Melissa Gilbert (Little House on the Prairie, Secrets and Lies) and Mark Moses (Desperate Housewives, Mad Men) are set to lead an Off-Broadway return engagement of Lia Romeo's Still. The eight-week run will begin performances January 28 at The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture’s Loreto Theater, with an official opening scheduled for February 6.
Still follows Helen and Mark, a couple who broke up 30 years ago but never completely forgot one another. Now, they are getting a second chance at first love, but Mark has an agenda and Helen has a secret that could derail his plans.
The return engagement follows a 2023 run at Vermont’s Dorset Theatre Festival in 2023 and a subsequent Off-Broadway premiere at the DR2 Theatre in spring 2024, which starred Jayne Atkinson and Tim Daly.
“This play is very personal for me," Romeo said in a statement. “I was married to someone I cared deeply about, but we disagreed on some important issues. I found myself wondering what to do when you love someone, but you hate some of the things that person believes. I wrote the play to try to figure it out…and I didn’t, but I did realize that it’s a question that resonates with a lot of people. The world looks different—and scarier—now than when I first wrote Still, and I think the questions the play asks are even more important. Instead of responding with contempt when we disagree, how can we engage? Conversation is the only way to change minds, and I hope this play can be a piece of that conversation."
“I’m so excited to be a part of this production of Still," added Gilbert. "This play has such meaning for me. The core questions are absolutely vital to who we are and who we want to be as Americans. Can we put our differences aside for love? Is love enough?“
Adrienne Campbell-Holt will direct the production after staging the Off-Broadway premiere. The show will also feature scenic design by Alexander Woodward, costume design by Barbara Bell, lighting design by Reza Behat, and sound design by Hidenori Nakajo; and casting is by Karie Koppel Casting. Stuart Metcalf will be the production manager and Hillel Friedman and Rashad Chambers of Evan Bernardin Productions will be general managers.
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