Complete casting is set for the upcoming Broadway premiere of “Ohio State Murders.”
Newly announced company members include Mister Fitzgerald, Abigail Stephenson, Brett Diggs, Brooke Gardner, Christina Pedersen and Gayle Samuels.
They join the previously announced Audra McDonald, Bryce Pinkham and Lizan Mitchell.
Kenny Leon will direct the play by Adrienne Kennedy. The previously announced production will mark Kennedy’s Broadway debut at age 91.
Joining director Leon on the creative team will be Beowulf Boritt (set design), Allen Lee Hughes (lighting design), Dede Ayite (costume design), Justin Ellington (sound design), Jeff Sugg (projection design), J. Jared Janas (wig/hair/make-up design), Dwight Andrews (original music) and casting by Caparelliotis Casting.
Previews are set to begin on Nov. 11 ahead of a Dec. 8 opening night at the newly renamed James Earl Jones Theatre. The production will play a strictly limited engagement.
“Ohio State Murders” is produced by Jeffrey Richards, Lincoln Center Theater, Rebecca Gold, Jayne Baron Sherman, Hunter Arnold, Irene Gandy, Kevin Ryan/Lisa Alexander Taylor, Marc David Levine, Concord Theatricals, The Nederlander Organization and The Shubert Organization.
