Video: Emmy Rossum and Zoë Winters discuss the role of the sisters in the science fiction play Walden

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Video: Emmy Rossum and Zoë Winters discuss the role of the sisters in the science fiction piece Walden

Amy Berryman's new Off-Broadway play is about two sisters who were training to be astronauts.

The new piece Walden may be based on Earth, but has a concept that is out of this world. Amy Berryman's play, currently playing at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theater Off-Broadway, is about two sisters. Their father trained them to be astronauts, but when a sister decides to leave NASA, a conversation arises: Is it better to stay on Earth to revive the planet or colonize the stars? “I read it right after my daughter was born, in the middle of the COVID crisis, which felt very heightened,” star Emmy Rossum told Playbill. “And (it felt) a bit like the end of the world and the beginning of another. I connected so much with the theme and the story of these two sisters.” Above, watch Rossum, her co-stars and the show's creators discuss the new play.

Rossum (whose credits include the Showtime series Shameless) plays Stella, who left NASA. ConsequenceZoë Winters plays Cassie, who continued with the space exploration group. As Winters teases, “There will be some sci-fi elements that will be really fun.”

But beyond the science fiction themes, the play is also about people, says director Whitney White: “The play is about three people trying to make big decisions about how to save the future, save the world, and “can dream.” for yourself into the future…. It's a beautiful dance between the profound and the everyday.

Walden runs until November 24th. Motell Foster also appears in it. The off-Broadway production features scenic design by Matt Saunders, costume design by Qween Jean, lighting design by Adam Honoré and sound design by Lee Kinney. Taylor Williams is doing the casting.

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