Transparent star Alexandra Billings, Tony nominees John Ellison Conlee and Johanna Day, and the rest of the cast of the Broadway premiere of Richard Bean's The Nap, a new play about the world of snooker, met the press August 2. The American premiere will also feature four-time and current 2018 United States National Snooker Champion Ahmed Aly Elsayed.
Tony winner Daniel Sullivan directs the fall production from Manhattan Theatre Club, which is set to begin previews September 5 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Opening night is September 27.
The cast of The Nap also features Heather Lind (Incognito, Othello, Turn), Max Gordon Moore (Saint Joan, Indecent), Bhavesh Patel (Present Laughter, War Horse), Thomas Jay Ryan (The Crucible, In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), and Ben Schnetzer (Sticks and Bones, Pride, The Death and Life of John F. Donovan).
