Complete Casting Announced for Signature Theatre's Two Trains Running

Signature Theatre Company will continue its August Wilson Series with a new production of Two Trains Running directed by Lou Bellamy, artistic director of Saint Paul's Penumbra Theatre. Previews are set to begin on November 7 with an official opening on December 3, continuing through December 30 at the company's Peter Norton Space theater.

The cast for Two Trains Running will include Leon Addison Brown On the Waterfront, Prelude to a Kiss, Chad L. Coleman Force Continuum, North Atlantic, Frankie Faison The Wire, The Thomas Crown Affair, Arthur French Kinsey, Music of the Heart, Ron Cephas Jones Satellites, The Wooden Breeks, January LaVoy Joy, The Piano Lesson and Ed Wheeler Zooman and the Sign, East Texas Hot Links.

Two Trains Running is set in 1969 Pittsburgh, where the regulars at a popular local diner grind out an existence against the backdrop of a turbulent world and rapidly changing city. Memphis Lee looks to prevent the demolition of his restaurant in the face of a municipal project while across the street, Mr. West, the local funeral director, has more business than he can handle. Faced with racial inequality, a depressed economy and the threat of violence, the local residents fight to hang on to their solidarity and sense of community.

The play was originally produced on Broadway in 1992, winning the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play and receiving four Tony nominations, including Best Play. Laurence Fishburne then billed as Larry won the Tony for best featured actor.

With support from a grant from Time-Warner, all seats to the August Wilson Series, including Three Trains Running and King Hedley II on tap for February 20-April 15, 2007 are $15.