Bernthal to star in 'Small Engine Repair' off-Broadway

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NEW YORK, June 19 (UPI) -- Jon Bernthal is to co-star with John Pollono in the New York premiere of Pollono's play "Small Engine Repair," producers said Tuesday.

Jo Bonney is directing the third and final production of the 2012-13 three-play main-stage season of the MCC Theater. "Small Engine Repair" will be performed off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre May 16 through June 23, 2013.

"Frank, Swaino and Packie -- buddies since high school, now past their prime -- meet off-hours in Frank's out-of-the-way repair shop under cloudy circumstances that only Frank has a handle on. Enter Chad, a plugged-in preppy college jock, whose arrival ignites an explosion of long-simmering resentment and rage in this taut, twisty, comic thriller," a synopsis said.

The show had its world premiere last year at the Rogue Machine Theatre in Los Angeles.

Bernthal is best known for his work on TV's "The Walking Dead."