Talkback with Playwright and Director of RESOLVING HEDDA this Saturday

Playwright Jon Klein will join the director and members of the cast of the current hit comedy Resolving Hedda for a post-show talkback on Saturday, March 30. A resounding hit with critics and audiences, Resolving Hedda invites audiences to play along with a Hedda Gabler who breaks out of Ibsen's well-made play and wreaks comic havoc while her fellow characters struggle to adapt to their heroine's newfound rebellion. The talkback, free to ticket holders, will begin at 5:00 pm, immediately following the Saturday matinee performance.

Playwright Jon Klein is the author of over thirty plays, produced Off-Broadway as well as at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arena Stage, Philadelphia's Arden Theatre, Center Stage in Baltimore, South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, Alliance Theatre in Atlanta and Alley Theatre in Houston. He is probably best known for his play T Bone N Weasel, with more than a hundred productions throughout the US, and which he adapted for a TNT Network film, starring Gregory Hines and Christopher Lloyd. Jon is also the author of the only authorized stage adaptation of the famous children's book Bunnicula by James and Deborah Howe, which has received over a hundred productions in the US and Canada, including a national tour. He was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for his critically acclaimed Young Robin Hood, which made its world premiere at the Round House Theatre.

Joining Klein and cast for the post-show discussion will be the play's director, WSG Associate Artistic Director Steven Carpenter. His many directing credits at WSG include On Approval, Inventing Van Gogh, Red Herring, Darwin in Malibu and A Skull in Connemara. He received a Helen Hayes Award nomination for directing Thief River at Theater Alliance. Other area directing credits include productions at Rep Stage, Theater J and Compass Rose Theatre. Also a Helen Hayes Award acting nominee, Steven has played many roles for the Washington Stage Guild, most recently as Joseph Tooker in Summerland and as Senator E. W. Higgins in last season's Alabama Story.

Resolving runs through Sunday, April 14 at The Undercroft Theatre of Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church, 900 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. The Undercroft Theatre is located in the heart of downtown Washington, on the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and 9th Street, NW. It's steps from the Convention Center, and blocks from the National Mall, the Smithsonian, the Verizon Center, Chinatown, and restaurants galore! For tickets and information, visit www.stageguild.org.Hedda

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