Television Star to Appear in Upcoming Elmira College Theatre Production

Lane Davies, star of daytime television and currently Artistic Director of the Tennessee Shakespeare Festival, has begun work the Elmira College Theatre Program’s upcoming production of Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Davies portrays Big Daddy, the blustery patriarch of the Pollitt family, opposite a strong cast of student actors.

Inimitable as the irrepressible Mason Capwell on the long running daytime program “Santa Barbara”, Davies has appeared in numerous television series. Most notable among his creations of the characters Chancellor Duncan on “3rd Rock From the Sun”, Dr. Simon Reid on NBC’s hit “Scrubs”, and the time traveling Tempus (voted the fans’ favorite villain) on “Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman”. Stage credits include roles in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, Hamlet, Henry V, Julius Caesar, and other classics such as Cyrano de Bergerac, Inherit the Wind, and Ah Wilderness.

Long the Artistic Director of the Santa Susana Repertory Company in California, Lane recently assumed similar duties for the Tennessee Shakespeare Festival. Most recently, he assumed the role of Henry Higgins in the Lerner and Loewe classic My Fair Lady. While in Elmira, Lane will visit classes and serve as a coach to student actors in addition to his acting duties. Elmira College Director of Theatre John Kelly calls Davies “a renaissance man. He’s a wonderful actor, a model colleague, and a truly superb inspiration to young performers. We are indeed fortunate to have Lane with us!”

Performances of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof are scheduled October 29, 30, and 31 at 8p.m. with a matinee Sunday, November 1 at 2p.m. All performances are held in the Gibson Theatre on the campus of Elmira College. For more information or reservations please call the Theatre Box Office at 607-735-1853.