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Exclusive: Fiona Shaw (Andor), Katherine Waterston (Inherent Vice) and Chaske Spencer (The English) have entered production in NYC on Park Avenue, a new indie drama from Sundance alum Gaby Dellal (On a Clear Day), who directs from her script written with Tina Alexis Allen.

A production of Rimsky Productions and Washington Square Films, Park Avenue follows a mother and daughter who, over a fraught six weeks, reveal secrets, unravel lies and ultimately lay bare the ties that bind. Paralyzed by her life wrangling cattle in Alberta, Canada, Charlotte (Waterston) jumps into her Ford Bronco, flees her over-controlling husband, and lands back in her childhood Park Avenue apartment where she takes refuge with her mother Kit (Shaw). Rediscovering the boy she loved, now her grown doorman Anders (Spencer), and the life she left at 18, the mother and daughter explore shared history, unshared truths and find a way to face both love and loss.

For Tina Alexis Allen, the road to "In Masks Outrageous and Austere" was long and winding, and it really paid to keep her eyes on Back Stage.Allen first auditioned for Tennessee Williams' final full-length play three years ago, when an acting coach who was one of the original producers on the project recommended her. "I had heard that they were in development on it, so I got an audition and then was told I had a callback," she says. But the production was delayed, and she moved on to other projects. Then this February, she came across a casting notice for "Masks" in Back Stage. "It resurfaced, so of course I reached out to make sure my callback was still valid after three years," she laughs.At that point they were seeking understudies. Shirley Knight and Alison Fraser had already been cast, and Allen was brought in to read for a.