By Adam Hetrick
14 Oct 2009

Casting is now complete for the Mint Theater Company production of the backstage comedy So Help Me God!, starring Kristen Johnston and Anna Chlumsky.

Martin Platt directs the Maurine Dallas Watkins play that begins previews Nov. 18 with an opening set for Dec. 7 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Performances are scheduled through Dec. 20.

As previously reported, Johnston (The Women, "3rd Rock from the Sun") will appear as Lily, the demanding leading actress, with Chlumsky ("My Girl," Fabulous Life of a Size Zero) as her ingénue understudy with aims to take her place.

Joining them will be Brad Bellamy, Catherine Curtin, Amy Fitts, Jeremy Lawrence, Ned Noyes, Kevin O’Donnell, John G. Preston, Allen Lewis Rickman, Kraig Swartz, Peter Van Wagner, Matthew Waterson, Margot White and John Windsor-Cunningham.

Designing the production are Bill Clarke (scenic design), Clint Ramos (costume design), Robert Wierzel (lighting design) and Jane Shaw (sound design).

Johnston headlined a reading of So Help Me God! last summer at the Lortel. Watkins is the late playwright of Chicago (the basis for the Kander and Ebb musical), as well as the screenplays "Libeled Lady" and "Roxie Hart."

Tickets are available by phoning (212) 279-4200 or by visiting TicketCentral. The Lucille Lortel Theatre is located at 121 Christopher Street.

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