CURRENT PRODUCTION

Cesear's Forum will present Joanna McClelland Glass' TRYING at Kennedy's Down Under, PlayhouseSquare, Cleveland, Ohio, in a limited November/December engagement. The semi-autobiographical play concerns the evolving working relationship between cantankerous 81-year-old Judge Francis Biddle (FDR's Attorney General and the Chief Justice of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials) and his newly appointed young secretary. At different places in their lives, the title, as dramatized, extracts the mid-sixties boss-secretary relationship and the immediate perspectives of shared personal crises. TRYING was first presented at the Victory Gardens Theatre in Chicago in the spring of 2004, followed by a successful New York run at the Promenade Theatre. The play continues to be produced regionally in the U.S., Canada and England.

The intersection of American and Canadian perspectives (Ms. Glass was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan), and of youth and age informs many of Joanna McClelland Glass' plays, which include: PLAY MEMORY, IF WE ARE WOMEN, TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WE GO, YESTERYEAR, ARTICHOKE, CANADIAN GOTHIC, AMERICAN MODERN, PALMER PARK and MRS. DEXTER AND HER DAILY. Ms. Glass has written two novels and adapted them into screenplays: "Reflections on a Mountain Summer," and "Woman Wanted."

Glenn Colerider and Tricia Bestic

The Cleveland production features Glenn Colerider and Tricia Bestic. Cleveland audiences recognize Mr. Colerider's long history within regional venue appearances. Company appearances include Samuel Beckett's ALL THAT FALL, Yasmina Reza's THE UNEXPECTED MAN, the collaborative Joseph Chaikin/Sam Shepard play WHEN THE WORLD WAS GREEN and Caryl Churchill's BLUE HEART. Tricia Bestic, in her Cesear's Forum debut, is no stranger to Playhouse Square audiences where she appeared in Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Robert's I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE and Gerard Alessandrini's musical revue parody, FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT. Regional appearances include Caryl Churchill's CLOUD NINE and the Dale Wasserman stage adaptation of Ken Kesey's ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST.

Joanna McClelland Glass' TRYING, Fri. & Sat. at 8 pm, Nov. 4th thru Dec. 10th, Sunday Matinée, Nov. 20th at 3 pm. All seats $15. Performances at Kennedy's Down Under, PlayhouseSquare, 1501 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Call 216-241-6000 or www.playhousesquare.org.