Casting Complete for Off-Broadway Musical Adding Machine

Casting is complete for the forthcoming New York premiere of the musical Adding Machine, which won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Musical at Chicago's Next Theatre Company last season. Performances begin off-Broadway on February 7 at the Minetta Lane Theatre, with opening night set for February 25, directed by David Cromer Orson's Shadow.

Joining the previously announced trio of Cyrilla Baer as Mrs. Zero, Joel Hatch as Mr. Zero and Amy Warren as Daisy all of whom appeared in the original production will be Joe Farrell as Shrdlu, Jeff Still in multiple roles as the Boss, Fixer and Charles, Adinah Alexander as Mrs. Two, Niffer Clarke as Mrs. One, Roger E. DeWitt as Mr. Two and Daniel Marcus as Mr. One.

Adding Machine features a score by Joshua Schmidt and a libretto by Schmidt and Jason Loewith. This musical adaptation of Elmer Rice's incendiary 1923 play tells the story of Mr. Zero, who after 25 years of service to his company is replaced by a mechanical adding machine. In a vengeful rage, he murders his boss. An eclectic score gives voice to what is described as a stylish and stylized production, which follows Zero's journey to the afterlife in the Elysian Fields where he is met with one last chance for romance and redemption.

Scenic design for Adding Machine is by Takeshi Kata, with lighting design by Keith Parham, costume design by Kristine Knanishu, sound design by Tony Smolenski, projection design by Peter Flaherty, properties design by Michele Spadaro and musical direction by J. Oconer Navarro. The musical will be produced off-Broadway by Scott Morfee, Tom Wirtshafter and Margaret Cotter.