Claire Danes and Hank Azaria Join John Krasinski Dry Powder
Emmy winners Claire Danes (Homeland) and Hank Azaria (The Simpsons) will join John Krasinski (The Office) in the Public Theater's upcoming world-premiere production of Sarah Burgess' Dry Powder. Directed by Thomas Kail, performances run March 1-April 10.
Dry Powder is described as a "razor-sharp new play about the people molding and messing with the American economy." Azaria leads the company as Rick, who, in the same week as his private equity firm forced massive layoffs at a national grocery chain, threw himself an extravagant engagement party, setting off a publicity nightmare. Fortunately, Seth (Krasinski), one of Rick’s managing directors, has a win-win deal to invest in an American-made luggage company for a song and rescue his boss from the company’s PR disaster. But Jenny (Danes), Seth’s counterpart, has an entirely different plan: to squeeze every last penny out of the company, no matter the human toll. Sanjit De Silva completes the company.
Azaria received a Tony nomination for his performance on Broadway in Monty Python's Spamalot. Claire Danes made her Broadway debut in Roundabout Theater Company's 2007 revival of Pygmalion. De Silva has appeared at the Public in Macbeth and Measure for Measure, and on Broadway in War Horse. Krasinski makes his theatrical debut.
Dry Powder features scenic design by Rachel Hauck, costume design by Clint Ramos, lighting design by Jason Lyons, and sound design by Lindsay Jones.
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