Annette O’Toole, Jeff McCarthy & More Set for Southern Comfort Off-Broadway

Annette O’Toole and Jeff McCarthy will reprise their roles as Robert Eads and Lola Cola, respectively, in Southern Comfort. Directed by Thomas Caruso and based on the film by Kate Davis, the previously announced new musical will feature a book and lyrics by Dan Collins and music by Julianne Wick Davis, and was conceived for the stage by Robert DuSold and Thomas Caruso. The off-Broadway show is scheduled to begin previews on February 23, 2016 and will run through March 27 in the Public’s Anspacher Theater. Opening night is set for March 7.

Along with O’Toole and McCarthy, who previously appeared in Southern Comfort at Barrington Stage Company and Cap21, the cast will include Lizzie Hagstedt as Storyteller Musician/Bass, Jeffrey Kuhn as Jackson, Elizabeth Ward Land as Storyteller Musician/ Djembe, David M. Lutken as Storyteller Musicia/Guitar, Morgan Morse as Musician, Robin Skye as Melanie and Joel Waggoner as Storyteller Musician/Violin. Donnie Cianciotto and Aneesh Sheth round out the company after an open call to the transgender community and a nationwide search for submissions.

Southern Comfort tells the true story of a group of transgender friends living life on their own terms in the back hills of rural Georgia. Winner of the Jonathan Larson Award, the folk and bluegrass-inspired musical is a celebration of redefining family and choosing love over every obstacle.