Tim Daly Headlines John Belluso's Henry Flamethrowa Off-B'way

Television star Tim Daly will headline John Belluso's Henry Flamethrowa at Studio Dante on 29th Street from May 11 through June 4. The cast, directed by Nick Sandow, will also include Yvonne Woods and Jake M. Smith.

Daly is currently starring in the ABC series Eyes. He is best known for his work on NBC's Wings, in which he portrayed airline pilot Joe Hacket. He won a Theatre World Award for his performance in the Broadway production of Coastal Disturbances. He has also appeared onstage in Oliver, Oliver at the Manhattan Theatre Club, Mass Appeal and Bus Stop at Trinity Square Repertory, The Glass Menagerie at the Santa Fe Festival Theatre, A Knife in the Heart and A Study in Scarlet at the Williamstown Playhouse and Paris Bound at the Berkshire Theatre Festival.

Woods has appeared off-Broadway in Franny's Way, Madame Melville and The General From America. Her other theatrical credits include Goodnight Children Everywhere, Life's A Dream, Slag Heap and Apparition.

Smith is best known for playing Squid in the Disney movie Holes. His theatrical credits include Cymbeline in Central Park.

Loosely based on a true story, Henry Flamethrowa tells the story of 16-year-old Henry Smith, a confused and emotionally isolated young man who writes letters to the Devil, unbeknownst to his deeply religious father, Peter Daly. Henry's younger sister Lilja lies silent in a coma from a mysterious childhood accident in the family swimming pool. For a number of years, Lilja has been visited by miracles. The sick have begun flocking to this silent child's bedside, praying to be healed, and hundreds claim that their prayers have been answered because of Lilja. When a reporter from NPR, Beth Woods, comes into the house to do a story about Lilja and her miracles, Henry confesses a plan that leaves Beth with a big decision.

The show will feature sets and costumes by Victoria Imperioli, who heads Studio Dante with her husband, The Sopranos' Michael Imperioli.