Peil, Payton-Wright Set for Things You Least Expect in NJ

Theatre veterans Mary Beth Peil and Pamela Payton-Wright will headline the world premiere of The Things You Least Expect, a new play by Joan Vail Thorne (The Exact Center of the Universe).  The play will run at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, NJ from October 3rd through October 29th.

Directed by George Street artistic director David Saint, the production will star Peil and Payton-Wright, as well as Jessica Dickey and Curtis Mark Williams. 

"Tired of living by someone else's rules, a woman (Peil) on the 'dim, mysterious side of sixty' sets out on the journey of her life, in search of the missing person she was meant to be.  New vitality begins to flow through her veins when she falls in love with a much younger man and begins to see the fullness of the world around her.  But will her new view on life prepare her to face 'things she least expects,' when she returns home?," as production notes describe the show.  Payton-Wright will play the sister of Peil's character.

Peil is a Tony Award-nominee for her performance in the 1985 revival of The King and I.  She has also been seen on Broadway in Nine.  Best known to TV audiences for her work on "Dawson's Creek," she won an Obie Award for her performances in Missing Persons, A Cheever Evening, and The Naked Truth, and was also recently seen in the Atlantic Theater Company's double bill of Harold Pinter's Celebration and The Room.

Payton-Wright, who is currently appearing Off-Broadway in Indian Blood, won a Drama Desk Award for her work in Mourning Becomes Electra.  The actress, who plays "Addie" Cramer on "One Life to Live," has also appeared on Broadway in Long Day's Journey Into Night, The Night of the Iguana, M. Butterfly and The Glass Menagerie, among others.  Off-Broadway credits include The Day Emily Married, Fifth of July and Richard III.

Visit www.georgestplayhouse.org for more information.