O'Keefe, Long & Strozier Join the Cast of Off-B'way's McReele

Michael O'Keefe, Jodi Long and Henry Strozier are set to join Anthony Mackie and Portia in the Roundabout Theatre Company production of Stephen Belber's McReele previously known as For Reele. The production, directed by Doug Hughes, is scheduled to begin previews on February 4 at the Laura Pels Theatre and officially open there on February 24.

O'Keefe won a Theatre World Award for his performance in Mass Appeal. He has also appeared on Broadway in Fifth of July, Side Man and the recent Manhattan Theatre Club production of Reckless. His off-Broadway credits include That Championship Season, Short Eyes, The Young Girl and the Monsoon, Christmas on Mars, Killdeer and Uncle Vanya. O'Keefe was a regular on the series Against the Law and Roseanne. He received a 1981 Oscar nomination for his supporting performance in The Great Santini. His other film credits include Caddyshack, Ironweed, Nina Takes a Lover, Three Wishes, Ghosts of Mississippi, The Pledge, The Glass House and The Hot Chick.

Long made her Broadway debut at age seven in Nowhere to Go But Up. Other Broadway credits include Loose Ends, The Bacchae, Getting Away with Murder and the Flower Drum Song revival. Long won an Ovation Award for her performance as Madame Liang in the Flower Drum Song's pre-Broadway tryout in California. Her off-Broadway credits include Old Money, Golden Child, Family Devotions, Red, The Wash and The Tooth of Crime. She is also known for her television work, which includes All American Girl, Michael Hayes and most recently Miss Match.

Strozier appeared on Broadway in Judgment at Nuremberg. His off-Broadway credits include Wonderland, Spinning Into Butter and Andorra. His film credits include Marci X, Gasline, The Pitch, First Kid Thirteen Days.

McReele centers on what happens when Delaware journalist Rick Dayne O'Keefe meets death row inmate Darius McReele Mackie. The articles Rick writes eventually lead to Darius's exoneration from an 18-year-old murder conviction. Darius's sympathetic past and magnetic personality make him a darling of the lecture circuit, leading to national attention and political viability.