Dry Powder
Thomas Kail (Hamilton) directs Claire Danes, John Krasinski and Hank Azaria
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"Frighteningly funny...it falls to director Thomas Kail and his diamond-cut cast to make this dry subject enthralling and horrifying."
Variety
Thomas Kail (Hamilton) directs Claire Danes, John Krasinski and Hank Azaria
Thomas Kail (Hamilton) directs Claire Danes, John Krasinski and Hank Azaria
Set in the high-stakes world of investment banking, Dry Powder is a sharp new work about the people who both prop up, and mercilessly exploit, the US economy. In his stage debut, John Krasinkski (The Office, Aloha) plays Seth, a managing director who must race to save his company in the aftermath of a huge PR disaster. He stars opposite Emmy and Golden Globe winner Claire Danes (Homeland, Pygmalion) and five-time Emmy winner Hank Azaria, who's best known for voicing a multitude of characters on The Simpsons.
This world premiere is written by Sarah Burgess and helmed by Thomas Kail, the Tony-nominated director behind the Public Theater and Broadway phenomenon Hamilton.
Throwing a lavish engagement party the same week your private equity firm lays off hundreds of workers probably isn't the smartest idea. With the media witch-hunt in full swing, managing director Seth (Krasinski) must find a way to make up for his massive PR blunder. Fortunately, his colleague Rick (Azaria) has an apparent win-win investment opportunity that might just save his (and the company's) skin. His counterpart Jenny (Danes) has other ideas though; she's quite willing to watch the company crumble, just as long as she can make some money in the process.
John Krasinski as Seth
Claire Danes as Jenny
Hank Azaria as Rick
Sanjit De Silva
Written by Sarah Burgess
Directed by Thomas Kail
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