Jason Butler Harner to Make UK Debut in Serenading Louie at the Donmar

Complete casting has been announced for the Donmar Warehouse's presentation of Lanford Wilson's Serenading Louie. The play, directed by Simon Curtis, begins performances February 11, 2010, with opening set for February 16. The limited engagement plays through March 27.

The cast stars Jason Butler Harner (Alex), Charlotte Emmerson (Gabrielle), Jason O'Mara (Carl) and Geraldine Somerville (Mary).

Friends since college, Carl and Alex are struggling to deal with the harsh realities of adulthood as they enter their thirties. Disillusioned by work and struggling to keep their marriages alive, they’re desperately trying to make sense of it all. Wilson’s portrait of two suburban American couples explores the destruction of dreams and the loss of passion and purpose.

Harner makes his UK stage debut with Serenading Louie. Broadway credits include The Coast of Utopia. New York credits include The Invention of Love, An Experiment with an Air Pump, The Paris Letter and Our Town. On television, he has been seen in the hit miniseries John Adams, as well as The Good Wife, Fringe, Mercy, Law and Order and The Closer. Film appearances include Changeling, The Taking of Pelham 1,2,3, The Extra Man, The Irishman, Next and The Good Shepherd.

Emmerson has been seen onstage in Wallenstein (Chichester Festival Theatre), On the Rocks (Hampstead Theatre), The Children’s Hour (Royal Exchange Manchester), Therese Raquin, The Coast of Utopia (National Theatre) and The Seagull (Edinburgh International Festival). For television, her credits include Berry’s Way, The Innocence Project, Stan, See No Evil, The Brief and The Alan Clark Diaries. Film includes The Last Minute, Smile, Weekend Bird and Food of Love.

O'Mara's theater credits include The Homecoming, bash (Gate Theatre Dublin), The Jew of Malta (Almeida Theatre), School for Scandal (RSC) and Popcorn (Apollo Theatre). His television work includes the joint series lead in the US version of Life on Mars, Grey’s Anatomy, Trust Me, Marlow, Men in Trees, Criminal Minds, Drift, In Justice, The Closer, The Agency and Band of Brothers.

Somerville has appeared in Power, Remember This, Blue Remembered Hills (National Theatre), I am Yours (Royal Court) and A Doll’s House (Birmingham Rep). For television, her work includes The Children, Daphne, Jericho, The Safe House, The Aristocrats, After Miss Julie and Cracker as Penhaligon. On film, she has been seen in the Harry Potter series, Sixty Six, Gosford Park and Augustine.

Serenading Louie will embark on a three-week tour across the UK to The Lowry, Salford Quays; The Curve, Leicester; and Hall for Cornwall, Truro following its limited run at the Donmar.

Designed by Peter McKintosh, the production's lighting is by Guy Hoare and the composer and sound designer is Adam Cork.