The actress Amanda Peet will get her first professional credit as a playwright next season when Manhattan Theater Club stages “The Commons of Pensacola,†her new work about a family grappling with the fallout from the financial crisis.
Neither a date nor a theater for the premiere has been set, nor has the rest of the theater’s season. But Mandy Greenfield, the company’s artistic producer, described the work as “thrilling,†adding that Lynne Meadow, its artistic director, has been working closely with Ms. Peet on the script. Ms. Meadow will direct the production.
Ms. Greenfield also confirmed a report on the Showbiz411 Web site that Sarah Jessica Parker of “Sex and the City†fame and Blythe Danner (currently on Broadway in “Nice Work if You Can Get Itâ€) are considering the lead roles. None of the other casting has been announced.
“They came here, and they did a reading, and we’re talking with them about it,†Ms. Greenfield said. “We’re all very excited aboutit.â€
Ms. Parker and Ms. Danner appeared together in the Manhattan Theater Club’s 1995 production of A. R. Gurney’s “Sylvia.†Neither of their representatives responded immediately to questions about whether they were committed to the new play.
