Jesse Tyler Ferguson to Star in Log Cabin at Playwrights Horizons
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Playwrights Horizons has announced that five-time Emmy Award nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson joins the world premiere of Log Cabin, a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Jordan Harrison (Marjorie Prime). Performances will run from June 1-July 15, 2018, with an official opening set for June 25.
Ferguson is best known to television audiences as Mitchell Pritchett in the long-running ABC comedy series Modern Family, which has earned him five Emmy Award nominations. He is also a two-time Drama Desk Award winner, having appeared on Broadway in On the Town, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Fully Committed. He has also performed off-Broadway with Manhattan Theater Club, Second Stage, and the Vineyard, in addition to five productions with Shakespeare in the Park.
Directed by Tony Award winner Pam MacKinnon, Log Cabin will be the sixth and final production of the theater company’s current 2017-18 season. The play is described as follows: "It’s a faraway age of hope and inclusivity; in other words, it’s 2015. When a tight-knit circle of married gays and lesbians – comfy in the new mainstream – see themselves through the eyes of their rakish transgender pal, it’s clear that the march toward progress is anything but unified. With stinging satire and acute compassion, Jordan Harrison’s pointed comedy charts the breakdown of empathy that happens when we think our rights are secure, revealing conservative hearts where you’d least expect."
Ferguson will play the protagonist, Ezra, in the ensemble comedy. Additional casting will be announced in the coming weeks.
