Initial Casting for the Broadway Transfer of Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman

Published on Fri 11 May 2018

It has been announced that The Ferryman which opened at the Royal Court in May 2017, will transfer to Broadway, featuring most of the play’s original cast members.

Written by Jez Butterworth and directed by Sam Mendes, the cast for The Ferryman includes Paddy Considine as Quinn Carney, Laura Donnelly as Caitlin Carney, Genevieve O’Reilly as Mary Carney along with Dean Ashton, Glynis Bell, Gina Costigan, Charles Dale, Justin Edwards, Fra Fee, Fionnula Flanagan, Tom Glynn-Carney, Stuart Graham, Mark Lambert, Carla Langley, Conor MacNeill, Colin McPhillamy, Rob Malone, Dearbhla Molloy, Glenn Speers, and Niall Wright, with further casting to be announced.

The production is designed by Rob Howell with lighting by Peter Mumford and sound and original music by Nick Powell. UK Casting is by Amy Ball CDG and US Casting is by Jim Carnahan, C.S.A and Jillian Cimini C.S.A. Other members of the Broadway creative team will be announced at a later date.

The Ferryman opened at the Royal Court last year with huge critical acclaim and was the fastest-selling play in the theatre’s history. The sold-out show transferred to the Gielgud Theatre and will end its thrice-extended, year-long run on 19 May 2018.

The Broadway production will begin previews Tuesday 2 October 2018 and will open Sunday 21 October 2018 at Broadway’s Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 W. 45th Street, New York). Tickets are now on sale at www.telecharge.com.

Tickets are now available at www.telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200 or 800-447-7400.

For more information please see the full press release.