Full casting announced for Mother of Him at Park Theatre, London.

### *Mother of Him* Park Theatre cast announced Full casting has been announced for **Evan Placey**'s award-winning *Mother of Him* play, which is set to open in the Park200 space at [**Park Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/250/park-theatre.aspx) near Finsbury Park in North London tomorrow (18 September). The provocative production based on a true story is set to star **Tracy-Ann Oberman** as Brenda Kapowitz, **Anjelica Serra **as Jessica/Tess, **Matt Goldberg** as Jason Kapowitz, **Neil Sheffield** as Steven, **Scott Folan** as Matthew Kapowitz, **Simon Hepworth** as Robert Rosenberg, and **Hari Aggarwal**. ### About the *Mother of Him *cast, including acting credits **Tracy-Ann Oberman **most recently starred in a [**critically-acclaimed production**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/london-theatre-review-pinter-6-party-time-celebration-at-the-harold-pinter-theatre) of the two rarely-staged plays,* [**Party Time/Celebration**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/3164/pinter-6-party-time-celebration-tickets.aspx), *at the [**Harold Pinter Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/26/harold-pinter-theatre.aspx) last winter as part of the all-star [**Pinter at the Pinter season**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-pinter-at-the-pinter). Other notable stage credits of hers include *Present Laughter *and *[**Fiddler On The Roof**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/487/fiddler-on-the-roof-tickets.aspx) *at the Chichester Festival Theatre, *Pack of Lies *at the [**Menier Chocolate Factory**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/143/menier-chocolate-factory.aspx), *Stepping Out *at the [**Vaudeville Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/80/vaudeville-theatre.aspx), *McQueen *at the [**Theatre Royal Haymarket**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/24/theatre-royal-haymarket.aspx), and *Macbeth *for the [**Royal Shakespeare Company**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/tickets/royal-shakespeare-company-2019-20-season), just to name a few. **Scott Folan**'s stage credits include *[**Sunday in the Park with George**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/390/sunday-in-the-park-with-george-tickets.aspx) *at [**The Other Palace**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/155/other-palace.aspx), *Spring Awakening* at Leicester Curve, and *This Is My Family* at the Chichester Festival Theatre. His screen credits include *Brotherhood*, *Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger*, *Blinded By The Light*, and more. **Neil Sheffield**'s stage credits include *The Wind in the Willows *at the [**London Palladium**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/4/london-palladium.aspx), *The Cockroach Dialogues *at Theatre 503, *Bud *at the [**Arts Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/43/arts-theatre.aspx), *Cross *at [**The Vaults**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/256/the-vaults.aspx), and *Anna Christie *at Riverside Studios. His screen credits include *Alive, Cash in Hand, Catch Me If You Can, Reality Check, The Demon Headmaster, The Projectionist, The Retreat,* and *Witchcraft X*. **Anjelica Serra**’s stage credits include *And Yet It Moves, The American Dream 2.0.* and *The Suppliant Women* at the Young Vic; and *Connections* at Theatre 503. Her screen credits include *Dormitory, Michelle, *and *The Power.* **Simon Hepworth**’s stage credits include the recent production of *Equus* at [**Trafalgar Studios**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/tickets/trafalgar-studios); as well as *A Midsummer Night’s Dream* and *Macbeth* at the Arundel Festival and for the UK Tour; *Absolute Hell* at the National Theatre; the Agatha Christie Theatre Festival 2001 at the Palace, Westcliff; *Antony & Cleopatra* at the Chichester Festival Theatre; *Blood Brothers* on the UK Tour; *Joe & I* at the King’s Head; *John Cleese’s Bang Bang,* *Romeo and Juliet,* and *Burn This *at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester; *King Lear* for the Guildford Shakespeare Company; *Mario And The Magician* at the Almeida Theatre; *Tartuffe* and *My Cousin Rachel* at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester; *The Best Man* on the UK Tour; *The Glass Menagerie, The Deep Blue Sea*, and *The Winter’s Tale* at the Royal & Derngate Northampton; *The Hollow* on the UK Tour; *The Lion in Winter* at the Theatre Royal Haymarket; *The Rivals* for the Compass Theatre Company; *Twelfth Night* at the Bristol Old Vic. Hepworth's notable screen credits include *47 Cleveland, Bliss, Bodyguards, Casualty, Coronation Street, Departures, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale, Endeavour, Fearless, Foyle’s War, Inspector Morse – The Remorseful Day, Law And Order UK, Love’s Kitchen, Lynda la Plante’s Trial And Retribution, Ruth Rendell’s Thornapple, Sink, Tezz, The Bill, The Holly Kane Experiment, The Royal, The Walker, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Walking With The Enemy, Wallis And Edward,* and *Wire In The Blood*. **Hari Aggarwal** is a student at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. His previous acting credits include Matt Simons’ music