Lisa Kron to Sub for Kathleen Chalfant in Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell

Lisa Kron, the Tony-nominated author and star of Well, will join the cast of Spalding Gray: Stories Left To Tell beginning May 1, subbing for the vacationing Kathleen Chalfant. Kron will remain with the production through June 3 at the Minetta Lane Theatre.

In addition to Well, which opened on Broadway in March 2006 playwright-performer Kron has also written 2.5 Minute Ride which won an Obie Award for its 1999 run at the Public Theater and 101 Humiliating Stories. As an actress, she has appeared in The Vagina Monologues and The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told. Kron is a founding member of The Five Lesbian Brothers, an Obie and Bessie Award-winning theater company whose plays include Oedipus at Palm Springs, Brave Smiles, Brides of the Moon and The Secretaries.

Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell features an ensemble cast of five including Kron in for Chalfant, Hazelle Goodman, Ain Gordon, Frank Wood and a rotating special guest actor. Bruce Vilanch is in the show through May 6, to be followed by Valerie Smaldone through May 13, Dylan Walsh May 15-20 and David Boreanaz May 22-27.

Conceived by Gray's widow, Kathleen Russo, and directed by Lucy Sexton, Spalding Gray: Stories Left To Tell assembles both well-known and never-before-seen work spanning Gray¹s extraordinary life and career.