Martha Plimpton to Replace Parker Posey in Off-B'way's Hurlyburly
Martha Plimpton is set to replace Parker Posey in David Rabe's Hurlyburly at 37 Arts. Posey will play her last performance on June 11 and will leave town the following day to begin filming her role in Superman Returns. Plimpton will start performances as Darlene on June 14, according to a production spokesperson.
Plimpton recently appeared off-Broadway in the Classic Stage Company production of The False Servant. She earned a 2002 Obie Award and a Lucille Lortel nomination for her performance in the Atlantic Theater Company production of Hobson's Choice. Plimpton made her stage debut at age eight in the Public Theater production of The Haggadah. She also appeared off-Broadway in Suburbia, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Runaways, Boston Marriage and Flesh and Blood. Her one Broadway credit is the short-lived play Sixteen Wounded. Plimpton has been a Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble member since 1998, where she directed Absolution and starred in productions of Hedda Gabler, The Glass Menagerie, The Playboy of the Western World and The Libertine. Plimpton rose to prominence in the mid-1980s after acclaimed turns in the films The River Rat and Running on Empty. Over the years, she has been a constant presence in Hollywood, appearing in over 30 films. Her big screen credits include The Goonies, Parenthood, Samantha, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, Beautiful Girls, I Shot Andy Warhol, Pecker and 200 Cigarettes.
