Lawrence Wright's CAMP DAVID Heading to Broadway Next Season

BroadwayWorld can confirm that President Jimmy Carter will soon bow on The Great White Way.

Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright's latest work, CAMP DAVID, which premiered at Arena Stage in Washington D.C., is officially headed to Broadway, with hopes of landing sometime during the 2016-17 season, reps announced today. Directed by Molly Smith, CAMP DAVID will be produced by Steve Traxler and Gerald Rafshoon.

According to press notes, "The play offers a gripping day-by-day account of the 1978 Camp David conference, when President Carter persuaded Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to sign the first peace treaty in the modern Middle East, one which endures to this day."

Before it makes the trip to New York, CAMP DAVID will run May 13-June 19, 2016 at The Old Globe in San Diego.

When it premiered, CAMP DAVID starred Tony Award nominee Hallie Foote (Broadway's Dividing the Estate) as Rosalynn Carter, Egyptian actor and activist Khaled Nabawy (Kingdom of Heaven, Fair Game) as Anwar Sadat, Tony Award winner Ron Rifkin (Alias, Broadway's Cabaret) as Menachem Begin and Emmy Award winner Richard Thomas (The Waltons) as President Jimmy Carter.

CAMP DAVID is based upon Wright's 'Thirteen Days in September,' which was named one of the ;Top 10 Books of 2014 by The New York Times, placed on Amazon.com's Editors' List of the Best Books of 2014 and more.

BroadwayWorld will keep you updated as CAMP DAVID's trek to Broadway firms up, and as always, much, much more.

Pictured: Cast of CAMP DAVID at Arena Stage