Eight-time Obie Award winner David Greenspan will star in The Invention of Love Off-Broadway next month. Zachary Elkind will direct the rarely-staged Tom Stoppard play at Theaterlab, where it will run September 17-October 3. An official opening night will be held September 20.
The Invention of Love follows poet and scholar A.E. Housman at the turn of the century, as Oscar Wilde redefines possibilities in art and sexuality, while Housman keeps his love for his best friend hidden. But on the final night of Housman’s life, will he finally give in to the love that dares not speak its name?
Greenspan will lead the cast as A.E. Housman, with further casting and creative team information to be revealed at a later date.
“I’ve loved the work of Tom Stoppard since seeing The Coast of Utopia in 2007. His writing is thrilling and generous, with crackling humor and endless depths to explore,” says director Elkind in a statement. “When he died last year, I realized that so much of the way I think about love, death, and memory was shaped by The Invention of Love. I’m so grateful to honor Stoppard with our production starring the completely brilliant David Greenspan.”
The MAP Theater is producing.
For tickets and more information, visit TheMapTheater.com.