Gabriel Paul, Joanne Clifton, Jack Bennett, Judith Amsenga, Audrey Anderson, Wesley Griffith, photo Charles Flint
The cast is today announced for the UK premiere of Scooter Pietsch’s hilarious and chaotic comedy ‘Windfall’, directed by Mark Bell, best known for directing West End hits ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ & ‘The Comedy About a Bank Robbery’.
Judith Amsenga, Audrey Anderson, Jack Bennett, Joanne Clifton, Wesley Griffith, Gabriel Paul star in ‘Windfall’, which arrives at London’s Southwark Playhouse following a critically acclaimed run in New York in 2022.
It previews from Thursday 9 February and runs for five weeks to Saturday 11 March.
Press night Tuesday 14 February at 7.30pm.
Pushed to the edge by their maniacal boss, five downtrodden office workers decide to risk it all on a $500million lottery ticket in the hope of a better life. Co-workers become accomplices, lovers become rivals, and friends become enemies as the prospect of winning brings out the very worst in everyone. Just how far will they go to have it all?
Judith Amsenga was Mrs Peacock in the 2022 UK tour of ‘Cluedo’, also directed by Mark Bell. Her films include Mike Leigh’s ‘Mr Turner’.
Audrey Anderson is making her UK stage debut. Her US theatre credits include ‘Noises Off’ (Windy City Playhouse).
Jack Bennett was in the original West End cast of ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’, and ‘Ecstasy’ (Hampstead Theatre in the West End). His film credits include ‘The Batman’.
Joanne Clifton starred as Morticia Addams in ‘The Addams Family’, Berthe/Fastrada in ‘Pippin’, Janet in ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ and Alex in ‘Flashdance’. As a professional dancer, she won ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ in 2016.
Wesley Griffith was Colonel Mustard in the 2022 UK tour of ‘Cluedo’, also directed by Mark Bell. He was Mellors in ‘Not: Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ (Theatre 503, Edinburgh Festival Fringe & UK tour).
Gabriel Paul was in ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ (3 West End seasons & UK tour), ‘Quality Street’
(Northern Broadsides) and ‘Macbeth’ and ‘The Queen of Chapeltown’ (Leeds Playhouse).
Mark Bell (director) is best known for directing ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ (2015 Olivier Award
Winner for Best New Comedy, 2015 Broadway World UK Award Winner for Best New Play & 2014
WhatsOnStage Award Winner for Best New Comedy). Mark took the show from tiny pub Theatre The Old Red Lion in Islington to the West End, various UK No.1 Tours and then all the way to Broadway. He also directed the West End hit ‘The Comedy About a Bank Robbery’ which was nominated for an Olivier Award and ran at The Criterion theatre for over four years. His latest show ‘Cluedo’, a new comedy based on the 1985 film ‘Clue’, toured the UK in 2022.
Creative Team:
Playwright Scooter Pietsch
Director Mark Bell
Set & Costume Designer Rachel Stone
Lighting Designer Robbie Butler
Fight Director Dave Nolan
Assistant Director Eleanor Fanyinka
Produced by Adam Roebuck (‘Afterglow’, UK premiere, Southwark Playhouse and Waterloo East
Theatre) in association with Youda Jin and Marilyn Wilson/POP Productions/Lulubelle Productions.
Scooter Pietsch - Playwright
Scooter Pietsch is a playwright, and Emmy-nominated composer/songwriter. Readings and productions of his plays and musicals have included performances by Tony & Emmy-winner Bryan Cranston, Tony-winners Stephanie J. Block, Cady Huffman, Faith Prince and Michelle Pawk, along with Spencer Garrett,
Brandon Dirden, Jack Coleman, Spencer Grammer, Justin Bartha, Nancy Travis, Allison Mack, and many
others. ‘Windfall’ was produced in 2022 at Bay Street Theater Sag Harbor, NY, and in 2016 at Arkansas
Repertory Theater. Both productions were directed by Jason Alexander. As a composer, Scooter’s
underscore, themes, and songs have appeared in hundreds of TV series and thousands of episodes.
Some of these include ‘Pretty Little Liars’, ‘Burn Notice’, ‘All Dogs Go To Heaven’, ‘Greek’, ‘American Idol’, ‘Sex And The City’, ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ and ‘So You Think You Can Dance’. This year, his music in the film ‘Sanctuary’, starring Margaret Qualley, received great reviews at the Toronto and Rome festivals.
Adam Roebuck in association with Youda Jin and Marilyn Wilson/POP Productions/Lulubelle Productions
present
Windfall
by Scooter Piesch
Directed by Mark Bell
Southwark Playhouse
77-85 Newington Causeway,
London
SE1 6BD
Box office
020 7407 0234
between 10am and 6pm,
Monday-Friday
In person at the theatre from 10am
Monday – Friday, and from 1pm on
Saturday
online
www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/
the-large/windfall
9 February - 11 March 2023
Press night
Tuesday 14 February at 7.30pm
Mon-Sat at 7.30pm
Tues and Sat mats at 3pm
Prices:
Previews - tickets are £16
full price tickets £25 / £20 concs
