Anthony Edwards, Annabella Sciorra & Elizabeth Franz Will Join Peter Dinklage in A Month in the Country Off-Broadway

Anthony Edwards, Annabella Sciorra and Elizabeth Franz will join the previously announced Peter Dinklage and Taylor Schilling in A Month in the Country. Directed by Erica Schmidt, Dinklage’s wife, Ivan Turgenev’s play begins performances on January 9, 2015 at Classic Stage Company for a limited engagement through February 22. The production will officially open on January 29.

Edwards (ER, Top Gun) will play Arkady with Sciorra (The Motherf**er with the Hat, The Sopranos) as Lizaveta and Tony winner Franz (Death of a Salesman) as Anna. Rounding out the company will be Peter Appel, Ian Etheridge, Mike Faist, James Joseph O’Neil, Elizabeth Ramos, Thomas Jay Ryan, Frank Van Putten and Megan West.

A Month in the Country chronicles the comic and erotic turmoil that befalls an otherwise quiet country estate when a handsome young tutor arrives to teach Natalya Petrovna's (Schilling) young son.  But it is Natalya who soon becomes interested in a tutelage of another kind, much to the consternation of her husband and her long suffering friend, Rakitin (Dinklage), who is hopelessly and secretly smitten with her.

The production will feature scenic design by Mark Wendland, costume design by Tom Broecker, lighting design by Jeff Croiter and sound design by Bart Fasbender.