N.Y. play to satirize Smart kidnapping

The Elizabeth Smart kidnapping inspired a TV movie and now an off-Broadway play. "Right as Ron" will run Jan. 29-Feb. 14 at the Bank Street Theatre in Manhattan.

Judd Bloch's play will offer a satiric spin of the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case. It will be directed by Max Williams.

The play will follow the homecoming of kidnapping victim April Starr. When producers come calling and the film starts rolling, however, the family falls a little short of the all-American ideal.

The cast will include Mark Auerbach, John Dohrman, Kathryn Ekblad, Susan-Kate Heaney, Jono Hustis, Carolyn Ladd, Yvonne Lin, Ben Lizza, Seth Michael May, John McAdams, Mike Mosley, Erica Rhodes and Jas Robertson.

In August, five months after Elizabeth Smart was found alive, filming on a two-hour TV movie began. That movie aired Nov. 9 on CBS.

Tickets for the new play will be $15 and can be purchased by calling 212-868-4444.