Details Announced for Frank's Home, Starring Peter Weller

Complete casting and opening dates have been announced for Playwrights Horizons' forthcoming production of Richard Nelson's Frank's Home, starring Peter Weller as Frank Lloyd Wright and Harris Yulin as Wright's mentor, architect Louis Sullivan. Previews will begin on January 13, 2007, with an official opening on January 30 at Playwrights Horizons Mainstage Theater. The production, directed by Tony Award winner Robert Falls Death of a Salesman, Long Day's Journey into Night, Aida, is scheduled to run through February 18.

In addition to Weller and Yulin, the cast includes Chris Henry Coffey title role in Hamlet at Williamstown, Holley Fain Measure for Measure at Pearl Theatre, Mary Beth Fisher Night of the Iguana at Roundabout, Drama League Honor and Lortel and Drama Desk nominations for Boy Gets Girl at MTC, Maggie Siff Ruby Sunrise at the Public Theater, Jefferson Award nomination for Robert Falls' production of Dollhouse at The Goodman, Jeremy Strong Defiance at MTC and Jay Whittaker Rose Rage at The Duke, Henry IV with the RSC.

In Frank's Home, architect Frank Lloyd Wright has recently left Chicago for California in the summer of 1923, determined to embrace Hollywood's youthful zest and mend broken relationships with his adult children. Having recently completed Tokyo's Imperial Hotel, Wright is poised to settle down but his family still holds deep-seated resentments.

Nelson ranks as Playwrights Horizons' most produced writer, including the world premieres of the musicals James Joyce's The Dead and My Life with Albertine and the plays Franny's Way, The Vienna Notes and Jungle Coup; the New York premiere of Rodney's Wife; and the American premiere of Goodnight Children Everywhere.

Weller began his career in the New York theater, with credits that include David Rabe's Sticks and Bone, David Mamet's The Woods and Lanford Wilson's Serenading Louie. Most recently, he appeared in The Exonerated and on television as terrorist collaborator Christopher Henderson on 24. His more than 50 films include the title role in the Robocop series, Mighty Aphrodite, Just Tell Me What Your Want, Shoot the Moon, Naked Lunch and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai.

Yulin has appeared at Playwrights Horizons in Fran's Bed and Arts & Leisure. His Broadway credits include Hedda Gabler, The Price, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Visit, Watch on the Rhine and A Lesson From Aloes. Off-Broadway credits include Raindance, Don Juan in Hell, Approaching Zanzibar, Hamlet, King John, Richard III, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Mrs. Warren's Profession.

Frank's Home is being presented in association with The Goodman Theatre, where it is currently playing through December 24. The production features scenic design by two-time Tony nominee Thomas Lynch, costume design by Tony Award winner Susan Hilferty, lighting design by Michael Philippi and original music and sound design by Richard Woodbury.