Rattlestick Sets Season and Cast for Craig Wright's The Pavilion

Stephen Bogardus, Brian D'Arcy James and Jennifer Mudge will star in Craig Wright's The Pavilion, which will open the Rattlestick Theatre's 2005-2006 season. The production, directed by Lucie Tiberghien, is scheduled to begin previews on September 9.

The Pavilion of the title is a 100-year-old dance hall in Pine City, MN, where the lives of ex-sweethearts Peter Mollberg and Kari Hermanson--and dozens of other characters, as well--intertwine once more to form a pattern of love and loss. It is one in a series of Pine City plays for Wright. The series also includes Orange Flower Water and Melissa Arctic.

Bogardus received a Tony nomination for Love! Valour! Compassion!. His other Broadway credits include James Joyce's The Dead, High Society, Falsettos, The Grapes of Wrath, Les Misérables, West Side Story and Man of La Mancha. James earned a Tony nomination for his work in Sweet Smell of Success and has also appeared on the Great White Way in Blood Brothers, Carousel and Titanic. Mudge's credits include Reckless on Broadway and The Stendahl Syndrome off-Broadway.

The Pavilion is scheduled to officially open on September 20. Variety reports that the Rattlestick season will also include Michael John Garces' Acts of Mercy and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's Dark Matters.