This hilarious adaptation of a classic comedy is about Oscar Jaffe, the egomaniacal Broadway director, and Lily Garland, the chorus girl he transformed into a leading lady. Bankrupt, with his career on a downslide, Oscar boards the Twentieth Century Limited and encounters Lily, now a temperamental Hollywood star. He'll do anything to get her back under contract and back in his bed, but his former protégé will have nothing to do with him. Aided by his pushy manager Ida, his press secretary Owen and a Bible-thumping billionaire, Oscar has 20 hours to persuade Lily to ditch her new agent and paramour George and return to Broadway in his upcoming show. If he fails, it's the end of the line.

Authors: Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Adaptation: Ken Ludwig
Based on "Napoleon of Broadway" by Charles Bruce Milholland

Rehearsals: Starting Mar. 16 at 7pm
Performance Dates: May 1 - May 17 (Thu. - Sun.)

PRINCIPAL ROLES (stage age)

Oscar Jaffe
- pretentious Broadway director whose career is waning; arrogant, pompous, obstinate (30s-40s)

Lily Garland
- shop girl turned temperamental Hollywood star; glitzy, self-important diva (30s-40s)

Matthew Clark
- train passenger; rich, fervent religious fanatic with a mission (50s-60s)

Ida Webb
- Oscar's manager; aggressive, outspoken (30s-50s)

George Smith
- Lily's new agent and lover; squirrelish sycophant (30s-40s)

Owen O'Malley
- Oscar's press secretary; easy-going alcoholic (30s-50s)

Max Jacobs
- Oscar's nemesis (30s-40s)

Dr. Grover C. Lockwood
- train passenger; aspiring playwright, older, jittery doctor (50s-60s)

Anita Highland
- train passenger; Dr. Lockwood's mistress (30s-40s)

Beard
- train passenger; melodramatic German actor (30s-40s)

Additional roles
- conductor, porter, detective, train passengers