Recently, I was honored to play German philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin in: When Walter Meets Frau May Wong, directed by Yunah Hong, produced by James Sharpe. More details will be announced soon...

July 02, 2023

Lead role as Walter Benjamin

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About the Show

A defrocked clergyman, a stormy night at the Costa Verde Hotel in Acapulco, a world at war, a dying poet — and the scene is set for THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA, perhaps the most spiritually meaningful work from Tennessee Williams, one of the premier virtuosos of the 20th century theatrical canon.

The Cast

Tim Daly (TV: "The Sopranos,” "Madam Secretary,” "Wings”) as Rev. Shannon
Tony Award winner Daphne Rubin-Vega (Broadway: Rent, Anna in the Tropics) as Maxine
Emmy winner Lea DeLaria (Netflix "Orange Is the New Black." Broadway: POTUS) as Judith Fellowes
Tony nominee Austin Pendleton (Broadway: Between Riverside and Crazy) as Nonno
Jean Lichty (Off-Broadway: La Femme's A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur, The Traveling Lady) as Hannah
Carmen Berkeley (Off-Broadway's Our Dear Dead Drug Lord) as Charlotte
Eliud Garcia Kauffman (Roundabout Theatre's 72 Miles to Go) as Hank
Keith Randolpph Smith (Broadway's Jitney, American Psycho) as Jake
Bradley James Tejeda (Broadway's The Inheritance) as Pedro
Dan Teixeira (Off-Broadway: Harmony: A New Musical) as Pancho
Michael Leigh Cook (Regional: The Diary of Anne Frank, Off-Broadway: Terezin) as Herr Fahrenkopf
Alena Acker (TV: “Diabolical”) as Frau Fahrenkopf

Understudies: Christopher Innvar (Broadway: To Kill a Mockingbird) • Tuck Milligan (Broadway: Equus, CBS' “Person of Interest”)
Dee Pelletier (Broadway: August Osage County) • Alexia Pores (Juilliard School) • Buzz Roddy (Regional: Jersey Boys)

The Creative Team

Emily Mann: Tony-nominated playwright and director
Tony Award-winning former Artistic Director of the McCarter Theatre Center, where she wrote 15 new plays/adaptations,
directed over 50 shows, and produced 180 productions.

Jean Lichty (Executive Director of La Femme Theatre Productions • Tony Award winner Beowulf Boritt (Scenic Design)
Jennifer von Mayrhauser (Costume Design) • Jeff Croiter (Lighting Design) • Darron L West (Sound Design)
Kathy Fabian (Prop Design) • Stephanie Klapper (Casting Director)) • Diane Healy: Stage Manager
Gracie Carleton: Assistant Stage Manager • Laura Hill (Company Manager) • Tinc Productions (Production Management)
LDK Productions / Lisa Dozier Shacket (General Management) • Joe Trentacosta (Press Representative)

On stage: Dec.06th 2023 - Feb.25th 2024

Thrilled, to announce that I am playing the role of Herr Fahrenkopf, alongside an incredible cast in: The Night of the Iguana, directed by Tony award winning Emily Mann at the Signature Theatre in New York. https://iguanaplaynyc.com/
A huge thanks to my manager Evelyn Weiss Francisco at the Talent Express and to casting director Stephanie Klapper.

Nov. 06, 2023