Downey and Goetz to Sketch 'A Picasso' in L.A.

Roma Downey and Peter Michael Goetz will star in the Geffen Playhouse's upcoming production of Jeffrey Hatcher's A Picasso, according to Variety. Presented at the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theatre, the play will run from February 4th through March 25th, with opening night set for February 11th.

"Set in 1941, during the German occupation of Paris, Picasso (Goetz) is secreted to a dusty underground vault where he encounters a beautiful young Gestapo art critic-turned interrogator (Downey). The sexy inquisitor's job is to get Picasso to authenticate three of his paintings amidst the vault full of artwork confiscated by the Nazis. It's Picasso under pressure. Who will win this cat-and-mouse game? Meet the Picasso you never knew," according to Geffen notes on the show, which will be directed by Gil Cates.

Downey is best known for her work on TV's "Touched by an Angel," and has also appeared in "The Division," "Second Honeymoon," "A Secret Life," "A Child is Missing," "Diagnosis Murder," and "One Life to Live."  Off-Broadway, she has appeared in Arms and the Man, Aristocrats, Love's Labour's Lost and Tamara.

Goetz has appeared on Broadway in Macbeth, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Sex and Longing, The Government Inspector, Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Queen and the Rebel and Ned & Jack.  He is also a member of the Guthrie Theater Company.  Film and TV work includes "Arrested Development," "The West Wing" and Above Suspicion.

Visit www.geffenplayhouse.com for tickets and more information.