Richard Masur to Join Marsha Mason in A Feminine Ending

Richard Masur will join the previously announced Marsha Mason in the world premiere of Sarah Treem's A Feminine Ending at Playwrights Horizons. Directed by Tony winner Blair Brown, the production will begin previews on October 4 at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater with an official opening on October 17.

Joining four-time Oscar nominee Mason and Masur will be Alec Beard Tartuffe, As You Like It, Gillian Jacobs Cagelove, The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero, Adam Rapp's film Blackbird and Joe Paulik Measure for Measure, Major Barbara at the Guthrie.

In A Feminine Ending, aspiring composer Amanda Blue Jacobs has recently graduated from a major conservatory, and her rocker boyfriend Beard is on the brink of megastardom. But her "extraordinary life" stars to unravel when she's called home to answer a distress call from her mother Mason about a marital crisis. The play is described as a bittersweet new comedy about dreams deferred, loves lost and learning to trust a woman's voice in a man's world.

Masur earned an Emmy nomination for his performance in The Burning Bed. Recent theater credits include the Broadway production of Democracy and off-Broadway's The Exonerated and The Ruby Sunrise. His extensive film credits include Heaven's Gate, Risky Business, Heartburn, I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can, My Girl, Six Degrees of Separation and The Thing. As a director, he earned a Director's Guild of America Award for the ABC special Torn Between Two Fathers and wrote and directed Love Struck, which was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Live Action Short. Masur served two terms as President of the Screen Actors Guild 1995-1999.

A Feminine Ending features scenic design by Cameron Anderson, costume design by Tony Award nominee Michael Krass, lighting design by Ben Stanton and sound design by Obadiah Eaves.