The Broadway cast of thriller Paranormal Activity has been announced, with much of the ensemble recruited from previous stagings of the play who will be making their Broadway debuts.
The Broadway – as well as Boston – cast will feature Cher Álvarez, Travis A. Knight, Shannon Cochran and Andrea Syglowski. (Understudies will be Caron Buinis, Caroline Hendricks and Michael Holding.)
Álvarez, Knight, Cochran, Buinis, Hendricks and Holding are all making their Broadway debuts and reprising their roles from previous productions across North America. Syglowski will be new to the show, and is currently appearing in the Broadway production of Dog Day Afternoon.
The cast was announced today by lead producer 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 the 20-week limited run begin Friday, August 14, the August Wilson Theatre, with an official opening on Tuesday, September 15.
The synopsis: “James (Knight) and Lou (Álvarez) move from Chicago to London to escape their past, but they soon discover that places aren’t haunted, people are.” The original story inspired by the film franchise, Paranormal Activity “reimagines the modern ghost story with an intimacy that only live theatre can provide.”
Cochran will play Carolanne and Syglowski will portray Etheline Cotgrave.
The Broadway production will follow a strictly limited pre-Broadway engagement in Boston at the Emerson Colonial Theatre from July 11 through July 30. Prior to Boston, Paranormal Activity played engagements at Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Center Theater Group at The Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington D.C., and American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. A production in Toronto at the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre begins performances on June 9 and will run through July 5.
The play premiered at the Leeds Playhouse in the UK before transferring to the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End, where it received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination this year for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play.
Joining Melting Pot on the producing team for the Broadway run is Jason Blum, founder and CEO of Blumhouse, the original producer of the Paranormal Activity film franchise.
Álvarez has appeared on TV in Sugar, Matlock, Criminal Minds, Grey’s Anatomy, and others. Stage credits include Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Drury Lane and Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
Knight is an ensemble member at A Red Orchid Theatre in Chicago, and has appeared on TV in Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, and Mind Games. Films include The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, and TV credits include NCIS, The Office and Star Trek: DS9.
Syglowski has appeared on Broadway in Dog Day Afternoon and Pass Over, and is currently appearing as Sammy in the limited series The Terror-Devil in Silver on AMC+.
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