Carolyn McCormick, Kristine Nielsen & More Set for A.R. Gurney’s What I Did Last Summer Off-Broadway

The cast is now set for the Signature Theatre production of A.R. Gurney’s What I Did Last Summer. Carolyn McCormick and Tony nominee Kristine Nielsen will star as Grace and Anna Trumbull, respectively, alongside Pico Alexander as Ted, Juliet Brett as Bonny, Noah Galvin as Charlie and Kate McGonigle as Elsie. Performances will begin on April 28 at the Irene Diamond Stage at the Pershing Square Signature Center off-Broadway.

McCormick returns to Signature after The Open House; she is known for her performance as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet on Law and Order. Nielsen earned a Tony nomination in 2013 for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; her additional credits include You Can’t Take It With You, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Alexander returns off-Broadway after appearing in Punk Rock earlier this season. Brett made her off-Broadway debut in The Jacksonian. Galvin’s off-Broadway credits include The Burnt Part Boys and Love and Information. What I Did Last Summer marks McGonigle’s off-Broadway debut.

The play takes place near the end of World War II. With her husband overseas, Grace takes her teenage son and daughter to Lake Erie for the summer. However, she soon discovers that her attempt for maintain the status quo may have adverse effects on her splintering relationship with her family.

What I Did Last Summer, directed by Jim Simpson, will open on May 17 and run through June 7. The production will feature set design by Michael Yeargan, costumes by Claudia Brown, lighting design by Brian Aldous, sound design by Janie Bullard and projection design by John Narun.