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Steve Carell and Jenna Fischer had a mini The Office reunion backstage at Fischer’s new play, Ashland Avenue.
Fischer, 51, shared an Instagram post featuring behind-the-scenes snaps with Carell, 63, on Oct. 17. “Look who came to my art show,” she began the post, in reference to her The Office character Pam Beesly. “Love you Steve and Nancy! Last four shows this weekend. I don’t want it to end.”
In a video at the beginning of the Instagram carousel, Carell surprises fans backstage, encouraging applause and shouting “How great is she in this play?” before giving his former costar a hug. Another photo shows the pair posing with a fan’s photo of Carell in character as Michael Scott in The Office, in an episode when he attends Pam’s art show.
The actor later posed with Fischer’s Ashland Avenue castmates in a group photo.
The reunion with Carell comes a few months after Fischer also reunited with Office costar Rainn Wilson in July. Wilson, 59, played Dwight Schrute in the hit comedy show. According to Wilson, he reunited with “one of my favorite people on the planet” over lunch.
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“Then we recorded audio in the back for her car for those gosh darn Office Ladies! (in case you were wondering she had breakfast for lunch. I had a salad because I’m too chubby.),” Wilson shared in the caption, referring to The Office re-watch podcast that Fischer co-hosts with Angela Kinsey (Angela Martin).
Fischer is currently starring in Ashland Avenue, a play written by her husband Lee Kirk and directed by Susan V. Booth, at Goodman’s Albert Theatre in Chicago. According to the play’s official plot summary, Ashland Avenue tells the story of Pete’s TV and Video, a store with a “plucky owner famous for his legendary commercials and customer care.”
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“But it’s a new era, and Pete’s last store location is struggling while Sam—his daughter and family business heir apparent—has different dreams,” the summary continues. “Starring Chicago’s Francis Guinan (The Cherry Orchard) and Emmy Award-nominee Jenna Fischer (The Office), this hilarious and moving new play asks what happens when we step outside of our parents’ footsteps to follow our heart?”
Ashland Avenue runs through Sunday, Oct. 19.
