Boardwalk Empire's Ben Rosenfield & Sound of Music Live!'s Sophia Anne Caruso Join The Nether

Boardwalk Empire alum Ben Rosenfield and Sound of Music Live!’s Sophia Anne Caruso will take on the roles of Woodnut and Iris, respectively, in the New York premiere of The Nether. Written by Jennifer Haley and directed by Anne Kaufman, the show will star the previously announced Merritt Wever, Frank Wood and Peter Friedman. The MCC production will play at off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre from February 4 through March 15. Opening night is set for February 24.

Rosenfield launched his career in the leading role opposite Carey Mulligan in the off-Broadway play Through A Glass Darkly and featured in the final two seasons of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. His other screen credits include Greetings from Tim Buckley, A Most Violent Year, Song One, Affluenza, Louder Than Words and Jamesy Boy. Caruso has appeared off-Broadway in Ruthless, the Musical. She played Brigitta Von Trapp in The Sound of Music Live!; other screen credits include Jack of the Red Hearts, Smash and Celebrity Ghost Stories.

The Nether follows a young detective who investigates an online network where those who plug in are coaxed into acting out their darkest fantasies with seemingly no consequences in the real world. Across the pond, the drama ran at London’s Royal Court Theatre and will transfer to the West End later this year.