Celia Keenan-Bolger, Michele Pawk & More to Star in Adam Bock's A Small Fire at Playwrights Horizons

Casting is complete for Playwrights Horizons’ forthcoming world premiere production of Adam Bock’s A Small Fire. Directed by Trip Cullman, the play will begin previews on December 16 and open on January 6, 2011 at the company’s Mainstage Theatre. The limited engagement will play through January 23.

The cast will feature Reed Birney (Circle Mirror Transformation, The Savannah Disputation, Blasted, Tigers Be Still), Tony Award nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Les Misérables, Saved, The Bachelorette), Tony Award winner Michele Pawk (Hollywood Arms, Cabaret, Mamma Mia!, Prayer for My Enemy) and Victor Williams (Troilus and Cressida, TV’s The King of Queens).

In A Small Fire, when a tough-as-nails contractor (Pawk) finds her senses slipping on the brink of the wedding of her daughter (Keenan-Bolger), the impact on her family is nothing less than seismic. The play is described as a human parable in which unexpected loss leads to an unlikely love story. Bock's plays include The Drunken City, The Receptionist, The Thugs and Swimming in the Shallows.

The production will feature scenic design by Loy Arcenas, costume design by Ilona Somogyi, lighting design by David Weiner and sound design by Robert Kaplowitz.