EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Neumann and Amy Darton are set for heavily recurring roles in AMC’s upcoming series ‘Invitation to a Bonfire’ based on the novel by Adrienne Celt. Additionally Emmy-nominated Cherien Dabis has been tapped to direct the first two episodes
has been tapped to direct the first two episodes of the six-episode series and executive produce. Premiere is slated for next year.is a psychological thriller set in the 1930s at an all-girls boarding school in New Jersey. Inspired by Vladimir and Vera Nabokov’s co-dependent marriage, the series follows Zoya , a young Russian immigrant and groundskeeper, who is drawn into a lethal love triangle with the school’s newest faculty member — an enigmatic novelist, Leo — and his bewitching wife .
Darton will play Daphne. In the complex social hierarchy of the all-girls Donne School, Daphne is the unquestioned queen. But her social standing, silver spoon upbringing and posh clothes cannot save her from the indignities of 1930s womanhood. Daphne may lord over the schoolgirls with unchecked power, but it’s only because she has so little real power of her own.
Neumann portrays Nadine. Raised in rural Appalachia, Nadine now works in the kitchen at the Donne School, a tony, all-girls boarding school in New Jersey. Unbeknownst to the current schoolgirls, Nadine was a Donne student herself, many years prior, thanks to the largesse of a generous scholarship.Robin Schwartz and Kyle Laursen will also serve as executive producers along with Maslany, and Carolyn Daucher as producer.
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