Such Things Happen Only in Books, with Apgar, Butler and Niebanck, Begins Off-Broadway Run Oct. 6

By Adam Hetrick
06 Oct 2009

Keen Company presentation of Such Things Happen Only in Books, a collection of Thornton Wilder's short plays, begins performances Off-Broadway Oct. 6.

Keen Company artistic director Carl Forsman and Jonathan Silverstein direct the production that will run through Nov. 14 at the Clurman Theatre.

The cast includes Clayton Apgar (Perfect Harmony), Pepper Binkley (Twelve Ophelias), Sue Cremin, Kevin Hogan (Design for Living) Kathleen Butler (The Occupant, The American Dream, The Sandbox) and Paul Niebanck (In the Next Room).

In addition to Wilder's Such Things Only Happen in Books, "in which a domestic life is slowly unwrapped to reveal the complexities at the heart of all families," the evening also features the plays Cement Hands, "about an uncle who attempts to explain to his niece the precariousness of marrying a tight-fisted young fellow"; The Angel That Troubled the Waters, "which shows the healer’s pain, and how his suffering makes him most human"; and In Shakespeare and the Bible and Now the Servant’s Name was Malchus.

Such Things Only Happen in Books has scenic design by Sandra Goldmark, costume design by Theresa Squire, lighting design by Josh Bradford and live music directed by Brian Cimmet.

Tickets are available by calling (212) 279-4200 or by visiting TicketCentral. The Clurman Theater is located at 410 West 42nd Street in Manhattan.

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