Hacks Star Jean Smart Sets Broadway Return This Summer in New Solo Play

Emmy winner Jean Smart will return to Broadway this summer in the new solo play Call Me Izzy.

Written by Jamie Wax and directed by Sarna Lapine, it will run May 24-August 17 at Studio 54. Opening night is set for June 12.

Call Me Izzy is a dark comedy about a woman in rural Louisiana who has a secret that is both her greatest gift and her only way out. It is described as “a moving tour de force portrait of a woman who resists being silenced by embracing her tenacity, humor, and fiery imagination.”

Wax is an Emmy-winning journalist and has served as a contributing correspondent for CBS News for over a decade. Smart is the winner of six Emmys and is best known for shows like Hacks and Designing Women.

Tickets go on sale on March 18.