The Acting Company has added Conrad Ricamora (Oh, Mary!), Olivia Washington (Slave Play), and DeAnna Supplee (Two Trains Running) to the cast of its upcoming benefit reading of Alice Scovell's Love's Labour's Won, set for September 15 at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College. Brian Isaac Phillips is directing.
They join a previously announced company including Steven Boyer (Kimberly Akimbo), Christian Conn (Desire Under the Elms), Ismenia Mendes (Marys Seacole), and Sarah Stiles (Tootsie).
The work imagines Shakespeare's "lost" sequel to his Love's Labour's Lost, following three couples on the brink of marriage reunited after a year apart.
“I am delighted The Acting Company is presenting this enchanting comedy. It is exactly the kind of 'new' classic The Acting Company continues to champion and a feast of delicious language for actors,” says Director of Special Projects Kent Gash in a statement. “The Shakespeare comedy we know, Love’s Labour’s Lost, ends with a cliffhanger in which the betrothed couples are divided for a year. Alice Scovell brings these characters back to life so we can finally learn: what will happen when they are finally reunited 12 months later? Wedding bells? Sour notes? We hope you will join us, Brian Isaac Phillips, and his tremendously talented cast to learn, at long last: what will a happy ending look like?”
Sponsor and premium-level tickets include a post-performance reception with the artists. Visit TheActingCompany.org for more.