Lisa Kron’s New Play The Wake to Play Kirk Douglas Theatre

Lisa Kron’s new play The Wake, about a politically engaged freelance writer, will debut at Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre, March 21-April 18. Leigh Silverman will direct the piece, a co-production with Berkeley Repertory Theatre, where it will play beginning on May 14 .Casting and creative team will be announced at a later date.

Kron received a Tony nomination as Best Actress for her performance in her play Well. Her other plays include 101 Humiliating Stories, Charity and Montecore, 43/13, and Martha. She is a founding member of the Obie and Bessie Award-winning theatre company The Five Lesbian Brothers, whose plays include Oedipus at Palm Springs, Brave Smiles, and The Secretaries.

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