ALSO

DASHIELL EAVES, JR HORNE, JOHN PROCACCINO,

TIJUANA RICKS, AND LEE SELLARS

ADDED TO THE POWERFUL

ENSEMBLE CAST

 

JOHN GRISHAM’S BEST-SELLING NOVEL

COMES TO THE STAGE

ADAPTED BY RUPERT HOLMES

DIRECTED BY ETHAN McSWEENY

 

JOINS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED

SEBASTIAN ARCELUS, FRED DALTON THOMPSON

AND JOHN DOUGLAS THOMPSON

 

New York, NY (July 26, 2013) – Producers Daryl Roth and Eva Price announced today that Patrick Page, Tony Award® winner Tonya Pinkins, Chike Johnson, and Ashley Williams plus Dashiell Eaves, J.R. Horne, John Procaccino, Tijuana Ricks, and Lee Sellars will join the previously announced Sebastian Arcelus, Fred Dalton Thompson, and John Douglas Thompson in the new Broadway courtroom drama A Time to Kill, Tony® Award-winning playwright Rupert Holmes’ stage adaptation of John Grisham’s best-selling novel.  This new Broadway play holds the distinction of being the first-ever John Grisham property to be adapted for the stage.  A Time to Kill is set to open on Broadway on October 20, 2013 at the John Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street).  Previews begin September 28th.  Ethan McSweeny will direct.  Final casting will be announced shortly.  Tickets will go on sale to the general public on July 26th at Telecharge.com (212-239-6200) or by visiting www.ATimeToKillOnBroadway.com.

“There is a great tradition of courtroom dramas in American literature and I’m thrilled to be a part of the Broadway premiere of a new addition to the genre,” said director Ethan McSweeny in a statement.  “We have assembled a superb cast of actors with enormous depth to their careers each of whom will contribute something special to bringing to life the vivid tapestry of John Grisham’s Mississippi and Rupert Holmes’  gripping adaptation for the stage.”

The casting breakdown is as follows: Sebastian Arcelus as Jake Brigance; Dashiell Eaves as Pete Willard/DR Musgrove; J.R. Horne as Mr. Pate; Chike Johnson as Ozzie Walls, Patrick Page as Rufus Buckley; Tonya Pinkins as Gwen Hailey; John Procaccino as Drew Tyndale/WT Bass; Tijuana Ricks as Court Reporter; Lee Sellars as Cobb/Rhodeheaver/Grist; Fred Dalton Thompson as Judge Noose; John Douglas Thompson as Carl Lee Hailey; and Ashley Williams as Ellen Roark.  Biographical information for the above is provided below.

A Time to Kill, the popular courtroom drama, tells the emotionally charged, now-iconic story of a young, idealistic lawyer, Jake Brigance, defending a black man, Carl Lee Hailey, for taking the law into his own hands following an unspeakable crime committed against his young daughter.  Their small Mississippi town is thrown into upheaval, and Jake finds himself arguing against the formidable district attorney, Rufus Buckley, and under attack from both sides of a racially divided city.  This drama is a thrilling courtroom battle where the true nature of what is right and what is moral are called into question.