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Zachary Booth is Dr. Dan Loggins, the assistant to Professor Howe.
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David Conrad, who plays Professor August Howe, smiles alongside his director, Jo Bonney.
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Janie Brookshire and Lisa Joyce are the wives of The Mound Builders, playing Cynthia Howe and Dr. Jean Loggins respectively.
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Will Rogers appears as Chad Jasker, an outsider to the group whose father owns the land where the archaeological dig is occurring.
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Danielle Skraastad co-stars as D.K., Professor Howe’s sister, a self-destructive, drug-addicted writer.
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Rachel Resheff completes the company as Professor Howe and Cynthia’s daughter, Kirsten.
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Actor/playwright Eric Bogosian wouldn’t miss his wife, Jo Bonney’s, opening for the world.
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Sarah Paulson, currently starring in Lanford Wilson’s Talley’s Folly for Roundabout Theatre Company, is glad to have seen the other Wilson play currently running in New York City.
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Tony Award winner Stephen Spinella starred alongside Mound Builders cast member Danielle Skraastad in Signature’s co-production of Tony Kushner’s The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures.
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Edward Watts is getting ready to take on the role of Superman in the upcoming New York City Center Encores! revival of the musical It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman.
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Signature veteran Tonya Pinkins is thrilled to attend their latest opening night.
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Lorenzo Pisoni is excited to have seen The Mound Builders.
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Playwright Regina Taylor will see her newest work, ---- and Potatoes, produced by Signature Theatre Company later this year.
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Jayne Houdyshell smiles for the camera on opening night.
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Tovah Feldshuh (right) spends the opening with her daughter, Amanda Levy.
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Signature Theatre Company celebrated the opening of Lanford Wilson's The Mound Builders on Sunday, February 17. Directed by Jo Bonney (Emotional Creature), the revival of the 1975 drama runs through April 14 and stars Zachary Booth (FX's Damages), David Conrad (CBS' Ghost Whisperer), Will Rogers (Golden Age), Janie Brookshire (Mary Broome), Lisa Joyce (La Bête), Rachel Resheff (The People in the Picture), and Danielle Skraastad (Signature's The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide…)

In The Mound Builders, a team of archaeologists must confront their ambition and culture as they excavate the remains of a Native American civilization in an Illinois town. For the drama, playwright Wilson, whose works also include Burn This, The Hot l Baltimore, and the currently running Talley's Folly, received the 1975 Obie Award for Distinguished Playwriting.

Guests at the performance included Eric Bogosian (Time Stands Still), Sarah Paulson (Talley's Folly), Edward Watts (the upcoming It's a Bird…It's a Plane…It's Superman), Tony Award winner Stephen Spinella (An Iliad), Lorenzo Pisoni (Golden Age), Regina Taylor (---- and Potatoes), Tonya Pinkins (Storefront Church), Jayne Houdyshell (Follies), and Tovah Feldshuh (Volpone).

Click here to read TheaterMania's review of The Mound Builders.

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