The Public Theater has extended the run of Neil LaBute's Wrecks, a solo show starring Ed Harris, for three weeks, to November 19. Previews began on September 26, and the original five-week run sold out a full week before opening night, set for October 10. LaBute is directing the show at the Public's Anspacher Theater.
Described as the story of one man's unique love for his recently deceased wife, Wrecks was first produced last fall with Harris at Everyman Palace Theatre in Cork, Ireland. The play marks his first appearance on the New York stage in a decade. Harris starred in Sam Shepard's Simpatico at the Public in 1994 and and was last seen on Broadway in Ronald Harwood's Taking Sides. Other theater credits include Sam Shepard's Fool For Love Obie, George Furth's Precious Sons Drama Desk Award, Prairie Avenue, Scar, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Grapes of Wrath and Sweet Bird of Youth.
Harris's extensive film credits include A History of Violence National Society of Film Critics Award, Stephen Daldry's The Hours Oscar, Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA nominations, Pollock Oscar nomination, Winter Passing, Radio, The Human Stain, Buffalo Soldiers, A Beautiful Mind, Stepmom, The Truman Show Oscar nomination, Golden Globe, Apollo 13 Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, SAG Award, The Right Stuff, A Flash of Green, Walker, The Third Miracle, Alamo Bay, Places in the Heart, Sweet Dreams, Jacknife, State of Grace and The Firm. Television credits include the recent HBO miniseries Empire Falls Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG nominations, The Last Innocent Man, Running Mates, Paris Trout and Riders of the Purple Sage. This fall, Harris plays the title role in director Agnieska Holland's film Copying Beethoven. He recently completed filming the detective thriller Gone Baby Gone, Ben Affleck's feature directorial debut.
