Mark Rucker, Greenberg's fellow associate artist at SCR directs the work commissioned by the California company. Previews begin April 1, 2005 toward an April 8, 2005 opening for a run through May 8, 2005 on the Segerstrom Stage.
A Naked Girl on the Appian Way follows the chain reaction of revelations unearthed in a neighborhood when two children return to their American home following a year-long excursion in Europe. A successful author/cooking-show host and socially-inept eccentric genius of sorts are at the head of the family in the play.
The work reunites Greenberg with his most willing purveyor, SCR, which has commissioned and/or premiered his plays including The Violet Hour, Everett Beekin, Three Days of Rain, Hurrah At Last and Night and Her Stars. Other works include The Dazzle, Eastern Standard, The American Plan, Life Under Water and The Author's Voice. He also adapted Strindberg's Dance of Death for the recent Broadway staging with Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren and David Straithairn.
Director Rucker staged Cyrano de Bergerac last season at SCR. His other credits include The Dazzle, Hold Please, House Arrest, Amy’s View, So Many Words by Roger Rueff, Much Ado about Nothing, On the Jump, and The Triumph of Love. His recent feature film debut was "Die, Mommie, Die" starring Charles Busch (Taboo).
Naked Girl joins the three other world premiere slated for the SCR season including the current pre-Broadway run of Donald MarguliesBrooklyn Boy and as well as Christopher Shinn's On the Mountain and Lucinda Coxon's Vesuvius. The SCR season lineup (subject to change) is as follows:
