Washington,
(ANI):
Cate
Blanchett
is
set
to
direct
her
first
full-length
production
with
"The
Year
of
Magical
Thinking" in
her
first
season
as
co-artistic
director
of
the
Sydney
Theater
Co.
The
Oscar
winning
star
will
also
be
joining
the
cast
of
a
new
adaptation
of
William
Shakespeare's
"The
War
of
the
Roses"
play
cycle.
Starring
in
'Magical
Thinking"
will
be
artistic
director
Robyn
Nevin,
reports
Variety.
Other
plays
to
be
performed
at
the
STC
will
include
scribe
Daniel
Keene's
new
play
"The
Serpent's
Teeth,"
performed
by
the
STC
Actors
Co.;
Tony
McNamara's
"The
Great,"
following
the
rise
and
reign
of
Catherine
the
Great;
Nigel
Jamieson's
"Gallipoli,"
which
will
incorporate
the
graduating
class
of
the
National
Institute
of
Dramatic
Arts;
comic
John
Doyle's
political
drama
"Pig
Iron
People,"
starring
Max
Cullen;
and
Nine
Raine's
twentysomething
tale
"Rabbit,"
with
Brendan
Cowell
making
his
mainstage
directorial
debut.
Tom
Stoppard's
"Rock
'n' Roll"
and
David
Hare's
"The
Vertical
Hour"
will
be
directed
by
Simon
Phillips
and
Julian
Meyrick,
respectively.
The
La
Boite
Theater
Co.'s
production
of
"The
Narcissist"
by
Queensland
scribe
Stephen
Carleton
will
also
be
staged
at
the
STC.