Emily Mortimer, Jonathan Cake, Chris Bauer Set for Parlour Song

Emily Mortimer, Jonathan Cake and Chris Bauer will star in Atlantic Theatre Company's world premiere production of Jez Butterworth's Parlour Song. The play will begin previews on February 15 and open on March 5 in a limited engagement set to continue through March 29. Atlantic artistic director Neil Pepe will direct.

Parlour Song is described as an exploration of what happens when two ordinary people discover they hate who they have become. Butterworth reveals a world in which all is not what it seems, when a demolitions expert suspects his wife is stealing from him. The production marks the third collaboration and first world premiere between the British playwright and the Atlantic, which previously mounted Pepe's productions of Mojo and The Night Heron.

Mortimer, who will make her off-Broadway debut in Parlour Song, appeared onstage in London's West End in The Merchant of Venice and The Lights. On the big screen, she most recently starred opposite Ryan Gosling in Lars and the Real Girl, in Woody Allen's Match Point and opposite Steve Martin in The Pink Panther. She won an Independent Spirit Award for Lovely & Amazing and will appear in the upcoming films Transsiberian and Redbelt.

Bauer, an Atlantic ensemble member, appeared in the Broadway revival of A Streetcar Named Desire and off-Broadway in The Night Heron, Hothouse, Butterworth's Mojo, Defiance and Refuge. On television, he can be seen on Alan Ball's HBO series True Blood and the CBS series Numb3rs.

Cake is currently appearing in the world premiere of Ethan Coen's Almost An Evening at Atlantic Stage 2, directly from the Broadway cast of Lincoln Center's Cymbeline. He starred in Deborah Warner's Tony-nominated production of Medea on Broadway, in London's West End and at BAM. In London, Cake starred in Baby Doll and played the title role in Coriolanus at Shakespeare's Globe.

Parlour Song will feature scenic design by Robert Brill, costume design by Sarah Edwards, lighting design by Kenneth Posner, sound design by Obadiah Eaves and projection design by Dustin O'Neil.