Louis Ozawa Changchien, Katharine Powell and David Rasche will star in the world premiere of Kenneth Lin’s Warrior Class at Second Stage Theatre Uptown. Previews begin July 11 at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre, and opening night is July 23. Evan Cabnet directs the limited engagement which runs through August 11.
When Assemblyman Julius Lee makes a bid for Congress, the ghosts of his college days come back to haunt him. Nothing reveals true colors like a sprint to the finish, when friends become enemies and allies can turn on a dime.
Rasche has been seen on Broadway in Speed the Plow, Lunch Hour, Loose Ends and The Shadow Box. His many screen credits include Burn After Reading, Flags of our Fathers, United 93, An Innocent Man, Manhattan and HBO’s Bored to Death. Changchien’s New York theater credits include Year Zero, The Dumb Waiter and Crane Story, and he will appear in the upcoming feature film The Bourne Legacy. Powell was in The Farnsworth Invention on Broadway, and off-Broadway plays like The Voysey Inheritance, Smashing, Election Day and The Water’s Edge.