Regional NewsMercedes Ruehl to Star in World Premiere of Safe SpaceJack O’Brien will direct the Bay Street Theater production.
By
Ryan McPhee
May 09, 2019
The cast is set for the upcoming world premiere of Alan Fox’s Safe Space. As previously reported, the Jack O’Brien-helmed production will run June 25–July 21 as part of Bay Street Theater’s 2019 mainstage season.
Mercedes Ruehl (Broadway’s recent Torch Song revival), Sasha Diamond (Blindspot), and Rodney Richardson (The Day Shall Come) will take the stage at the Sag Harbor, New York, venue to tell the story of an African-American professor and the head of an elite university facing accusations of racism from a student.
The staging will feature the work of a host of Tony-winning designers: David Rockwell (sets), Jane Greenwood (costumes), Bradley King (lighting), and John Gromada (sound), as well as projection design by Jeff Sugg. Casting is by Will Cantler of Telsey + Co.
The Bay Street season kicks off May 28 with Wade Dooley’s The Prompter;the lineup also includes a new production of Annie Get Your Gun.
Edelstein will directs a cast of 30, with nearly 1,000 San Diegans participating directly in the milestone production that will mark the completion of the Bard’s canon at the venue.
The evening is part of a week of performances, social practice demonstrations, classes, and discussions curated by NBT in partnership with The Kennedy Center.
Based on the novel and film by Frank Cottrell Boyce, the new musical will reunite Guettel with Tony-winning Light in the Piazza director Bartlett Sher.