Glover, Gold, Pace & Pawk Join Off-B'way's Paris Letter Cast

John Glover, Daniel Eric Gold, Lee Pace and Michele Pawk will join Ron Rifkin in the Roundabout Theatre Company production of Jon Robin Baitz's The Paris Letter. The show, directed by Doug Hughes, will begin previews at the Laura Pels Theatre on May 13.

Glover won the Tony Award and an Obie Award for his performance as twin brothers in Terrence McNally's Love! Valour! Compassion!. His other Broadway credits include Tartuffe, Design For Living, Whodunit, Frankenstein, The Importance of Being Earnest, Holiday, Chemin De Fer, The Visit, Don Juan and The Great God Brown for which he won a Drama Desk Award. His off-Broadway credits include The Winter's Tale, Sorrows and Rejoicings, Oblivion Postponed, Dicey, Rebel Women, The House of Blue Leaves, The Fairy Garden, Subject to Fits, Criminal Minds and Treats. He can currently be seen on the small screen in Smallville.

Gold received a 2004 Obie Award for his work in Craig Lucas' Small Tragedy at Playwrights Horizons last season. He has also appeared off-Broadway in This Thing of Darkness and Beautiful Thing. He recently appeared in the world premiere of Lucas' Singing Forest at the Intiman Theatre in Seattle.

Pace was also honored with an Obie for his work in Small Tragedy. He appeared off-Broadway in The Credeaux Canvas and The Fourth Sister.He received a Golden Globe nomination, an Independent Spirit Award nomination and a Gotham Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance for his portrayal of the title character in Soldier's Girl. He was also featured on the short-lived TV series Wonderfalls.

Pawk won a Tony Award for her featured turn in Hollywood Arms. She has also appeared on the Great White Way in Chicago, Seussical, Cabaret, Triumph of Love, Crazy for You and Mail. Her other notable credits include off-Broadway productions of Reefer Madness, After the Fair, Hello Again, Merrily We Roll Along and Stephen Sondheim's Bounce at the Goodman Theatre and the Kennedy Center.

The Paris Letter centers on Sandy Sonenberg Rifkin, a man who by pure willpower, and the guidance of a psychiatrist who specializes in gay conversion, has become a successful Wall Street powerhouse with a devoted wife. But the long suppression of his true self eventually leads to a risky involvement with a young entrepreneur and to personal and financial ruin.

The show had its world premiere at Los Angeles' Kirk Douglas Theatre this past winter in a production directed by directed by Michael Morris. The cast there included Rifkin, Neil Patrick Harris, Lawrence Pressman, Josh Radnor and Patricia Wettig.

The Paris Letter is scheduled to officially open off-Broadway on June 9.