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Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Castle Rock Entertainment and Playhouse Productions present the world premiere of Misery at Bucks County Playhouse. Tony Award nominee JohAnna Day Proof, August Osage County stars as writer Paul Sheldons number-one fan, Annie Wilkes alongside Daniel Gerroll Enchanted April, High Society as Paul Sheldon and James Demarse The Orphans Home Cycle, Dividing the Estate as Buster. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.

Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Castle Rock Entertainment and Playhouse Productions announced today complete casting for the world premiere of Misery at Bucks County Playhouse 70 South Main Street, New Hope Pa. Tony Award nominee Johanna Day Proof, August Osage County will star as writer Paul Sheldons number-one fan, Annie Wilkes alongside Daniel Gerroll Enchanted April, High Society as Paul Sheldon and James DeMarse The Orphans Home Cycle, Dividing the Estate as Buster.

Performing the nine one-act plays of Horton Foote's "The Orphans' Home Cycle" is a daunting challenge. But five of the main actors wouldn't have it any other way. Many have worked together on other pieces by the late playwright, who died in March at age 92. More than a few Foote plays have been helmed by Michael Wilson, who directs the cycle Off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre Company and previously at the Hartford Stage. The three-part production, which plays in repertory, has received raves, and there are rumors it will be heading to Broadway in the fall. Ironically, the work may not have come to fruition at all, because of the economic crisis, says Wilson, who is artistic director of Hartford Stage. "The world changed September 2008, and it had a terrible impact on theater companies," says Wilson. "We saw many companies close. So people started scurrying to try and figure...