Wesley Taylor, Howard McGillin & Daniel Davis to Lead Project Shaw's THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE, 12/16

Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW, under the leadership of Artistic Director, David Staller, presents George Bernard Shaw's 1897 comedy, The Devil's Disciple, on Monday, December 16 at 7pm, at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (2895 Broadway at 95th St.).

Directed by David Staller, The Devil's Disciple features Wesley Taylor (Richard Dudgeon), Tony nominees Howard McGillin (Rev. Anthony Anderson) and Daniel Davis (General Burgoyne), Margaret Loesser Robinson (Judith Anderson), Emma Wisniewski (Essie), Carol Schultz(Mrs. Dudgeon), Ben Charles (Christopher Dudgeon), Sidney J. Burgoyne (Lawyer Hawkins), Richard O'Brien (Titus Dudgeon), Joseph Bowen (William Dudgeon), Drew McVety (Sergeant), Dominic Cuskern (Major Swindon). Wall Street Journal theater critic Terry Teachout will be narrator.

The Devil's Disciple, written in 1897, is Bernard Shaw's classic comedy that employs the unlikely backdrop of the American Revolution. Some of Shaw's most entertainingly iconographic characters fill out this story of revolt: of one country against another as well as of the inexhaustible battle of the human spirit -- how we choose to create and define ourselves in the face of societal expectations. In this play, we find ourselves in a 1777 New Hampshire village where Dick Dudgeon opens his heart to life. Along the way, everyone goes through profound changes of discovery, hope and strength.

Project Shaw events for 2014 have also been announced and include Arms and the Man (January 27); The Philanderer (February 24); St. Patrick's Day Gala (March 17); An Oscar Wilde Evening (April 14), Heartbreak House (May 12), Getting Married (June 23), A 'Super Shaw' Evening (July 28), Village Wooing (September 29), An Ibsen Evening (October 27), The Millionairess (November 24) Major Barbara (December 22).

Now in its eighth year, Gingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw made history in December 2009 as the first company ever to present performances of every one of Shaw's 65 plays (including full-length works, one-acts and sketches). GTG presents an annual festival, SHAW NEW YORK, which includes a fully-mounted Shaw play. Its 2013 festival presented Shaw's You Never Can Tell as a co-production with The Pearl Theatre Company, and was filmed for the Theatre on Film and Tape Collection for the NYPL Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center.

Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre space is completely disabled accessible. Symphony Space is located in Manhattan at 2537 Broadway (at 95th Street). Tickets, priced $30, are now available by calling (212) 352-3101 or online at www.symphonyspace.org.