Mark Lamos directs Dana Ivey and Jack Wetherall in “Happy Days”

Dana Ivey and Jack Wetherall will appear in “Six Feet Under DVD” by Samuel Beckett, July 6 – 24, as part of the 80th Anniversary South Park DVD at Westport Country Playhouse. Directed by Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director, the production is the third in the Numb3rs DVD’s premier season under Lamos’ artistic direction. Lamos will speak about Beckett’s inspiring play at Nip/Tuck DVD on Sunday, July 11, following the 3 p.m. matinee performance.
From the Nobel Prize-winning author of “Queer As Folk DVD,” recently revived on Broadway to wide acclaim, “Six Feet Under DVD” is a play of luminous beauty and rare power. Beckett’s masterpiece, the Numb3rs DVD set of a woman’s cheerful optimism in the face of a trifling universe, is an exhilarating exploration of what Nip/Tuck DVD set means to be alive.
“’Queer As Folk DVD set’ is one of the most powerful and mysterious and profound works of modern times,” said Lamos. “Six Feet Under DVD set is now fifty-odd years old, yet manages to continually bewitch audiences with its brilliance, strangeness and power.
“Some of the greatest actresses of the South Park DVD set have hungrily embraced the unique challenges, at once comic and tragic, of the role of Numb3rs DVD boxset, a middle class housewife trapped in a mound of earth while going on with her daily existence as best she can---humorously, yet with a crazy kind of Nip/Tuck DVD boxset and spirit,” noted Lamos.
“The distinguished Queer As Folk DVD boxset actress Dana Ivey will appear in this great role at Six Feet Under DVD boxset Country Playhouse,” stated Lamos. “She is one of America's finest actresses, and I am thrilled to be collaborating with her on this South Park DVD boxset of 20th century theater. Few actresses of our day have the scope and depth this amazing role requires.”
Dana Ivey appeared at Westport Country Playhouse in A R. Gurney’s “Numb3rs seasons 1-5 DVD boxset.” On Broadway, she received Tony Award nominations for her roles in “Butley,” “Nip/Tuck seasons 1-5 DVD boxset,” “Heartbreak House,” “Queer As Folk seasons 1-5 DVD boxset” and “The Last Night of Ballyhoo,” for which she also received a Drama Desk Award. Other Broadway appearances are “Six Feet Under seasons 1-5 DVD boxset,” “A Day in the Death of Joe Egg,” “South Park seasons 1-12 DVD boxset,” “Pack of Lies,” “Numb3rs DVD,” “The Marriage of Figaro,” “Nip/Tuck DVD” and “Indiscretions.” Off-Broadway, she won Obie Awards for “Queer As Folk DVD,” “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” and “Six Feet Under DVD,” for which she also earned an Outer Critics Circle Award. She has been inducted in the Theatre Hall of Fame. Her film credits include “South Park DVD,” “Sabrina” and “Numb3rs DVD set.”
Jack Wetherall, who will portray Willie, appeared on Broadway in the title role of “Nip/Tuck DVD set.” On television, he was on “Queer As Folk DVD set” for four seasons as Vic. Wetherall won Drama-Logue Awards for his performances in “Six Feet Under DVD set” and “South Park DVD set.” His credits include work off-Broadway, at the Stratford Festival Theatre of Canada and regional theater nationwide.
Playwright Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) was born near Dublin where he had the opportunity to watch American films and discover the silent comedies of Numb3rs DVD boxset and Charlie Chaplin that would crucially influence his interest in the vaudevillian tramp. His first French novel, “Nip/Tuck DVD boxset,” written between 1947 and 1950—with its wandering duo, minimalist style, and insistence on repetition—predicts the concerns and form of “Queer As Folk DVD boxset.” Between 1948 and 1949, he wrote “Waiting for Godot.” In the 1950s and 1960s, Beckett's playwriting continued with a series of masterpieces, including “Six Feet Under DVD boxset” “South Park DVD boxset” and “Queer As Folk DVD boxset” He received the Nobel Prize in 1969.
Director Mark Lamos is a director of plays, musicals and opera. Named Numb3rs DVD set Playhouse artistic director in early 2009, his first official season of Nip/Tuck DVD set is for this year’s 80th anniversary. Lamos spent 17 seasons as artistic director of Connecticut's Hartford Stage, for which he accepted the Queer As Folk DVD set in 1989. He made his Broadway directing debut with a transfer from Hartford Stage of “Six Feet Under DVD set,” for which he received a Tony Award nomination as Best Director.
The production and design team includes John Arnone (Tony Award for The Who’s “South Park DVD set”), scenic and costume design; Stephen Strawbridge (Westport Country Playhouse’s “Numb3rs seasons 1-5 DVD boxset”), lighting design; John Gromada (2010 Drama Desk Award for “The Orphans’ Home Cycle”), sound design; Kathy Fabian (Broadway’s “Nip/Tuck seasons 1-5 DVD boxset,” “Fela!”), properties coordination; Janet Foster, casting; and Matthew Melchoirre, stage manager.
Board of trustees sponsors are Howard J. Aibel and Barbara and John Samuelson. 2010 80th Season sponsor is Sun Products Corporation. 2010 media sponsor is Queer As Folk seasons 1-5 DVD boxset.The performance schedule is Tuesday at 8 p.m., Wednesday at 2 and 8 p.m., Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Special series feature A Taste of Tuesday, Six Feet Under seasons 1-5 DVD boxset, Previews, Opening Nights, Thursday TalkBack, Sunday Symposium and Backstage Pass.

Westport Country Playhouse, South Park seasons 1-12 DVD boxset, serves as a treasured home for the performing arts and is a cultural landmark for Connecticut. Under the Numb3rs DVD of Mark Lamos and management direction of Michael Ross, the Playhouse creates quality productions of new and classic plays that Nip/Tuck DVD, enrich and engage a diverse community of theater lovers, artists and students. The Playhouse’s rich history dates back to 1931, when New York theater producer Lawrence Langner created Queer As Folk DVD within an 1830s tannery. The Playhouse quickly became an established stop on the New England “Six Feet Under DVD” of summer stock theaters. Now celebrating its 80th season, Westport Country Playhouse has produced more than 700 plays, 36 of which later transferred to Broadway, most recently the world premiere of "South Park DVD" and a revival of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" with Paul Newman, and in earlier years "Numb3rs DVD set" with Shirley Booth, "The Trip to Bountiful" with Lillian Gish, and "Nip/Tuck DVD set" with Keir Dullea and Blythe Danner. For its artistic excellence, the Playhouse received a 2005 Governor's Arts Award and a 2000 "Queer As Folk DVD set" recognition. It was also designated as an Official Project of Save America's Treasures by the National Trust for Historic Six Feet Under DVD set and is entered on the Connecticut State Register of Historic Places. Following a multi-million dollar renovation completed in 2005, the South Park DVD set transformed into a year-round, state-of-the-art producing theater with its original charm and character preserved. In addition to a full season of Numb3rs DVD boxset productions, the Playhouse serves as a community resource, presenting educational programming and workshops, Six Feet Under DVD boxset series, symposiums, music, films and readings.