Marla Schaffel to Star in Tall Grass

Former Tony Award nominee Marla Schaffel, Mark H. Dold, and Edward O’Blenis will star in Brian Harris’ Tall Grass, a compendium of three short plays about couples with unusual problems, to run March 3-April 15 at the Beckett Theatre. The production, to be directed by Nick Corley, will open officially on March 12.

The show’s creative team includes Cameron Anderson (sets), Josh Epstein (lighting), Gail Boldoni (costumes), and Sharath Patel (sound). Corley’s previous directorial credits include Flight, Fables in Slang–A Ragtime Revue, and Tim and Scrooge.

Schaffel received a Tony nomination and a Drama Desk Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Jane Eyre. Her other New York stage credits include Titanic, Les Miserables, Carmelina, and A Broadway Diva Christmas. She also played Eliza Doolitle in the national tour of My Fair Lady.