The design team is set for “Call Me Izzy,” a new play by Jamie Wax (“Evangeline”), directed by Sarna Lapine and starring six-time Emmy winner Jean Smart. The show's 12-week Broadway engagement at Studio 54 begins May 24 with an official June 12 opening and runs through August 17.
The production's creative team will include scenic design by Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams, lighting design by two-time Tony Award winner Donald Holder, costume design by Emmy Award winner Tom Broecker and sound design by Beth Lake.
“Call Me Izzy” is a darkly comedic story about one woman in rural Louisiana who has a secret that is both her greatest gift and her only way out. It is a moving tour de force portrait of a woman who resists being silenced by embracing her tenacity, humor and fiery imagination. Tickets for the summer engagement are now on sale.
Smart made her Broadway debut in a 1981 production of “Piaf,” returning to Broadway in 2000 with a Tony-nominated performance as Lorraine Sheldon in a revival of “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” starring Nathan Lane. She rose to prominence as Charlene Frazier Stillfield on the CBS sitcom “Designing Women,” and has earned six Primetime Emmy Awards for her roles on “Frasier,” “Samantha Who?” and “Hacks.”
This article previously appeared on Broadway.com.
