the English-speaking theatre.

Naked Angel's artistic director Geoffrey Nauffts says, "We are thrilled to be bringing two actresses of such immense talent to Naked Angels for the American premiere of this provocative work by one of Britain's most exciting voices. Edie Falco is a long-time friend of the company, and in addition to being the perfect person to play this courageous and heartbreaking character, she is extremely passionate about this project and its message of the complexity of friendship and starting over. The raw energy and nerve that Alison Pill brings to her acting makes her the ideal complement to Edie, and we can't wait to see the sparks fly between them onstage in this powerful award-winning new drama."

The creative team features sets by Rachel Hauck, costumes by Emily Rebholz, lighting by Matt Frey and sound by Robert Kaplowitz.

Edie Falco (Lorraine) was nominated for the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her leading role in the hit Showtime comedy 'Nurse Jackie.' She won three Emmy and two Golden Globe Awards for her role as "Carmela Soprano" in "The Sopranos," for which she also won the 2001 American Film Institute's award for Female Television Actor of the Year. Falco made her Broadway debut in 'Sideman,' which she originated in its off-Broadway production. She made her London stage debut in the West End premiere of 'Sideman,' and thereafter opened the London production of 'The Vagina Monologues.' She also starred on Broadway opposite Stanley Tucci in the revival of 'Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune' and opposite Brenda Blethyn in the first revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, 'Night, Mother.' Falco's film credits include "Cost of Living," "Sunshine State," "Private Parts," "Breathing Room," "The Funeral," "Bullets Over Broadway" and "Judy Berlin."

Alison Pill (Marie) has recently been seen on Broadway starring as 'Annie Sullivan' in 'The Miracle Worker 'opposite Abigail Breslin. Pill also appeared on Broadway in 'Mauritius' and in the Off-Broadway hits 'reasons to be pretty' and 'Blackbird,' for which she received Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League nominations. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her Broadway debut in 'The Lieutenant of Inishmore' and for a Lucille Lortel Award for 'On the Mountain.' Film work includes "Scott Pilgrim vs The World," "Milk," "Dan in Real Life," "Dear Wendy," "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen" and "Pieces of April." Television includes "In Treatment" (HBO), "The Book of Daniel" (NBC), "Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows," and the upcoming miniseries "The Pillars of the Earth."

Anne Kauffman (Director). Kauffman most recently directed a production of 'Becky Shaw' at The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia. Currently, she is working with The Civilians on 'You Better Sit Down: tales from my parent's divorce.'Credits include: 'Stunning' by David Adjmi for Lincoln Center Theater 3 and she won an OBIE Award for her work on 'The Thugs' by Adam Bock at SoHo Rep.

Chloe Moss' (Playwright) first play 'A Day in Dull Armour' was produced by the Royal Court Theatre and won their Young Writers Festival in 2002. Moss' next play 'How Love is Spelt' premiered at the Bush Theatre, London in the autumn of 2004 and was awarded a special commendation by the Susan Smith-Blackburn Prize. The play went on to receive its US premiere at the Summer Play Festival, New York in 2005. Moss' other plays include 'Christmas is Miles Away,' 'The Way Home' and 'Catch,' a collaborative piece written with four other playwrights (April De Angelis, Laura Wade, Stella Feehily, and Tanika Gupta), which premiered at The Royal Court, 2006.