All-star reading of "King Lear" will benefit Frog and Peach Theatre Co., Inc. July 9, 2012

Frog and Peach Theatre Co., Inc. will present an all-star benefit reading of "King Lear" on July 9 at The Player's Club with a cast including Jeffrey DeMunn ("The Walking Dead") as King Lear, Bebe Neuwirth ( "The Good Wife") as Goneril, Darrell Hammond (Saturday Night Live) as Edgar, Rich Sommer ("Mad Men") as Fool, Wrenn Schmidt ("Boardwalk Empire") as Cordelia, Ted Zurkowski ("Boys on the Side") as Edmund, John Rothman ("Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter") as Kent, Peter Gerety ("Public Enemies") as Gloucester, David Wohl ("Saving Private Ryan") as Albany, Amy Frances Quint ("Radio Deluxembourg") as Regan, Eric Doss ("Love Songs") as France, Ryan Tramont ("The Hurt Locker") as Oswald, Erick Gonzalez ("Two Gentlemen of Verona") as Cornwall, and Jack Sochet ("A Midsummer Night's Dream") as Burgundy. The original score is by Ian McDonald (King Crimson, Foreigner) and performed live by Mr. McDonald.