Parker, Hawkes Head To “The Playroom”
Molly Parker and John Hawkes (”Winter’s Bone”) have been signed to star in indie drama “The Playroom,” written by Gretchen Dyer and directed by her sister Julia Dyer. ”The Playroom” is produced by Stephen Dyer (”Hysteria”) and Angie Meyer of Ten96 Films. Shooting’s under way in Dallas. Parker and Hawkes, who worked together on “Deadwood,” are portraying suburban parents of four in 1975. Their volatile teenage daughter, played by Olivia Harris, acts as surrogate mother to the younger children, who have created a make-believe world in their attic hideaway while the parents act out a sordid story below. Cody Linley portrays the daughter’s boyfriend.