Emmy Award-nominee Madeline Brewer (You, The Handmaid’s Tale) and Tony Award winner Lauren Patten (Jagged Little Pill) have joined the cast of the upcoming Broadway production of the play Becky Shaw, joining the previously announced Patrick Ball, Alden Ehrenreich and Linda Emond.
Brewer will play the title role of Becky Shaw, and Patten will play Suzanna.
Written by Gina Gionfriddo and directed by Trip Cullman, Becky Shaw, a 2009 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, begins previews March 18 at Second Stage’s Hayes Theater with an official opening on Monday, April 6.
Today’s announcement by Second Stage Theater rounds out the cast.
Brewer is best known for her Emmy-nominated portrayal of Janine in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. She most recently starred in Lionsgate’s thriller Anniversary opposite Kyle Chandler and Daine Lane, and in the fifth and final season of Netflix’s You opposite Penn Badgley. Stage credits include her portrayal of Sally Bowles in the Olivier Award–winning London production of Cabaret, and she is currently appearing in the world-premiere of The Disappear, a new Off Broadway comedy from Audible Theater, and she recently played Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors at the Westside Theatre.
Patten won the Tony Award, Grammy Award, and Drama Desk Award for her performance as Jo in the Alanis Morissette/Diablo Cody musical Jagged Little Pill. She followed that run with a starring role in the world-premiere production of the new rock musical The Lonely Few at the Geffen Playhouse, as well as its Off Broadway run at MCC Theater. Additional stage credits include Fun Home on Broadway. On television, Patten was most recently seen in Hulu’s mystery-thriller Death and Other Details, alongside Mandy Patinkin. She is possibly best known for her six-season turn as Rachel Witten on CBS’s long-running drama Blue Bloods. She’ll next be seen in Prime Videos’ college-age romance Off-Campus.
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