Uncle Vanya extends its run by one week

Classic Stage Company�s production of Anton Chekhov�s Uncle Vanya, starring Tony Award winner Denis O�Hare as 'Vanya', Maggie Gyllenhaal as 'Yelena' and Peter Sarsgaard as 'Astrov', has extended its run by one week, and will now play through to 8 Mar 2009.

Directed by Austin Pendleton, Uncle Vanya opens at the Classic Stage Company on 12 Feb 2009, following previews from 17 Jan, and was originally scheduled to end its limited engagement on 1 Mar 2009.

The cast also features Mamie Gummer (Sonya), Louis Zorich (Waffles), George Morfogen (Srebryakov), Delphi Harrington (Maria) and Cyrilla Baer (Marina).

Tony Award winner O�Hare (Take Me Out), who last performed at CSC in Yasmina Reza�s 'A Spanish Play,' stars as 'Uncle Vanya,' the quintessential superfluous man, who wakes up one morning to discover he has wasted his life in the service of others, in Chekhov�s tragicomic masterpiece of dashed dreams, thwarted love and eternal longing.

Uncle Vanya features scenic design by three time Tony Award winner Santo Loquasto, costume design by Suzy Benzinger and lighting design by Jason Lyons.

Maggie Gyllenhaal (Yelena Adreevna) film credits include 'Sherrybaby' (Golden Globe nomination), 'Secretary' (Golden Globe nomination), 'The Dark Knight', 'Donnie Darko', 'Happy Endings' and 'World Trade Center,' among others. Off-Broadway she played 'Priscilla Ceiling' in Tony Kushner�s Homebody/Kabul, which played at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles (2003), and at Brooklyn Academy of Music (2004).

Peter Sarsgaard (Astrov) recently made his Broadway debut in the Broadway production of The Seagull, as 'Trigorin', starring opposite Kristin Scott Thomas. Other stage work includes the Signature Theatre production of Lanford Wilson�s 'Burn This,' as well as 'Kingdom of Earth, 'opposite Cynthia Nixon. He film credits include 'Shattered Glass,' 'Boys Don�t Cry,' 'Kinsey,' 'Garden State,' 'Jarhead,' 'The Dying Gaul' and 'Rendition,' among others.

Austin Pendleton has directed Uncle Vanya twice before, at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 1972 and at the Hartman Theatre in Stamford in 1980; both times featuring sets by Santo Loquasto, however, CSC�s new production will feature a new direction and design.