Casting is announced for the heart-felt, romantic comedy "Crossing Delancey," a Script in Hand playreading at Westport Country Playhouse, on Monday, Dec. 9 7 p.m. Tickets are $15. The play is written by Susan Sandler and directed by Anne Keefe.
In "Crossing Delancey," Isabel is a modern young woman who lives alone and works in a bookstore. When she is not pining after a handsome author, she is visiting her grandmother in Manhattan's Lower East Side. This delightfully nosey old lady and her friend the matchmaker have found a 'good catch' for Isabel – Sam, the pickle vendor.
Actors in the comedic story are
- Ari Brand as Sam (Westport Country Playhouse's "The Diary of Anne Frank," Broadway's "The Neil Simon Plays," Off-Broadway's "My Name Is Asher Lev");
- Kieran Campion as Tyler (Westport Country Playhouse's "Journey's End," "David Copperfield," and several Script in Hand playreadings, Broadway's "Our Town," "The American Plan");
- Lynn Cohen as Bubbie (Broadway's "Ivanov," "Orpheus Descending"; films "Catching Fire: The Hunger Games 2," Steven Spielberg's "Munich," "Sex and the City" - TV and both movies);
- Dana Steingold as Isabel (Westport Country Playhouse's "Into the Woods" as Little Red Ridinghood, and two Script in Hand playreadings, Broadway/National Tours of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee");
- Cheryl Stern as Hannah (Westport Country Playhouse's " Into the Woods," Script in Hand playreading of "Beau Jest," Broadway's 2010 Tony Award-winning "La Cage aux Folles");
- Ronald Cohen reading stage directions (New York's "Artist Descending a Staircase," "Henry IV Part One," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Twelfth Night").
Upcoming Script in Hand playreadings will be on Mondays on Feb. 10 and March 10 at 7 p.m. Titles will be announced soon.
For more information or tickets, call the box office at (203) 227-4177, or toll-free at 1-888-927-7529, or visit Westport Country Playhouse at 25 Powers Court off Route 1 in Westport. Tickets are available online 24/7 at westportplayhouse.org.