Bossa Nova

The Cast

HANNAH CABELLKATHLEEN BUTLER (EDNA)

originated the role of "B" in Three Tall Women, Gillian in Marriage Play, and Louise Nevelson in Occupant, all by the remarkable Mr. Albee. Her recent New York theatre credits include Such Things Only Happen in Books (Keen Company), Albee's The American Dream (Cherry Lane Theatre), WAPATO (Women's Project), Albee's The Play About the Baby, Triangles, and Lucky Rita by Joe Stein. She also appeared in the original productions of The Shaker Chair by Adam Bock (Humana Festival of New American Plays), Everything I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Last Lists of My Mad Mother, and The Middle Passage, as well as more than 40 productions in regional theatres such as Alley Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, and Actors Theatre of Louisville. Her film and television credits include A League of Their Own, Night Curtain, Law & Order, The Louis CK Project, Kenny the Shark, and As the World Turns.
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MANDY PATINKINJOHN CARTER (HARRY)

is delighted to be performing in an Edward Albee play again. Previously he worked with Mr. Albee on the revival of A Delicate Balance on Broadway (Lincoln Center Theater), and Off-Broadway in Finding the Sun, Fragments (Signature Theatre Company), and All Over (Roundabout Theatre Company). His other Broadway credits include Festen and the recent revival of A Streetcar Named Desire (Roundabout). His regional theatre credits include All Over (McCarter Theatre) and Come Back, Come Back, Wherever You Are, written and directed by Arthur Laurents (George Street Playhouse). His film credits include Lasse Halstrom's The Hoax, Woody Allen's Celebrity, Random Hearts directed by Sidney Pollack, as well as Joe Kidd, Scarface, Badlands, and Marooned, among others. His numerous television appearances over the years include recurring roles on Law & Order, All My Children, and Barnaby Jones (appearing for five years as Lt. Biddle), and the miniseries The Winds of War.
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STEPHEN BARKER TURNERKATHLEEN CHALFANT (AGNES)

previously appeared at Yale Rep in Passion Play by Sarah Ruhl and All's Well That Ends Well. Her New York stage credits include Angels in America (Tony, Drama Desk Award nominations), Racing Demon, Dead Man's Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl, Wit (also at Long Wharf Theatre, in Los Angeles and London; Drama Desk, OBIE, Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics, Connecticut Critics Circle Awards), Prophecy by Karen Malpede, A Hard Heart, Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell, Great Expectations, Bloomer Girl, Guantanamo, The Last Letter, Talking Heads, Savannah Bay, Far Away, Nine Armenians (Drama Desk nomination), Twelve Dreams, Henry V (Callaway Award), True History and Real Adventures, Iphigenia and Other Daughters by Ellen McLaughlin, Endgame, The Party, and Three Poets. Film and television: Duplicity, The Last New Yorker, Murder and Murder, Bob Roberts, Five Corners, Jumpin' at the Boneyard, A Price Above Rubies, Perfect Stranger, Kinsey, The Book of Daniel, The People Speak, The Guardian, The Laramie Project, Lackawanna Blues, Benjamin Franklin, A Death in the Family, Rescue Me, all iterations of Law & Order, and Storm of the Century. Ms. Chalfant is a Beinecke Fellow at Yale School of Drama this fall.
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EMILY DeCOLAEDWARD HERRMANN (TOBIAS)

is making his Yale Rep debut. His New York theatre credits include The Deep Blue Sea, Love Letters, Plenty (Tony Award nomination), The Philadelphia Story, Mrs. Warren's Profession (Tony Award; Drama Desk Award nomination), and Moonchildren on Broadway; as well as Psychopathia Sexualis (Drama Desk Award nomination), Life Sentences, Julius Caesar, Not About Heroes, Tom and Viv, Gardenia, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel. His numerous film and television appearances include The Paper Chase, The Great Gatsby, Harry's War, Reds, Mrs. Soffel, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Compromising Positions, The Lost Boys, Overboard, Big Business, Nixon, The Aviator, Treasure Buddies, Intolerable Cruelty, St. Elsewhere (Emmy Award nomination), The Practice (Emmy Award), Oz, Gilmore Girls, Grey's Anatomy, 30 Rock, Law & Order, and The Good Wife. His upcoming films include A Christmas Wish, Son of Morning, Born to be a Star, and For Robbing the Dead. Training: Fulbright Scholar at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Mr. Herrmann is a Beinecke Fellow at Yale School of Drama this fall.
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LIAM HURLEYELLEN McLAUGHLIN (CLAIRE)

previously appeared in the Yale Rep production of Cryptogram. Her New York credits include Tony Kushner's Angels in America on Broadway, Craig Lucas's Blue Window (Manhattan Theatre Club), Kushner's A Bright Room Called Day (The Public Theater), and The Bacchae—Torn to Pieces (La MaMa E.T.C.). Her regional credits include All My Sons (PlayMakers Repertory Company), A Delicate Balance (Arena Stage), Homebody (Intiman Theatre), Ghosts (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), and The Threepenny Opera (Trinity Repertory Company; Elliot Norton Award). She is also a playwright. Her producers include The Public Theater, Classic Stage Company, New York Theatre Workshop, Guthrie Theater, the Intiman, and London's Almeida Theatre. Her plays include Iphigenia and Other Daughters, Tongue of a Bird, The Persians, Helen, and Oedipus. She appeared in every production of Angels in America from its earliest workshops through its Broadway run. She has been teaching playwriting in various venues nationwide and at Barnard College since 1995. Film and television work includes Jon Jost's The Bed You Sleep In and appearances on Law & Order.
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ERIC WRIGHTKEIRA NAUGHTON (JULIA)

has appeared on Broadway in The Rivals (Lincoln Center Theater), Dance of Death, and Three Sisters. Her Off-Broadway credits include Hunting and Gathering, Indoor/Outdoor, All My Sons, Lucy, The American Clock, Tesla's Letters, Roses in December, Evolution, Uncle Jack, and Hotel Universe. Regional theatre credits include Becky Shaw (Huntington Theatre); Proof (Arena Stage, Helen Hayes Award nomination); Company (Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration); Faith Healer, Macbeth (Berkshire Theatre Festival); Uncle Vanya, Wonder of the World (Barrington Stage); The Goatwoman of Corvis County (Shakespeare & Company); Cleveland Play House; Williamstown Theatre Festival; and Westport Country Playhouse. Her television and film appearances include All My Children, 3 Lbs., Law & Order: SVU, Sex and the City, Guiding Light, Blair Witch 2, and Cradle Will Rock. She is a singer/songwriter in the band The Petersons. She received her MFA from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.
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