Initial casting has been set for the revival of Eric Bentley's docudrama, with various guest stars rotating in and out of the production throughout its run.
Initial casting has been set for Are You Now or Have You Ever Been off Broadway at New York City Center, running from June 2 to September 11 only.
Eric Bentley's docudrama depicts various showbiz figures testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1940s, dramatizing actual verbatim transcripts from the hearings. Six actors will perform for the entirety of Are You Now's run: Three-time Tony Award nominee Brooks Ashmanskas (Smash, The Prom), Jason Babinsky (Network, Billy Elliot), Tony nominee Steven Boyer (Hand to God), Emmy and Grammy winner Adam Kantor (The Band’s Visit), Drama Desk Award winner Frederick Weller (In Plain Sight), and Emmy and Oscar nominee Michael McKean (Laverne & Shirley, This is Spinal Tap).
Guest starring in the production from June 2-21 are David Krumholtz, Obie winner Billy Eugene Jones, Andrew McCarthy, Sally Murphy, and Jay O. Sanders.
Guest starring at future dates to be announced are Santino Fontana, T. R. Knight, Harry Lennix, Bob Odenkirk, Steven Pasquale, Molly Ringwald, and Thomas Sadoski. Additional guest stars have yet to be announced.
As previously announced, the creative team includes director Anna D. Shapiro, set designer Andrew Boyce, costume designer Johanna Pan, lighting designer Donald Holder, sound designer Milbo Music, and projection designer Brittany Bland.
Additionally, there will be a series of post-show talkbacks following select performances throughout the run. Scheduled guests include playwright J. T. Rogers (6/2), director Trip Cullman (6/4 evening), actress Judy Kuhn and writer John Weidman (6/11 evening), director Christopher Ashley (6/16), actor Arian Moayed (6/17 matinee), rabbi Joanna Samuels (6/17 evening), writer and actress Heidi Schreck (6/18), Tectonic Theater Project founder Moisés Kaufman (6/23), playwright David Henry Hwang (6/25), playwright Matthew Libby (6/30), director Bill Rauch (7/14), Public Theater artistic director Oskar Eustis (7/23), director Robert O'Hara (8/29 matinee), director Pam MacKinnon (9/2 evening), and Michael Roth (9/9 evening).