Jack Davenport and More will join Condola Rashad in Saint Joan on Broadway

Manhattan Theatre Club announces principal casting for its forthcoming Broadway revival of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan.

Manhattan Theatre Club, under the artistic leadership of Lynne Meadow, has announced principal casting to join three-time Tony Award nominee Condola Rashad in a new Broadway revival of Saint Joan, written by Nobel Prize and Academy Award winner George Bernard Show and directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan.

The cast includes "Smash" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" alum Jack Davenport, making his Broadway debut as Warwick, Tony Award-winning director Walter Bobbie as Cauchon, returning to Broadway in an acting role for the first time in 26 years, Adam Chanler-Berat as Dauphin, Tony Award winner John Glover as Archbishop/Gentleman, Patrick Page as Inquisitor/Baudricourt, and Tony Award nominee Daniel Sunjata as Dunois, as well as Maurice Jones (as Courcelles, Page to Dunois), Russell G. Jones (as Tremouille, Page to Warwick), Max Gordon Moore (as Bluebeard, Ladvenu), Matthew Saldivar (as D'Estivet, Polly), Robert Stanton (as Chaplain, English Soldier, Steward to Baudricourt), and Lou Sumrall (as La Hire, Executioner).

Previews begin at Broadway's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on April 3, 2018, before an official opening on April 25 and a limited engagement through to June 10, 2018.

Synopsis: "Set in 15th century France, Saint Joan follows a country girl whose mysterious visions propel her into elite circles. When the nation's rulers become threatened by her popularity and influence, they unite to bring her down and she finds herself on trial for her life. This timeless and powerful play dramatizes the limits of an individual in a society dominated by overwhelming political and religious forces."

The creative team behind Saint Joan features original music by Bill Frisell, scenic design by Scott Pask, costume design by Jane Greenwood, lighting design by Justin Townsend, sound design by Obadiah Eaves, projection design by Christopher Ash, hair & wig design by Tom Watson, make-up design by Tommy Kurzman, and dialect coaching by Deborah Hecht.

Saint Joan originally premiered on Broadway in December 1923. The MTC production will mark the play's eighth Broadway revival, having last been performed on the Great White Way at the Lyceum Theatre in 1993.

Condola Rashad was last seen on Broadway in Lucas Hnath's 'A Doll's House, Part 2,' for which she earned a Tony nomination for her performance as Emmy. She also earned Tony nominations in 2013 for 'The Trip to Bountiful' and in 2012 for 'Stick Fly' (her Broadway debut). She also played Juliet in the 2013 Broadway revival of 'Romeo and Juliet,' alongside Orlando Bloom. In 2009 she received a Theatre World Award for her off-Broadway debut in the Manhattan Theatre Club production of 'Ruined' by Lynn Nottage. Her screen credits include "Money Monster," "Billions," "Steel Magnolias," "Sex and the City 2," and "Smash."

Manhattan Theatre Club's 2017-2018 season also includes the current Broadway premiere of Eve Ensler's In the Body of the World, as well as Anthony Giardina's Dan Cody's Yacht, at New York City Center's Stage I, and Donja R. Love's Sugar in the Wounds at New York City Center's Studio at Stage II.