Fugue, Directed by Judith Ivey, Headed for Cherry Lane Theatre

Fugue, a comedic drama by Lee Thuna, will be the next production at the Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village, directed by Judith Ivey. The play begins previews on March 13 and is set to open on March 21. Fugue will play a limited engagement through April 21.

The cast of Fugue includes Charlotte Booker, Ari Butler, Lily Corvo, Liam Craig, Deirdre O'Connell, Danielle Skraastad, Rick Stear, and Catherine Wolf.

The play's title comes from the condition of a woman found wandering in Chicago, her feet blistered and bloody. Doctors at the hospital immediately recognize this as a symptom of the "fugue" state of amnesia, where the patient is literally running away from an intolerable memory. A young psychiatrist assigned to work with her is running from his own demons as well: a mistake he made with a patient which had a devastating effect on his own life. His job is to make her remember, but if she does, will he be repeating the mistake he made? Fugue was the winner of the American Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Play in regional theater.

Fugue features scenic design is by Neil Patel [title of show], Side Man, 'night mother, lighting design is by Pat Dignan Bhutan, Women On Fire, costume design by Gail Cooper Hecht The Apple Doesn't Fall, Three Mo' Tenors and sound design is by T. Richard Fitzgerald and Carl Casella upcoming A Moon for the Misbegotten, A Raisin in the Sun.

Thuna's theater works include The Natural Look, Let Me Hear You Smile co-author, Show Me Where The Good Times Are, After You, Mr. Hyde book, The Eleventh book, Love From Mother, A House For Rosie and Natural Ingredients. For television, Lee wrote the adaptation of Maya Angelou's I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings and wrote and produced the film Family Secrets. She created the series Goodtime Girls ABC, The Natural Look NBC and wrote for Family, Lou Grant and Angie.

As an actress, Ivey won Tony Awards for both Steaming and Hurlyburly and appears in Clint Eastwood's recent film Flags of Our Fathers. She has been touring the U.S. in the one-woman show Women on Fire. She directed Southern Comforts at Primary Stages last fall. Other directing credits include Bad Dates Chicago's Northlight Repertory Theatre and Laguna Playhouse, Steel Magnolias Alley Theatre and Waiting for the Flood ACT in San Francisco.