Photo Flash: First Look at Dana Delany, Steven Weber and More in South Coast Rep's THE PARISIAN WOMAN

THE PARISIAN WOMAN by Beau Willimon, inspired by Henri Becque's La Parisienne and directed by Pam MacKinnon, runs now through May 5, 2013 on the Julianne Argyros Stage. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Willimon sets The Parisian Woman in the Capitol Hill section of Washington, D.C., where powerful friends are the only kind worth having. This provocative comedy about bad conduct in high places puts lust in bed with ambition. At the center is Chloe, an über-operator armed with charm, wit and sensuality. She uses all the arrows in her quiver to help her husband nab an important government post. How far will this unorthodox couple go to climb up the political ladder? Willimon's inspiration for the play came from Henri Becque's La Parisienne.

The cast features Steven Culp (Peter), Dana Delany (Chloe), Linda Gehringer (Jeanette), Rebecca Mozo (Rebecca), and Steven Weber (Tom).

CREATIVE TEAM: Marion Williams - Scenic Design; David Kay Mickelsen - Costume Design; Lap Chi Chu - Lighting Design; Cricket S. Myers - Sound Design; Kelly L. Miller - Dramaturg; and Sue Karutz - Stage Manager.

Beau Willimon iis currently executive producer and show-runner of Netflix's original series "House of Cards" starring Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright. His play Farragut North, became the basis for the motion picture screenplay The Ides of March, which he co-wrote with George Clooney and Grant Heslov. The Ides of March earned Willimon Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay, and it won The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Award for Best Screenplay. Other plays include Lower Ninth (Flea Theater, 2008), and Spirit Control (Manhattan Theatre Club, 2010). Willimon was a recipient of the Lila Acheson Wallace-Juilliard Playwriting Fellowship, named 2008 Playwright-in-Residence at the Donmar Warehouse, and he is a two-time winner of the Lincoln Center Le Comte du Nouy Award. Recently he co-founded WestwaRD Productions, a film and television Production Company, with Jordan Tappis. Forthcoming projects include Wally and Andre Shoot Ibsen-a film adaptation of Ibsen's play Master Builder developed by Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, directed by Jonathan Demme. Westward is also developing two documentaries: Odyssey, about adventure traveler Karl Bushby's quest to circumnavigate the globe on foot, and Westerly, about Westerly Windina, a transgender Australian woman formerly known as legendary pro-surfer Peter Drouyn.

For tickets, call (714) 708-5555 or visit www.scr.org. Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory is located at 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, Calif.

Photo Credit: Henry DiRocco/SCR

Dana Delany and Linda Gehringer

Dana Delany, Linda Gehringer and Rebecca Mozo

Dana Delany, Steven Weber and Steven Culp

Dana Delany and Linda Gehringer

Steven Culp, Dana Delany and Steven Weber

Dana Delany and Steven Weber

Dana Delany and Steven Weber