Papazian Hirsch Entertainment Presents

Written by James G. Hirsch and Robert A. Papazian

MUST CLOSE NOVEMBER 5TH!

STARRING
JOBETH WILLIAMS AND PETER STRAUSS

JoBeth Williams has starred in the films Poltergeist, The Big Chill, Blake Edwards’ Switch, Fever Pitch, The Big Year opposite Steve Martin, Kramer vs Kramer and over thirty others. She began her career in the theater at Trinity Repertory Theater before moving to New York, where she starred in Annie Baker’s Body Awareness, and Last Dance by Marsha Norman at Manhattan Theater Club and John Guare’s Gardenia. Also in New York, JoBeth starred in Moonchildren, Ladyhouse Blues, The Vagina Monologues, and A Couple of White Chicks. She starred opposite Stacy Keach in Idiot’s Delight at The Kennedy Center, Antony and Cleopatra at The Old Globe, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at The McCarter, Threepenny Opera and Grand Horizons at Williamstown.

Emmy Award winner Peter Strauss is best known for his role as Rudy, the titular rich man in the hit ABC award-winning TV miniseries "Rich Man, Poor Man." Strauss recently appeared in Operation Finale with Ben Kingsley and Oscar Isaac. He recently directed and appeared with Marsha Mason and Jean Smart in two staged reading productions of Bruce Graham’s play The Outgoing Tide. Born in New York City, he attended The Hackley School in Tarrytown, NY and graduated from Northwestern University. He starred on Broadway in Einstein and the Polar Bear. Off-Broadway he was seen as Ben Bradley in Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers at New York Theater Workshop, Sabina at Primary Stages, Chinese Friends at Playwrights Horizons and The Outgoing Tide at Primary Stages.

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"Chemistry rolls off the stage from the start..."

– Orange County Register

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"A Charming, Polished Light Comedy"

– Newport Beach Independent

ABOUT THE PLAY

In this newly reinvented version, Jessica Medlicott (JoBeth Williams), once a great actress, is now a beautiful and wealthy widow. She is accused of “breach of promise” by a handsome young Naval officer who claims she promised to marry him.

Due to the Great Depression of 1929, Jessica’s late husband left her, like so many others, on the edge of financial ruin. She cannot afford to lose this case. Her only hope may be the greatest barrister in all of London, Sir Arthur Granville Jones (Peter Strauss). Jessica Medlicott is no ordinary client and the sparks that fly as she drives Sir Arthur to distraction keeps the audience guessing, laughing and crying until the very end. Is she guilty of “breach of promise?" Only the great Sir Arthur can get to the truth.

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