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Casting Announced for New Stephen Adly Guirgis Play, Between Riverside and Crazy

Austin Pendleton directs the upcoming Atlantic Theater Company production.

Stephen McKinley Henderson will appear in Stephen Adly Guirgis' new play, Between Riverside and Crazy, at the Atlantic Theater Company.
Stephen McKinley Henderson will appear in Stephen Adly Guirgis' new play, Between Riverside and Crazy, at the Atlantic Theater Company.
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Full casting has been announced for Atlantic Theater Company's upcoming production of Stephen Adly Guirgis' new play, Between Riverside and Crazy. Directed by Austin Pendleton, the show runs from July 10-August 16 at the Linda Gross Theater.

Between Riverside and Crazy tells the story of Walter "Pops" Washington, an ex-cop and recent widower whose landlord wants him out as he struggles to hold on to one of the last rent-stabilized apartments on Riverside Drive.

The company includes Victor Almanzar, Elizabeth Canavan, Rosal Colón, Liza Colon-Zayas, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Michael Rispoli, and Ray Anthony Thomas. The creative team features Walt Spangler (scenic design), Alexis Forte (costume design), Keith Parham (lighting design), and Ryan Rumery (original music and sound design).

Guirgis' plays include the Tony-nominated The Motherf**ker With the Hat, as well as Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train, and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, among others.

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