ZERO HOUR Star Jim Brochu To Perform Show Excerpts At St. Francis College, 1/28

Jim Brochu, author and star of the hit Off-Broadway play, "ZERO HOUR," will perform excerpts from the show at his alma mater, St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights (180 Remsen Street), this Thursday, January 28th at 11 a.m. Brochu will also lead an open discussion on "ZERO HOUR" and the craft of acting. The event is free and open to the public.

"We are delighted that Jim is coming back home to spend time with our students," said St. Francis Drama and Performance Professor Kate Grant. "He is an amazing role model of what is possible and our students will be able to learn so much from his vast and varied experience."

"ZERO HOUR" opened on November 22nd to rave reviews at Theatre at St. Clement's (423 West 46th Street). The producers recently announced that the show will move to the DR2 Theatre (103 East 15th Street) on February 24th for an open-ended run. Three-time Academy Award nominee Piper Laurie directs "ZERO HOUR," which was originally produced in Los Angeles where it received the Ovation Award for Best New Play. And just this week, "ZERO HOUR" received two Helen Hayes Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor and Outstanding Non-Resident Production.

Starring Jim Brochu as Zero Mostel, "ZERO HOUR" is set at Mostel's West 28th Street painting studio where a naïve reporter attempts to interview the famously volatile actor, prompting an explosion of memory, humor, outrage, and juicy backstage lore. It is July 1977 and the actor is giving his final interview before leaving for the pre-Broadway tryout of "The Merchant" in Philadelphia. Mostel only played one performance as Shylock before his sudden death at the age of 62.

"ZERO HOUR" traces Mostel's early days growing up on the Lower East Side as the son of Orthodox Jewish immigrant parents, through his rise as a stand-up comedian, from the Borscht Belt to Manhattan's most exclusive supper clubs, and from the devastation of the blacklist to his greatest Broadway triumphs, most notably as Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof" and working through his love-hate relationship with Jerome Robbins.

The Off-Broadway premiere of "ZERO HOUR" is produced by Kurt Peterson and Edmund Gaynes in association with The Peccadillo Theater Company.

For more information about "ZERO HOUR," visit www.ZeroHourShow.com.