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Arkin, Clayburgh, Itzin, Woodard, et al. Set for Pacific Playwrights Festival

Jill Clayburgh (© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)

Initial casting and creative team information has been announced for the South Coast Repertory's 10th annual Pacific Playwrights Festival, May 4-6. The Festival will consist of full-length productions of Julie Marie Myatt's My Wondering Boy and David Weiner's System Wonderland, a workshop production of Kenneth Lin's Po' Boy Tango, directed by Chay Yew, and four staged readings.

Adam Arkin, Jill Clayburgh, Gregory Itzin, John Vickery, and Charlayne Woodard will appear as guest artists in the staged readings. The acting company will feature Daniel Blinkoff, Michelle Duffy, Katrina Lenk, Patrick Kerr, Jeanne Sakata, Kimberly Scott, and Melissa van der Schyff. The readings will be directed by Bart DeLorenzo, Pam McKinnon, Stefan Novinski, and Octavio Solis.

Complete descriptions of the staged readings follows. For more information, visit www.scr.org or phone 714-708-5555.

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