THE UNDERSTUDY  
by Theresa Rebeck

Franz Kafka’s undiscovered masterpiece in its Broadway premiere is the hilarious and apropos setting for Theresa Rebeck’s exploration of the existential vagaries of show business and life. Charged with running the understudy rehearsal for the production, Roxanne finds her professional and personal life colliding when Harry, a journeyman actor and her ex-fiancé, is cast as the understudy to Jake, a mid-tier action star yearning for legitimacy.  THE UNDERSTUDY is a dazzling and humanistic look at people trying to do what they love in the face of obstacles that mount until all anyone can do is dance.

About The Playwright:

Theresa Rebeck is a widely produced playwright both in the United States and abroad. Past New York productions of her work include MAURITIUS at the Biltmore Theatre in a Manhattan Theater Club Production; THE SCENE, THE WATER'S EDGE, LOOSE KNIT, THE FAMILY OF MANN, and SPIKE HEELS at Second Stage; BAD DATES, THE BUTTERFLY COLLECTION, and OUR HOUSE at Playwrights Horizons; VIEW OF THE DOME at New York Theatre Workshop; and THE UNDERSTUDY at the Roundabout. OMNIUM GATHERUM (co-written, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2003) was featured at the Humana Festival, and had a commercial run at the Variety Arts Theatre.