Casting Complete for Atlantic’s Celebration and The Room
Earle Hyman, Peter Maloney, Carolyn McCormick, and Mary Beth Piel head the cast of the Atlantic Theater Company production of two Harold Pinter one-acts Celebration and The Room, set to begin performances on November 16. Directed by Neil Pepe, the Atlantic’s artistic director, the show will officially open on December 5 and will run through January 8.
Betsy Aidem, Kate Blumberg, Patrick Breen, Brennan Brown, Phillip Goodwin, David Pittu, Thomas Jay Ryan, and Christa Scott-Reed round out the cast. The design team consists of Walt Spangler (sets), David Weiner (lighting), Ilona Somogyi (costumes), and Obadiah Eaves (sound).
Celebration, Pinter’s most recent play, focuses on a wedding anniversary in an ultra-trendy restaurant and features three successful couples jockeying for the upper hand; The Room, Pinter’s first produced play, depicts a nightmare world of insecurity and uncertainty in a shabby, one-room London flat. Last week, Pinter was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.