Casting Set for Lisa Loomer's Roe at Arena Stage

Arena Stage has announced casting for Lisa Loomer's Roe, directed by Bill Rauch. Roe is a coproduction with Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Berkeley Repertory Theatre and runs January 12-February 19, 2017, in the Kreeger Theater.

The drama focuses on the two women at the heart of the landmark Roe v. Wade case — plaintiff Norma McCorvey and her attorney Sarah Weddington — and documents their shockingly divergent journeys following the case, that would come to mirror the polarization in American culture.

Reprising their roles from the recent Oregon run are Sarah Bruner as Norma McCorvey, Sarah Jane Agnew as Sarah Weddington, Zoe Bishop as Emily, Catherine Castellanos as Connie Gonzalez, Gina Daniels as Aileen, Richard Elmore as Justice Blackmun, Susan Lynskey as Linda Coffee, and Amy Newman as Ronda. Joining the company for the D.C. run are Kenya Alexander as Roxanne, Mark Bedard as Henry McClusky and Robert Flowers, and Pamela Dunlap as Mary and Molly. Casting for the role of Ron Weddington, Jay Floyd, and Flip Benham will be announced at a later date.

The creative team for Roe includes scenic designer Rachel Hauck, costume designer Raquel Barreto, lighting designer Jane Cox, composer and sound designer Paul James Prendergast, and projection designer Wendall K. Harrington.

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