Affleck, Baitz, Broderick, Tomei & More Set for Naked Angels Play Workshops

A starry cast of actors and playwrights have signed on for Angels in Progress: Old School at The New School, a workshop series of new American plays to be presented by the Naked Angels theater company from May 28 through June 9 at The New School for Drama. Ten plays have been selected for the 12-day event. Each will be rehearsed for an intensive two-day to two-week period, resulting in some form of public performance. Admission is free.

Among the artists scheduled to participate in the 13-day event are Casey Affleck, Jon Robin Baitz, Mia Barron, Stephen Belber, Matthew Broderick, Keith Bunin, Nicole Burdette, Trip Cullman, David Driver, Barrett Foa, Peter Frechette, Danny Gerroll, Chris Gleim, Blythe Gruda, Josh Hamilton, Simotra Houston, Doug Hughes, Kyle Jarrow, Kristen Johnston, Sheryl Kaller, Louisa Krause, Jo Lampert, Jane Amelia Larson, Kenneth Lonergan, Grace McLean, Caitlin Mulhern, Geoffrey Nauffts, Pippin Parker, Jeremy Pasha, Doug Paulson, Larry Pine, Theresa Rebeck, Daniel Reitz, Laila Robins, Chris Stack, Rachel Stern, Charlie Stratton, Elizabeth Swados, Marisa Tomei, and Bradley White.

Notable artistic pairings on tap during the series include Jon Robin Baitz's Prix Fixe, described as "a delicious tasting menu of four courses," directed by Trip Cullman and starring Matthew Broderick and Barrett Foa. Oscar nominee Casey Affleck will appear in Kenneth Lonergan's Medieval Play, described as "a disastrous mess from the 14th century," directed by the playwright and co-starring Broderick, Josh Hamilton, Kristen Johnston and Bradley White.

Naked Angels was formed in 1986 and is currently under the artistic leadership of Geoffrey Nauffts. The group has presented hundreds of readings, workshops, and full-scale productions, including Warren Leight's Tony Award-winning Side Man, Baitz's The Substance of Fire, Lonergan's The Starry Messenger and David Marshall Grant's Snakebit. Recent efforts include Stephen Belber's Tape, Will Eno's Thom Pain based on nothing, Elizabeth Meriwether's The Mistakes Madeline Made and Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell.