Sandra Oh to Star in Off-Broadway Play ‘The Welkin’

Sandra Oh will appear in the Off-Broadway premiere of The Welkin, written by Lucy Kirkwood at Atlantic Theater Company this spring.

Oh, known for her starring roles in Grey’s Anatomy and Killing Eve, among many others, has previously appeared on the New York stage in Off-Broadway productions including Satellites, Stop Kiss and Wild Goose Dreams. She will also appear in HBO/A24’s limited series adaptation of The Sympathizer, airing in April.

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She is joined by a cast that also includes Dale Soules (Orange Is The New Black), Danny Wolohan (To Kill a Mockingbird), b (American (Tele)visions), Tilly Botsford (Off-Broadway debut), Paige Gilbert (Skin of Our Teeth), Ann Harada (Avenue Q), Jenn Kidwell (Underground Railroad Game), Mary McCann (Harper Regan), Emily Cass McDonnell (I’m Revolting), MacKenzie Mercer (Frozen national tour) and Haley Wong (Mary Gets Hers at MCC).

Directed by Sarah Benson, an Obie Award winner for her direction of Fairview, the play is scheduled to begin performances at the Linda Gross Theater on May 16, and to open June 12, for a limited engagement through June 30.

The play, written by Kirkwood, who was a Tony nominee for her play The Children, is set in rural England in 1759, wherein a young woman escapes her death sentence by claiming she is pregnant. Twelve women then gather to decide whether this is true, in a production described as “a dark, fierce, funny play about democracy and housework.”

The Welkin will feature sets by dots, costumes by Kaye Voyce, lights by Stacey Derosier, sound by Palmer Hefferan, special effects by Jeremy Chernick, hair and wigs by Cookie Jordan, makeup by Gabrielle Vincent, movement by David Neumann and intimacy direction by Crista Marie Jackson.

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