Written by Danny Robins and directed by Matthew Dunster, the play will start previews Oct. 29 and run via Dec. 4 following an award-winning run in London.
Spooky season will quickly be in session at L.A.’s Heart Theatre Group.
The nonprofit theater firm has set Constance Wu, Finn Wittrock, Anna Camp and Adam Rothenberg to star in 2:22 — A Ghost Story, a four-person play described as an “intriguing, humorous and scary supernatural thriller.” Previews at CTG’s Ahmanson Theatre start Oct. 29 with an official opening set for Nov. 4. The play will then run via Dec. 4.
Written by Danny Robins and directed by Matthew Dunster, A Ghost Story follows Jenny (Wu) who believes her new house is haunted whereas her husband Sam (Wittrock) isn’t having any of it. They argue with their first dinner visitors, an outdated pal Lauren (Camp) and her new companion Ben (Rothenberg), and after a dialog about beliefs and skepticism, the foursome make a pact to remain up till 2:22 a.m. to know for certain.
The manufacturing marks Ahmanson stage debuts for Wu, Wittrock, Rothenberg and Camp. Rothenberg beforehand starred in Heart Theatre Group’s Burn This on the Mark Taper Discussion board in 2011. Tickets go on sale Oct. 10.
2:22 – A Ghost Story is at present operating in London’s West Finish on the Criterion Theatre via Jan. 8 with a forged together with Tamsin Carroll, Felix Scott, Laura Whitmore and Matt Willis. It’s obtained rave opinions together with one from The Guardian calling it “a slick, chilling romp of a play.” The play gained all three WhatsOnStage Awards it was nominated for together with finest new play.
2:22 – A Ghost Story is produced by particular association with Tristan Baker and Charlie Parsons for Runaway Leisure, Isobel David and Kater Gordon. The inventive crew consists of Anna Fleischle (scenic design), Cindy Lin (costume design), Lucy Carter (lighting design), Sean Gleason (lighting design recreation), Ian Dickinson for Autograph (sound design), Chris Fisher (illusions), Will Houstoun (phantasm recreation), David Caparelliotis and Joe Gery for Caparelliotis Casting (casting), Gabriel Vega Weissman (affiliate director), Edgar Landa (struggle director), Natsuko Ohama (vocal coach) and David S. Franklin (manufacturing stage supervisor).
Wu, final seen in Amazon’s The Terminal Listing, will launch her memoir Making a Scene on Tuesday and stars in Sony’s Lyle, Lyle Crocodile, out Friday. Wittrock has been seen on Broadway in Loss of life of a Salesman and The Glass Menagerie. He subsequent stars within the upcoming Inexperienced Lantern collection on HBO Max.
Camp, who has an upcoming slate that features From Black, A Little Prayer, 5000 Blankets and Surprising, has been seen on Broadway in Equus, reverse Daniel Radcliffe, and The Nation Woman.
Rothenberg is finest recognized for his position on Netflix’s Ozark. His New York theater credit embody The Layover, The Retributionists, The Picket Breeks, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea and Birdy.
Robins, an award-winning author, broadcaster and journalist, created The Battersea Poltergeist, a podcast collection combining drama and documentary to inform a real-life ghost story. Dunster is an Olivier-nominated director, playwright and actor. He directed Martin McDonagh’s A Very Very Very Darkish Matter and Hangmen.