Patricia Kalember to Join Cast of McNally's Dedication

Broadway.com has learned that Patricia Kalember will join previously announced stars Michael Countryman, Peter Frechette, R.E. Rodgers and Marian Seldes in the upcoming Primary Stages mounting of Terrence McNally's Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams. The production, directed by Michael Morris, is scheduled to begin previews on July 26 in preparation for an August 25 opening which has been changed from August 18.

Kalember has appeared on Broadway in The Nerd and off-Broadway in The Butler Did It, The Foreigner, Loose Knit, From Above, The Vagina Monologues, Y2K and Sea of Tranquility. She is best known for her small screen supporting work on thirtysomething and her starring role in the long-running dramatic series Sisters. Her film credits include Fletch Lives, Jacob's Ladder, Labor Pains and Signs.

Dedication, or the Stuff of Dreams centers on Lou Nuncle Frechette and Jessie Nuncle Kalember, who run a children's theater in a mall in upstate New York. When the possibility of taking over an abandoned vaudeville palace arises, the Nuncles are forced to examine how far their love of theater will take them.

Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams is scheduled to run off-Broadway through September 18.