40-Member Cast of B'way's Coram Boy to Include Maxwell, Eaves & Camp

The 40-person company of Coram Boy, the latest drama to transfer from London's National Theatre to Broadway, will include Tony Award nominee Jan Maxwell The Dinner Party, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 16 Wounded as Mrs. Lynch, Dashiell Eaves The Lieutenant of Inishmore as adult Thomas Ledbury and Bill Camp Heartbreak House as Otis Gardiner.

As previously announced, this epic play, which has been adapted by Helen Edmundson from the award-winning novel by Jamila Gavin, will begin previews at Broadway's Imperial Theatre on April 16, with opening night set for May 2. Melly Still directs and shares a co-design credit with Ti Green.

In addition to Maxwell, Eaves and Camp, the complete cast will feature Jolly Abraham Bombay Dreams as Molly, Uzo Aduba as Toby, Jacqueline Antaramian Julius Caesar as Mrs. Hendry, Xanthe Elbrick as young Alexander/Aaron, Tom Riis Farrell Dirty Blonde as Thomas Claymore, Brad Fleischer Pig Farm as Meshak Gardiner, Karron Graves as Isobel Ashbrook, Laura Heisler as Edward Ashbrook, Angela Lin as Miss Price, David Macdonald Two Shakespearean Actors as Lord Ashbrook, Quentin Maré Julius Caesar as Frederic Handel, Kathleen McNenny The Constant Wife as Mrs. Milcote, Cristin Milioti The Lieutenant of Inishmore as Alice Ashbrook, Charlotte Parry The Real Thing as young Thomas Ledbury, Christina Rouner as Lady Ashbrook, Ivy Vahanian as Melissa/Angel, Wayne Wilcox Suddenly Last Summer as adult Alexander Ashbrook, along with an on-stage choir that will be announced shortly.

An epic adventure featuring this enormous cast plus seven musicians, Coram Boy has played two sold-out engagements at the National Theatre, winning the 2006 Time Out Live Best Play Award. The play will end its current London run on February 22.

Based on Jamila Gavin's best-selling novel—which author Philip Pullman describes as "a rich and almost gothic drama, full of dastardly villains, cold-hearted aristocrats, devoted friends and passionate lovers"—Coram Boy tells the tale of two orphans at the Coram Hospital for Deserted Children: Toby, saved from an African slave ship, and Aaron, the abandoned son of the heir to a great estate. A story of fathers and sons, set in the heart of 18th-century England, Coram Boy is recommended for audiences ages 12 and older, according to a production release.

In addition to Still and Green, the design team for Coram Boy includes Paule Constable lighting, Adrian Sutton music and Christopher Shutt sound. The music director is Constantine Kitsopoulos and the fight director is Thomas Schall.

Coram Boy is the latest National Theatre production to be produced on Broadway by Boyett Ostar Productions. Previous plays include Alan Bennett's Tony Award-winning Best Play The History Boys, as well as the recent productions of Jumpers, Democracy and The Pillowman.