Celia Keenan-Bolger, Eddie Kaye Thomas & More to Star in Bachelorette at Second Stage Uptown

Tony nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Les Miserables) and American Pie vet Eddie Kaye Thomas (Dog Sees God) will be featured in the cast of Leslye Headland’s Bachelorette, the second offering in Second Stage Theatre’s annual Uptown Series. The play, directed by Trip Cullman, will begin previews at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre on July 12 and open on July 26 as scheduled.

In addition to Keenan-Bolger and Thomas, the cast of Bachelorette includes Aya Cash (From Up Here, The Pain and the Itch), Tracee Chimo (Circle Mirror Transformation, Irena’s Vow), Tate Ellington (The Philanthropist, feature film Remember Me) and Carmen M. Herlihy (Buffalo Gal, The Piano Teacher).

Bachelorette is described as a brutally comic look at friendship and betrayal on the way to the altar. On the eve of her wedding, Becky (Herlihy) has arranged the perfect bachelorette celebration—but after two party crashers, one manipulative maid of honor and a bathtub of booze, things don’t go according to plan.

Second Stage created its Uptown Series to help develop and provide exposure for the voices of a new generation of theater artists. This season’s first offering was the New York premiere of Michael Golamco’s Year Zero, directed by Will Frears.