Julia Stiles set for David Mamet play

NEW YORK (AP) - July 1, 2009 The 28-year-old Stiles will play a student and Bill Pullman will play a college professor in the production. Previews begin Sept. 29.

"Oleanna" (OH'-lee-anna) is now on view at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles through July 12.

Mamet will be a busy man in New York this fall. Two one-act plays - "School" and "Keep Your Pantheon" - open Sept. 30 at off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company. Also on tap for the new season is "Race," starring James Spader (SPAY'-dur) and Richard Thomas. It opens on Broadway in December.