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The Broadway formed of thriller Paranormal Activity has been announced, pinch overmuch of nan ensemble recruited from erstwhile stagings of nan play who will beryllium making their Broadway debuts.
The Broadway – arsenic good arsenic Boston – formed will characteristic Cher Álvarez, Travis A. Knight, Shannon Cochran and Andrea Syglowski. (Understudies will beryllium Caron Buinis, Caroline Hendricks and Michael Holding.)
Álvarez, Knight, Cochran, Buinis, Hendricks and Holding are each making their Broadway debuts and reprising their roles from erstwhile productions crossed North America. Syglowski will beryllium caller to nan show, and is presently appearing successful nan Broadway accumulation of Dog Day Afternoon.
The formed was announced coming by lead shaper Melting Pot. The Olivier Award nominated play is written by Levi Holloway (Grey House) and directed by Felix Barrett (Sleep No More). Broadway performances for nan 20-week constricted tally statesman Friday, August 14, nan August Wilson Theatre, pinch an charismatic opening connected Tuesday, September 15.
The synopsis: “James (Knight) and Lou (Álvarez) move from Chicago to London to flight their past, but they soon observe that places aren’t haunted, group are.” The original communicative inspired by nan movie franchise, Paranormal Activity “reimagines nan modern shade communicative pinch an intimacy that only unrecorded theatre tin provide.”
Cochran will play Carolanne and Syglowski will represent Etheline Cotgrave.
The Broadway accumulation will travel a strictly constricted pre-Broadway engagement successful Boston astatine nan Emerson Colonial Theatre from July 11 done July 30. Prior to Boston, Paranormal Activity played engagements astatine Chicago Shakespeare Theater successful Chicago, Center Theater Group astatine The Ahmanson Theatre successful Los Angeles, Shakespeare Theatre Company successful Washington D.C., and American Conservatory Theater successful San Francisco. A accumulation successful Toronto astatine nan CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre originates performances connected June 9 and will tally done July 5.
The play premiered astatine nan Leeds Playhouse successful nan UK earlier transferring to nan Ambassadors Theatre successful nan West End, wherever it received a Laurence Olivier Award information this twelvemonth for Best Entertainment aliases Comedy Play.
Joining Melting Pot connected nan producing squad for nan Broadway tally is Jason Blum, laminitis and CEO of Blumhouse, nan original shaper of nan Paranormal Activity movie franchise.
Álvarez has appeared connected TV successful Sugar, Matlock, Criminal Minds, Grey’s Anatomy, and others. Stage credits see Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Drury Lane and Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
Knight is an ensemble personnel astatine A Red Orchid Theatre successful Chicago, and has appeared connected TV successful Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, and Mind Games. Films see The Hand That Rocks nan Cradle, and TV credits see NCIS, The Office and Star Trek: DS9.
Syglowski has appeared connected Broadway successful Dog Day Afternoon and Pass Over, and is presently appearing arsenic Sammy successful nan constricted bid The Terror-Devil successful Silver connected AMC+.
