{"id":309311,"date":"2026-07-29T23:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T23:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/309311\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T23:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T23:25:14","slug":"adam-chanler-berat-tala-ashe-conrad-ricamora-more-cast-in-classic-stage-company-waiting-for-lefty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/309311\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Chanler-Berat, Tala Ashe, Conrad Ricamora, More Cast in Classic Stage Company Waiting for Lefty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/classic-stage-company-vault-0000120307\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Classic Stage Company<\/a> has found casting for its\u00a0upcoming production of <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/clifford-odets-vault-0000013012\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clifford Odets<\/a>&#8216;\u00a0Waiting for Lefty, set to play the Off-Broadway company&#8217;s Lynn F. Angelson Theater October 15-November 22, opening November 2. Actor Steven Pasquale is directing, making his directorial debut with the staging.<\/p>\n<p>That cast will include\u00a0<a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/tala-ashe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tala Ashe<\/a> (<a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/production\/english-broadway-todd-haimes-theatre-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">English<\/a>), Raffi Barsoumian (Les Liaisons Dangereuses), <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/adam-chanler-berat-vault-0000032041\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Chanler-Berat<\/a> (<a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/production\/next-to-normal-booth-theatre-vault-0000001652\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Next to Normal<\/a>), <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/greg-hildreth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Hildreth<\/a> (Chicago), Doireann Mac Mahon (The Honey Trap), Zach McNally (<a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/production\/west-side-storybroadway-theatre-2019-2020\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Side Story<\/a>), Sahar Milani (Hound Dog), <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/conrad-ricamora\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conrad Ricamora<\/a> (<a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/production\/oh-mary-broadway-lyceum-theatre-2024\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oh, Mary!<\/a>; <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/production\/here-lies-love-broadway-broadway-theatre-2023\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Here Lies Love<\/a>), <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/cameron-scoggins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron Scoggins<\/a>\u00a0(<a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/production\/the-hills-of-california-broadway-broadhurst-theatre-2024\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Hills of California<\/a>), and <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/thom-sesma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thom Sesma<\/a> (<a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/production\/dead-outlaw-broadway-longacre-theatre-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dead Outlaw<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Odets&#8217; play, which premiered in 1935, centers on a group of exhausted Depression-era New York City taxi drivers gathering to make a life-changing choice. Pasquale&#8217;s production will transform CSC into a high-stakes union hall, newly featuring original music (by Yeller Tooth, aka Sahar\u00a0Milani and Cameron Scoggins) and movement (by <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/susan-misner-vault-0000111416\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Susan Misner<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The production will also feature\u00a0scenic design by Scott Adam Davis, costume design by M\u00e1rion Tal\u00e1n de la Rosa, lighting design by <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/mextly-couzin-designer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mextly Couzin<\/a>, and sound design by <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/palmer-hefferan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Palmer Hefferan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are currently available for Patron-level CSC members, with general sales to begin August 19.\u00a0Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.classicstage.org\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-1541a6d4-6375-42f2-9224-8e87bbc6ecf5-349=\"true\" target=\"_blank\">ClassicStage.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Classic Stage Company has found casting for its\u00a0upcoming production of Clifford Odets&#8216;\u00a0Waiting for Lefty, set to play the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-309311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}