Photo Flash: First Look at THE GUARD at Ford's Theatre

Ford's Theatre Society welcomes Tim Getman (Round House's Rapture, Blister, Burn; Fool for Love), Mitchell Hébert (Ford's The Laramie Project), Josh Sticklin (Keegan Theatre's Midsummer Night's Riot), Kathryn Tkel (Kennedy Center's Mockingbird) and Craig Wallace (Ford's The Laramie Project, Our Town, Necessary Sacrifices, others) will comprise the cast of THE GUARD, a world-premiere comedic drama by playwright Jessica Dickey. THE GUARD is directed by Sharon Ott and will play at Ford's Theatre, now through October 18, 2015. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!

THE GUARD opens in a modern-day art museum where three individuals yearn to experience first-hand the wonder and glory of Rembrandt's work. When a museum guard decides to touch a famous Rembrandt painting, a remarkable journey across the ages ensues. Spanning centuries of human experience, THE GUARD movingly explores the power of creative expression and the sacrifices we make in the pursuit of love and beauty.

Mitchell Hébert is cast as both a museum guard and as the Dutch painter Rembrandt in THE GUARD. Craig Wallaceplays both the ancient writer Homer and, later, a 21st-century poet. Josh Sticklin plays a museum guard beginning his first day on the job and later, Rembrandt's son. Tim Getman plays both a time-tested museum guard with a military background and an in-home nurse. Kathryn Tkel plays a copyist in the gallery, and later in the play, Rembrandt's lover.

The play is part of the Woman's Voices Theater Festival -- a celebration of original works by female writers in more than 50 of the Washington region's professional theatres.

Tickets for THE GUARD are now on sale and range $18 to $62 at www.fords.org and Ticketmaster: (800) 982-2787.

Photo Credit: Scott Suchman