Scarcity Extends One Week at Atlantic Theater

Atlantic Theater Company has announced a one-week extension of its world-premiere production of Lucy Thurber's Scarcity, through October 21. The play began previews on August 29 and opened September 20 for a limited engagement that had been scheduled to end October 14. Starring Kristen Johnston, Michael T. Weiss, Jesse Eisenberg, Maggie Kiley, Todd Weeks, Meredith Brandt and Miriam Shor, Scarcity is directed by Jackson Gay.

Set in rural western Massachusetts, Scarcity tells the tale of two siblings Eisenberg and Brandt whose aspirations to escape the confines of poverty and small-town life with their troubled parents Johnston and Weiss come into direct conflict with their sense of family responsibility. When 16-year-old Billy is afforded an opportunity to change schools and move out of town by an unusually attentive young teacher Kiley, his family starts to unravel around him.