Tony Winner Ari'el Stachel Cast in New Motion Picture Zola
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Big news for Tony winner Ari'el Stachel! The standout Band's Visit player has landed a role in the upcoming feature film Zola, directed and co-written by Janicza Bravo with Jeremy O. Harris, Andrew Neel and Mike Roberts.
"Extremely excited to join this cast," said Stachel in an exclusive statement. "Janicza and Jeremy are tremendous artists who were bred in the theater, and have made a beautifully human and empathetic script that I am grateful to be working on."
The film, based on David Kushner's Rolling Stone article Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted, centers on a series of unusual 2015 tweets from Aziah "Zola" Wells, about a two-day Florida trip with a sex worker and her boyfriend. Stachel will play Zola's fiancé, Sean.
Joining Stachel in the cast will be Tony nominee Colman Domingo (The Scottsboro Boys), Taylour Paige, Riley Keough and Jason Mitchell. A release date for the film is forthcoming.