Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with HANDLE WITH CARE Off-Broadway

Handle With Care is the new romantic comedy by Emmy Award Nominee Jason Odell Williams, directed by Karen Carpenter (Love, Loss and What I Wore). Handle With Care will begin performances on Tuesday, December 3 and will open on Sunday, December 15 at The Westside Theatre Downstairs at 407 W 43rd Street. Handle With Care is being presented by Bandwagon Productions & Douglas Denoff and Joe Sirola, Sara Crown Star, Neil Gooding Productions and Judith D. Rubin, in association with Dasha Theatricals and Laurel International Holdings. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in rehearsal below!

Handle With Care is the new romantic comedy that tells the story of a young Israeli woman who reluctantly travels with her grandmother to America. Fate and hilarious circumstances bring together the young woman, who has little command of English, and a young American man with little command of romance. Is their inevitable love an accident? Or destiny generations in the making?

The cast includes Tony nominee & Broadway legend Ms. Lawrence Lawrence (West Side Story, Kiss of the Spider Woman, etc.), Charlotte Cohn (Broadway: Coram Boy, Baz Luhrmann's La Boheme), Sheffield Chastain (Broadway: White Christmas, Is He Dead? and The 39 Steps: National Tour), and Jonathan Sale (The Shape of Things, Soldier's Play ).

HANDLE WITH CARE, written by Jason Odell Williams; directed by Karen Carpenter, begins performances on December 3, 2013. Performance schedule Tuesday at 7PM, Wednesday-Saturday at 8PM; Wednesday & Saturday at 2PM; Sunday at 3PM. Running time is 1 hour, 45 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission. Westside Theatre is located at 407 W 43rd Street , between 9th and 10th Avenues. Tickets are $79. Premium seating available. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.handlewithcaretheplay.com, TeleCharge.com or call 212-239-6200.

Photo Credit: Douglas Denoff

Actress Carol Lawrence holding her book

Actress Charlotte Cohn with Director Karen Carpenter

Actresses Carol Lawrence & Charlotte Cohn

Director Karen Carpenter and actress Carol Lawrence

Playwright Jason Odell Williams

The cast, inclding Charlotte Cohn, Sheffield Chastain & Jonathan Sale

The HANDLE WITH CARE Company