Complete Casting Announced for Roundabout's Brief Encounter on Broadway

Complete casting has been announced for Roundabout Theatre Company’s previously announced Broadway production of Kneehigh Theatre’s Brief Encounter. Directed by Emma Rice, the adaptation of this Noel Coward film classic begins previews at Studio 54 on September 10, with opening set for September 28. The limited engagement plays through December 5, 2010.

The cast will include Joseph Alessi (Albert/Fred), Dorothy Atkinson (Beryl), Damon Daunno (Bill/Bobbie), Gabriel Ebert (Stanley), Edward Jay (Musician), Annette McLaughlin (Myrtle), Adam Pleeth (Musician), Tristan Sturrock (Alec), Hannah Yelland (Laura). Alessi, Atkinson, Jay, McLauglin, Pleeth, Yelland and Sturrock all return after previous engagements with the production.

An all-media reimagining of Coward’s beloved screenplay of the same title, Brief Encounter chronicles the romantic journey of an unhappily married woman and the handsome doctor who falls for her when the pair meet unexpectedly in a train station coffee shop, using live music, song, dance, Technicolor film tricks and inventive staging to bring the film to life. A breakout hit at Kneehigh’s home in London, the production played a sold out run at Brooklyn’s St. Ann’s Warehouse in late 2009.

Brief Encounter features sets and costumes by Neil Murray, lights by Malcolm Rippeth, sound by Simon Baker and projections by Gemma Carrington and Jon Driscoll.