Four swings have joined the company of Wild Rose, the Glasgow-set country-music musical that begins previews at New York Theatre Workshop on Tuesday, November 24. The theater has also lined up a month of talkbacks, meetups and a dance party to run alongside it.
The four are Julia Estrada, from Hamilton; Tess Marshall, from Titanique; Megan Ort, from the most recent Broadway Sweeney Todd; and Sergio Pasquariello, from the national tour of Jagged Little Pill.
They complete a cast led by Madeline Brewer as Rose-Lynn, a singer just out of jail who wants to trade Glasgow for Nashville, and Mare Winningham as her mother, Marion. Barrett Doss plays Susannah, the employer who ends up backing her (her casting was announced in October). Also in the company are Danny Burgos, Joe Carroll, Annabelle Duffy, Reed Epley, Jackson Parker Gill, Haley Gustafson, Ciara Alyse Harris, Timea Kenny-Koncz, Jaye Ladymore, Ada Manie, Linda Mugleston, Emily Grace Schultheis and Bri Sudia.
The events belong to NYTW's For the Culture series. Talkbacks follow that night's performance; the other events take place at venues around the East Village:
- December 1, 5–6:30pm: Pizza & People at La Vera Pizza, 67 2nd Avenue. The first 30 people get a free slice.
- December 2, 5–6:30pm: a networking night for artists at Scratcher, 209 E 5th Street. After that evening's show, a talkback on building a creative life in New York, with Freelancers Union, Episcopal Actors' Guild and Galleyway.
- December 3: a conversation with the design team.
- December 6, 4:30–6:30pm: a community dance party at Wild Horses, 327 Bowery, opening with a beginners' two-step and line-dancing class.
- December 8: a lecture on the history of country music in the US.
- December 9: the playwright, director and creative team on how the show was made.
- December 10, 8:30–10pm: an open salon at 70 E 4th Street, where artists can sign up to share songs, monologues, poetry and stories.
- December 16: a talkback on art and resilience with Re-Entry Theater of Harlem, New Hour, Bigvision Community, Action Lab and Jones & Co.
- January 5: ShopTalk, an informal book-club-style discussion among audience members, led by an NYTW staff member.
Nicole Taylor adapted the musical from her own screenplay for the 2018 film, and John Tiffany directs. The score sets songs by Brandi Carlile, Wynonna Judd, The Chicks, Patty Griffin and Caitlyn Smith beside the film's original song Glasgow (No Place Like Home). Choreography is by Steven Hoggett and Vicki Manderson, sets by Chloe Lamford, costumes by Katrina Lindsay, lighting by Jessica Hung Han Yun and sound by Tony Gayle. The production had its world premiere at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh in 2025.
Opening night is Monday, December 14, and the limited run ends Sunday, January 10, 2027. Weekday shows are mostly at 7pm, with 2pm and 7:30pm performances on many weekends and through the holidays. Tickets start at $59, and the first two performances, November 24 and 25, are sold at $25 under NYTW's CHEAPTIX program. The theater is at 79 East 4th Street.
Tickets for Wild Rose are available here.
