Casting announced for The Diary of a Teenage Girl
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Casting has been announced for The Diary of a Teenage Girl, which opens at Southwark Playhouse in March.
Rona Morison (Orca) will be joined by Rebecca Trehearn (Show Boat), Saskia Strallen (Oklahoma!), Mark Carroll (The Threepenny Opera) and Jamie Wilkes (Titus Andronicus).
The Diary of a Teenage Girl is based on the graphic novel by Phoebe Gloeckner and is adapted by Marielle Heller. It tells the story of a lonely girl who deals with life's troubles by drawing and recording her thoughts on a tape recorder. It was made into a film in 2015 starring Alexander Skarsgård and Kristen Wiig.
Directed by Alexander Parker, the production has designs by Andrew Riley, lighting by David Howe and sound by James Nicholson.
The Diary of a Teenage Girl runs at Southwark Playhouse from 6 to 25 March, with previews from 1 March.
