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William Hurt to Star in Long Day’s Journey Into Night

William Hurt
(Courtesy Artists Repertory Theatre)
William Hurt
(Courtesy Artists Repertory Theatre)

Academy Award winner William Hurt will star as James Tyrone in Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night, at the Portland, Oregon-based Artists Repertory Theatre, August 13-29.

The production, co-presented by Sydney Theatre Company, will be directed by Andrew Upton and will first be presented in June in Sydney, Australia. The cast will also include Robyn Nevin (Mary Cavan Tyrone), Todd Van Voris (James “Jamie” Tyrone, Jr.), and Luke Mullins (Edmund Tyrone).

The creative team will include Michael Scott Mitchell (set), Tess Schofield (costumes), Nick Schlieper (lighting), and Max Lyandvert (sound).

Hurt won the Academy Award for Kiss of the Spider Woman and was also nominated for Children of a Lesser God, Broadcast News, and A History of Violence. His theater credits include two prior appearances with Artists Rep, in The Drawer Boy and Vanya. He also previously starred in Long Day’s Journey Into Night as Edmund in a 1975 production of the play at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

For more information, visit www.artistsrep.org.