Kieran Culkin, Tim Hopper and Anna Paquin Set for After Ashley
Culkin, best known for his film career, appeared onstage in James Lapine's The Moment When at Playwrights Horizons in the spring of 2000 and in the West End mounting of This Is Our Youth in the fall of 2002. He earned great acclaim for his starring performance in Igby Goes Down, which was his last released film. His other film credits include Home Alone, Father of the Bride, Only the Lonely, Home Alone 2, Father of the Bride 2, The Mighty, The Cider House Rules, She's All That, Music of the Heart and The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys.
Hopper has appeared on Broadway in Present Laughter. His off-Broadway credits include Traps, Picasso at the Lapine Agile, The Dying Gaul for which he received an Obie Award, Carson McCullers Historically Inaccurate and Endpapers. Hopper is also known for playing Rick Donn on TV's Oz.
Paquin appeared off-Broadway earlier this year in limited engagements of Roulette and The Distance From Here. Her other theatrical credits include the off-Broadway mounting The Glory of Living and The Is Our Youth in the West End. Paquin rose to fame in 1994 when she became the second youngest Oscar winner ever, taking home a statuette for her acclaimed performance in The Piano. Her other film credits include Jane Eyre, Amistad, Hurlyburly, She's All That, the two X-Men films, 25th Hour and Finding Forrester.
After Ashley, which was a big critical hit at the Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville, follows the aftermath of a media frenzy--and its very personal effect on a 17-year-old boy.
The Vineyard production, directed by Terry Kinney, is scheduled to begin off-Broadway performances February 9.