EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Tony winner Victoria Clark (The Light in the Piazza, Kimberly Akimbo) has joined the cast of Manhattan Theatre Club‘s Punch, the James Graham play set to open on Broadway this fall.
Clark joins the previously announced cast Camila Canó-Flaviá (Broadway: Network, Patriots) as Clare/Nicola; Will Harrison (A Complete Unknown, Daisy Jones & The Six) as Jacob, Sam Robards (A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, Broadway’s The 39 Steps) as David/Raf’s Dad, and Lucy Taylor (Broadway’s Betrayal) as Mum/Wendy.
In addition to Clark, who will play the victim’s compassionate mother, other newcomers announced for the Punch cast are Cody Kostro (Broadway: Six Degrees of Separation) as Raf/Sam and Piter Marek (Broadway: Cyrano de Bergerac) as Tony/Derek/DS Villers.
Cody Kostro, Piter Marek
Courtesy Production
Punch centers around Jacob, a young man who makes a fatal mistake that lands him in prison. But as he struggles to accept the consequences of his actions and build a new life, he finds an unusual source of salvation: the parents of the boy he killed.
The play is getting an unusual simultaneous opening on Broadway and in London’s West End this fall, with different casts of course. MTC’s Broadway production will start previews on Tuesday, September 9 and open Monday, September 29 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, just as the London production begins performances at the Apollo Theatre in the West End. Both productions are directed by Adam Penford.
The latest castings were announced today by Manhattan Theatre Club’s Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director, and Chris Jennings, Executive Director.
Two-time Olivier Award winner James Graham (Labour of Love, Dear England; TV: Sherwood) returns to MTC where his Olivier-nominated play Ink received six Tony Award nominations in 2019, including Best Play. Punch, based on the book Right from Wrong by Jacob Dunne, earned ecstatic reviews when it premiered last year at the Nottingham Playhouse in the UK, in a production directed by Adam Penford.
Penford returns to Broadway, having previously been the Associate Director on the Tony Award-winning One Man, Two Guvnors. Punch is presented in association with Nottingham Playhouse, where Penford serves as Artistic Director.
