Nurse Jackie's Merritt Wever, Tony Winner Frank Wood & Peter Friedman Will Star in The Nether Off-Broadway

Nurse Jackie Emmy winner Merritt Wever, Tony winner Frank Wood and Peter Friedman have been tapped for Jennifer Haley’s The Nether. The MCC production will play at off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre from February 4, 2015 through March 15. As previously reported, Anne Kaufman will direct. Complete casting and creative team will be announced at a later date.

Wever will play Detective Morris. Her off-Broadway credits include The Illusion and Uncle Vanya. In addition to her Emmy-winning portrayal of Zoey Barkow on Nurse Jackie, her screen credits include Birdman, Michael Clayton, The Wire and New Girl. Wood will take on the role of Sims/Papa. He took home the Tony Award for his performance in Sideman and has also appeared on Broadway in Clybourne Park, August: Osage Country, Born Yesterday and Hollywood Arms. Friedman will play Doyle. He earned a Tony nod for Ragtime; his additional stage credits include Twelve Angry Men and The Heidi Chronicles on the Great White Way and Jacuzzi, Fly By Night and The Open House off-Broadway.

The Nether follows a young detective who investigates an online network where those who plug in are coaxed into acting out their darkest fantasies with seemingly no consequences in the real world. Across the pond, the drama ran at London’s Royal Court Theatre and will transfer to the West End next year.