Charlayne Woodard to Star in David Adjmi’s Stunning at LCT3
Tony Award nominee Charlayne Woodard will star in David Adjmi’s Stunning, the second offering in the inaugural season of LCT3, Lincoln Center Theater’s new initiative devoted to producing work of emerging playwrights, directors and designers. The play will be presented June 1-27, 2009, at The Duke on 42nd Street, directed by Anne Kauffman. Additional casting will be announced at a later date.
Set in the insular Syrian-Jewish community in Midwood, Brooklyn, Stunning tells the story of Lily, a teenager who’s just been hitched to a much-older man, whose sheltered life is disrupted when Blanche, an African-American housekeeper, enters her life.
Woodard made her Broadway debut in the 1977 revival of Hair, earning a Tony Award nomination the next year for her performance in the original cast of Ain’t Misbehavin’. Off-Broadway, she wrote and performed the one-woman shows In Real Life, Neat and Pretty Fire, as well as The Night Watcher at the La Jolla Playhouse. Her film credits include The Crucible, Unbreakable, An Eye for an Eye and Sunshine State. On television, she’s had recurring roles on Roseanne, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Chicago Hope, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and ER.
The creative team will include scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Miranda Hoffman, lighting by Japhy Weideman and sound by Rob Kaplowitz.
Adjmi is the author of the plays Strange Attractors Empty Space Theatre, The Evildoers Yale Rep, Elective Affinities Royal Court, RSC/Stratford and Soho Theatre, Marie Antoinette Sundance/Public NYSF Residency and Caligula Soho Rep.
LCT3’s first production Clay, a hip-hop musical written, scored and performed by Matt Sax and developed in collaboration with and directed by Eric Rosen, is currently running at The Duke on 42nd Street through November 8.