video for *We Can Do Better* and *Macbeth *for the [**RSC**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/tickets/royal-shakespeare-company-2019-20-season) at the [**Barbican**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/134/barbican.aspx). **Matt Goldberg **is also a student who is currently attending University Collage School in Hampstead and the Sylvia Young Theatre School. Goldberg's past acting credits include the video game *Aegyptus*, the short film *At Arms Length*, and *Oresteia* at Trafalgar Studios. ### Who are the creatives behind *Mother of Him *at London's Park Theatre? The new *Mother of Him* play is directed by **Max Lindsay **and the show features sound design by **Fergus O'Hare**, designs by **Lee Newby**, and lighting design by **Ali Hunter**. *Mother of Him* is produced by **Jacob Thomas **and **Oliver Mackwood Productions** in association with Park Theatre, and follows Oliver’s past big hits at the Park Theatre, the likes of which include *The Life I Lead, Madame Rubinstein, *and* Pressure*. ### About Max Lindsay, the director of *Mother of Him* **Max Lindsay** is a highly prolific director who was formerly a Resident Assistant Director at the Chichester Festival Theatre for the 2018 festival where he assisted **Daniel Evans**, **Dale Rooks**, and **Tinuke Craig**. He was also previously working at Nuffield Southampton Theatres. Lindsay's past directorial credits as Director include *Angry* at the Southwark Playhouse;* Consensual, Cymbeline, Feathers In The Snow, Girls Like That, Great Expectations, Henry IV, His Dark Materials, The Laramie Project Circle, The Odyssey, The Three Musketeers* and *The Wardrobe* at the Nuffield Theatre; *Broken Gargoyles *and *Foreign Goods 2* at Theatre503; *Jimmy Jimmy* at Omnibus Clapham; *Ripped* at Underbelly, Edinburgh; *Someone To Blame* at the Kings Head Theatre/Nuffield Theatre, *The Best Christmas Present* at The Playing Field; and *The Voyage Of Lost Dreams* at the SS Shieldhall. His directorial credits as Associate Director include *Cargo* for the UK Tour and *We Are Here* at the National Theatre. Lindsay's directorial credits as Assistant Director include *Cargo *at the [**Arcola Theatre in London**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/305/arcola-theatre.aspx);* Me and My Girl, random/generations *and *The Midnight Gang *at the Chichester Festival Theatre; *Snow White And The Seven Dwarves* at the Theatre Royal Plymouth; and *The Nutcracker* at Nuffield Theatre. ### What is *Mother of Him* about? *A child has been accused. A mother is at a crossroads of what to believe. Is loving someone unconditionally truly possible?* *It's an especially cold December in Toronto. Brenda is a single Jewish mother who sends Jason, her youngest son, to school. His older brother Matthew is downstairs fast asleep. This could be any ordinary day if it weren't for the fact that Matthew is under house arrest. Constantly harassed by the press and tortured with a guilty conscience, Brenda struggles to keep her family together in a world that is determined to break them apart.* ### About Evan Placey, the show's playwright **Evan Placey** is a multi-award-winning Canadian-British screenwriter and playwright who was raised in Toronto and now lives in London. His many works for both younger audiences and adults have been produced all around the world and translated into several languages. *Mother of Him *is his debut play, which won the Samuel French Canadian Play Contest, Canada's RBC National Playwriting Competition, and the King's Cross Award for New Writing. *Mother of Him *was also nominated for both the Rod Hall Memorial Award and the Meyer Whitworth Award. The play has also been adapted for BBC Radio 3. Placey won the Writers' Guild Award for Best Play for Young Audiences, the Orpheon Bibliotheque Prize for Contemporary Theatre for Young Audiences in France, the Jugend Theatre Preis Baden-Wurttemberg in Germany, and the Scenic Youth Prize for his piece, *Girls Like That. *His play *Holloway Jones* won the Brian Way Award while his play *Scarberia *was shortlisted for 5 Dora Awards in Canada. Evan Placey's other plays and works include *Banana Boys* at the Hampstead Theatre, *Consensual* in NYT/West End), *Pronoun* at the National Theatre, *How Was It For You?* at the Unicorn, *Jekyll & Hyde* in NYT/West End & Birmingham REP, *Keepy Uppy* for the tutti frutti/UK tour, *Little Criminals* at the Polka Theatre/Plymouth Drum/York Theatre Royal, *Orange Polar Bear* at the Birmingham REP/National Theatre Company of Korea, and *WiLd!* for the tutti/frutti UK tour. Placey teaches playwriting in prisons and for the National Theatre and Arvon, and he is also a Creative Writing Fellow for the University of Southampton. ## *Mother of Him* Park Theatre tickets now on sale from £23 and up! Don't miss *Mother of Him *at the award-winning [**Park Theatre in London**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/250/park-theatre.aspx). Written by one of the most significant playwrights of our time, Evan Placey, his debut play at the Park Theatre is not something you want to miss. Be sure to catch *Mother of Him *for its strictly limited run when it opens 18 September. Tickets are on sale now from just £23 so be sure to act fast before all the good tickets get snatched up!

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