Sherie Rene Scott Heads to Prison in Off-Broadway's Whorl Inside a Loop

The creative team behind Everyday Rapture is back! Sherie Rene Scott and Dick Scanlan’s Whorl Inside a Loop will make its world premiere as the final show in Second Stage’s 2014-15 Season. Co-directed by Hedwig's Michael Mayer and Scanlan, the new play will begin previews on August 4 at the Tony Kiser Theatre.

The production will feature Scott and six men playing two dozen characters in a constant shifting of scenes, ages, genders and races. In Whorl Inside a Loop, a well-regarded actress agrees to teach six inmates how to tell their stories behind the bars of a men’s maximum security prison. Sharing intimate and sometimes hilarious details of their former lives, this unlikely group forms a bond—even as the actress’ life outside spins out of control. And when what happens in prison doesn't stay there, no one is sure who to trust.

Scott returns to Second Stage Theatre where she co-wrote (with Scanlan) and starred in Everyday Rapture in 2009. She received Tony nods for Best Actress and Best Book of a Musical when the show transferred to Broadway. She also received a Tony nod for her performance in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Other Great White Way credits include Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, The Little Mermaid, Aida, Rent and Grease.

Additional casting, creative team and dates will be announced later.