ADDITIONAL ROTATING CAST ANNOUNCED FOR BARROW STREET THEATRICALS’ “NASSIM”
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BARROW STREET THEATRICALS’
AMERICAN PREMIERE OF
“NASSIM”
BY NASSIM SOLEIMANPOUR
AT NEW YORK CITY CENTER, STAGE II
New York, NY (January 11, 2019) – Barrow Street Theatricals announced today the rotating cast of guest actors through the end of January for the American premiere of the Nassim Soleimanpour and Bush Theatre production of NASSIM by celebrated Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour (White Rabbit Red Rabbit), featuring direction by Omar Elerian. Joining the production will be:
Friday, January 11 at 7:30pm – Jonah Platt
(“Jesus Christ Superstar” Live, Wicked)
Saturday, January 12 at 2:30pm – Brian Dykstra
(HBO’s “Def Poetry,” Lucky Guy)
Saturday, January 12 at 7:30pm – Desmin Borges
Lucille Lortel Award nominee (“You’re the Worst”)
Sunday, January 13 at 2:30pm – Willa Fitzgerald
(The Goldfinch, BBC/PBS’ “Little Women,” MTV’s “Scream: The TV Series”)
Sunday, January 13 at 7:30pm – Natalie Walker
(Alice By Heart)
Tuesday, January 15 at 7:30pm – Deirdre O’Connell
Drama Desk Award winner (hulu’s “The Path,” Fulfillment Center)
Wednesday, January 16 at 7:30pm – Quincy Tyler Bernstine
Obie Award winner (Ruined, Starz’ “Power”)
Thursday, January 17 at 7:30pm – Jennifer Lim
Drama Desk Award nominee (Chinglish)
Friday, January 18 at 7:30pm – Maria Dizzia
Drama Desk Award nominee (In The Next Room, “Orange Is The New Black”)
Saturday, January 19 at 2:30pm – Melissa Gilbert
Golden Globe and Emmy nominee (“Little House on the Prairie,” The Miracle Worker)
Saturday, January 19 at 7:30pm – Kathy Najimy
Obie Award winner (Sister Act, Sister Act 2, Hocus Pocus)
Sunday, January 20 at 2:30pm – Jessica Hecht
Tony Award nominee (Fiddler On The Roof, A View From The Bridge)
Sunday, January 20 at 7:30pm – Dagmara Domincyzk
(The Count of Monte Christo, HBO’s “Succession”)
Tuesday, January 22 at 7:30pm – Geraldine Hughes
Drama League Award nominee (Belfast Blues, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child…)
Wednesday, January 23 at 7:30pm – Martin Moran
Obie Award winner (Wicked, The Tricky Part, All The Rage)
Thursday, January 24 at 7:30pm – Lisa Joyce
Drama Desk Award nominee (HBO’s “Insecure,” La Bête)
Friday, January 25 at 7:30pm – Molly Bernard
(“Younger,” “Transparent”)
Saturday, January 26 at 2:30pm – Amanda Quaid
Lucille Lortel Award nominee (Equus, Luck of the Irish, Pericles Prince of Tyre)
Saturday, January 26 at 7:30pm – Katie Finneran
Two-time Tony Award winner (Netflix’s “Bloodline,” Promises, Promises, Noises Off)
Sunday, January 27 at 2:30pm – TBA
Sunday, January 27 at 7:30pm – Michael Cerveris
Two-time Tony Award winner (Fun Home, Sweeney Todd, Assassins)
Tuesday, January 29 at 7:30pm – Henry Stram
Obie Award winner (Network, Junk)
Wednesday, January 30 at 2:30pm – TBA
Wednesday, January 30 at 7:30pm – Jonathan Tolins
Lucille Lortel Award winner (Buyer & Cellar, “The Good Fight,” “BrainDead”)
Thursday, January 31 at 7:30pm – James Waterston
(Dead Poets Society, An Enemy of the People)
Additional rotating guest actors will be announced shortly.
As previously announced, Barrow Street Theatricals, formerly Barrow Street Theatre, moves uptown to New York City Center, Stage II (131 West 55th Street) just for this production, which celebrated its official opening night on Wednesday, December 12, 2018.
No rehearsals. A different guest actor at every performance. A sealed envelope. And some surprises. In his latest work, Nassim explores the power of language to unite us in these uncertain times.
NASSIM was originally commissioned and produced by the Bush Theatre and received its world premiere at the Bush Theatre, London, July 25, 2017.
Nassim Soleimanpour’s first play, White Rabbit Red Rabbit, ran for more than nine months in New York, and was performed by Whoopi Goldberg, Bobby Cannavale, Nathan Lane, F. Murray Abraham, and other celebrated actors. It has been performed thousands of times in the United States and has been translated into more than 25 languages. NASSIM is his latest exploration into imaginative storytelling that also challenges traditional theatrical forms.
Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.NYCityCenter.org; on the phone by calling CityTix at 212-581-1212; or in person at New York City Center box office, open Monday-Saturday, noon-8pm, and Sunday, noon-7:30pm.
NASSIM is produced off-Broadway by Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian, and Tom Wirtshafter.
Barrow Street Theatricals was founded by Scott Morfee and Tom Wirtshafter in 2003 at its home in New York’s historic Greenwich House, where they operated the 200-seat Barrow Street Theatre until September 2018. They have produced and presented numerous award-winning shows, including the Tooting Arts Club production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe (with Paines Plough); Tracy Letts’ BUG; Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, Tribes by Nina Raine (both directed by David Cromer); Josh Schmidt’s Adding Machine: a musical, and many more.
Praise for NASSIM
“NASSIM is exhilarating fun, but also touching, moving and soulful. It’s very entertaining and funny. The play will be different every time, but it’s a gamble worth taking.”
–The Hollywood Reporter
“★★★★ Poignant and sweet like a sugar cube in tea. Playwright Nassim Soleimanpour uses a savvy, theatrically indirect process in NASSIM. It’s a thrill to see.”
–Time Out New York
“An unusually vivid celebration of theatre’s liveness, speaking the universal language of humanity. That makes it sound pat and sentimental. It’s not. This is a show that uses presence – technology and physical – and absence to clever effect. It explores the freedom and limitation of language, whether through censorship or the difficulties of speaking in one language and feeling in another. The act of staging this show is a striking demonstration of how words can keep us apart but also bring us together.”
–The Guardian
“The story of human connection and hope embodied in the very form of Nassim Soleimanpour’s work, and – perhaps – now also embedded in the heart of everyone who sees this remarkable show.”
–The Scotsman
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