Cassie Beck, Jennifer Mudge and More Set for Atlantic's Oohrah!

Complete casting has been announced for Atlantic Theater Company’s world premiere of Bekah Brunstetter’s Oohrah! The new play, directed by Evan Cabnet, begins previews September 1 at Atlantic’s Stage Two. The limited engagement, which kicks off the company’s 2009-2010 season, opens September 10 with closing set for September 27.

The cast of Oohrah! includes Cassie Beck (off-Broadway’s Drunken City), Sami Gayle (2008’s Broadway Gypsy revival), Darren Goldstein (off-Broadway’s Abigal’s Party), J.R. Horne (Atlantic’s Make Me), Jennifer Mudge (Broadway’s The Philanthropist), Lucas Near-Verbrugghe (Broadway’s The Ritz) and Maximilian Osinski (TV’s Army Wives).

The play centers on a family in Fayetteville, North Carolina, home to one of the South’s largest military bases where nearly everyone has somebody “over there.” Sara is relieved when her husband Ron returns home from an uneventful tour in Iraq, but he's finding it difficult to settle back into the domestic bliss that is “home improvement” and “Rachel Ray's 30-minute meals.” Sara's sister Abby has set herself up for an uneventful life with a civilian fiancé who's more interested in PlayStation than the battlefield. But when a hot, mysterious Marine walks into their lives, all bets on stability are off.

The design team for Oorah! will feature scenic design by Lee Savage, costume design by Jessica Wegener, lighting design by Tyler Micoleau, sound design by Dan Baker.