Dan Cody’s Yacht

By Anthony Giardina Directed by Doug Hughes

Dan Cody’s Yacht

New York City Center

First Preview 15, May 2018

Opening Night 06, June 2018

Tickets HERE

In a small Boston suburb, a single schoolteacher is struggling to get by when the wealthy father of one of her students surprises her with a financial proposal that could change her daughter’s life. Suddenly, their worlds collide in ways that open up the question: what truly separates the haves and the have nots? Is it wrong to seize an incredible chance, even if the circumstances seem questionable? Loosely inspired by a passage from “The Great Gatsby”, this timely new play by the author of The City of Conversation probes the troubling relationship of finance to educational opportunity in American life today. Directing is Tony winner Doug Hughes (The Father and Doubt at MTC).

Cast

Kristen Bush – Cara Russo
Laura Kai Chen – Alice Tuan
Meredith Forlenza – Pamela Hossmer
Rick Holmes – Kevin O’Neill
John Kroft – Conor O’Neill
Jordan Lage – Geoff Hossmer
Roxanna Hope Radja – Cathy Conz
Casey Whyland – Angela Russo

Creative

Anthony Giardina – Playwright
Doug Hughes – Director
John Lee Beatty – Scenic Design
Catherine Zuber – Costume Design
Jen Schriever – Lighting Design
Fitz Patton – Sound Design
Ben Furey – Dialect Coach
Stephen Ravet – Production Stage Manager
DEnise Cardarelli – Asst Stage Manager

Cast Full Details

Kristen Bush

For MTC: Taking Care of Baby. Off-Broadway: The City of Conversation (Lincoln Center Theater); The Common Pursuit (Roundabout Theatre Company); Kin (Playwrights Horizons); King Lear (The Public); Photograph 51, Isaac’s Eye (Ensemble Studio Theatre); Great Expectations (Theatreworks). Regional: Uncle Vanya (Jeff Award nomination). Selected film and TV: Paterno; Slumber; Synecdoche, NY; Liberal Arts; “The Affair”; “Law & Order: SVU”; “The Good Wife”; “Blue Bloods”; “Suits”; “Unforgettable”; “Elementary”; and recurring roles on “The Following” and “American Odyssey.”

Laura Kai Chen

is delighted to be making her Manhattan Theatre Club debut! Other New York stage credits include Much Ado About Nothing with The Public Theater; No Foreigners Beyond This Point with Ma-Yi Theater Company; and Orange, Lemon, Egg, Canary at P.S.122. Film/television credits include Spike Jonze’s Her, “Togetherness” (recurring), “Days of Our Lives” (recurring), “Boston Legal” (recurring) and “Law & Order: SVU” (recurring), in addition to numerous guest stars. Alumna of the Graduate Acting Program at NYU and Brown University. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, the actor Manu Narayan, and their two dogs.

Meredith Forlenza

MTC debut. Broadway: 1984, The Winslow Boy, Noises Off, A Behanding in Spokane, Pal Joey. Off-Broadway: All-American (LCT3), Completeness (Playwrights Horizons), Empathitrax (EST), The Second Time (La MaMa E.T.C.), A Contemporary American’s Guide to a Successful Marriage (SoHo Playhouse). Regional: Can You Forgive Her? (IRNE nomination for Best Actress); Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (Huntington Theatre Company); The Delling Shore (Humana Festival). TV: “The Tick,” “Blindspot,” “Mercy,” “Billy & Billie.” Film: Hannah Has a Ho Phase, The Union, Not Fade Away. Company Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre. Graduate of Northwestern University.

Rick Holmes

Broadway: Junk, Matilda, The Visit, Peter and the Starcatcher, Spamalot, The Pillowman, Cabaret, Major Barbara, The Government Inspector, The Deep Blue Sea, Timon of Athens, Saint Joan. National tour: Angels in America. Off-Broadway: The Lives of the Saints, The Threepenny Opera, Distracted, Peter and the Starcatcher, Stop Kiss, Dog Opera, Hapgood, Othello, Richard III. Film: The Post, Irreplaceable You, The Girl in the Park, The Stepford Wives, Melinda and Melinda. TV: “Atlanta,” “The Deuce,” “The Punisher,” “Modern Family,” “The Blacklist,” “BrainDead,” “Elementary,” “The Good Wife,” “The City,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Talk to Me.”

John Kroft

MTC and New York debut. Regional theatre credits include Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Tempest (Bay Street Theatre). Workshop productions: Good Ol’ Boys (Eugene O’Neil National Playwrights Conference), Dan Cody’s Yacht (Chautauqua Theater Company), Stereophonic (Sundance Institute). Film: Ambition, Compatibility (short). TV: “Blue Bloods” (CBS), “Red Oaks” (Amazon). Audiobooks: Restart, Sidetracked, Checked, Pride Wars: The Spinner Prince. Education: BFA, The Juilliard School.

Jordan Lage

Broadway: Race, Speed-the-Plow, Inherit the Wind, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Best Man, The Old Neighborhood, Our Town, A Few Good Men (national tour). Off-Broadway: The Penitent, Prairie du Chien, Keep Your Pantheon, Storefront Church, The Water Engine, The Hothouse, Mojo, Boys’ Life. Regional: Other People’s Money; South Pacific; American Buffalo; Race; Ride the Tiger; Rabbit Hole; Love! Valor! Compassion!; The Woods. Recent TV: “Better Call Saul,” “Billions,” “The Looming Tower,” “Taken,” “Elementary.” Recurring: “The Path,” “Madam Secretary,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Damages,” “Oz.” Drama Desk, Barrymore awards; CT Critics Circle, AUDELCO nominations. Founding member, Atlantic Theater Company.

Roxanna Hope Radja

Broadway: Frost/Nixon, The Women, Boeing Boeing (u/s performed) and others. Off-Broadway: Torch Song (Second Stage Theater), Ruins of Civilization (Manhattan Theatre Club), Ode to Joy, Horsedreams (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater); Princess Turandot; 1001; and others. Regional: Hedda Gabler (Hartford Stage), Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Richard III, Julius Caesar, Pericles (Shakespeare Theatre of NJ); Tartuffe, Indian Ink, Hecuba (A.C.T.); Williamstown Theatre Festival; Huntington Theatre Company; Westport Country Playhouse; and others. Film/TV: “Puncture,” “Blue Bloods,” “Unforgettable,” “The Good Wife,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: CI,” “All My Children.” MFA: A.C.T.

Casey Whyland

is thrilled to be making her Manhattan Theatre Club debut! Broadway: Billy Elliot. National tours: Annie (30th anniversary), Billy Elliot. Education: New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study (Class of 2018). Much love and many thanks to her family, CESD and the entire company.