CHICAGO And More Set for Gingold Theatrical Group 2026 Play Reading Season

Gingold Theatrical Group (David Staller, Artistic Director; Isaiah Josiah, Managing Producer) announced casting for Oscar Wilde’s A Woman of No Importance. This Project Shaw event features the award-winning actor Charles Busch (Ibsen’s Ghost, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife), Christopher Borg (Ibsen’s Ghost, The Confession of Lily Dare), Rodd Cyrus (Ragtime), Kate Hampton (Marjorie Prime, Birthday Candles), Tony Award® nominee Tom Hewitt (Hadestown, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil), Tony Award® nominee John-Andrew Morrison (Oh Mary, A Strange Loop), Naima Randolph, Tony Award® nominee Mary Testa (Night Side Songs, Oklahoma!) Lenny Wolpe (Midnight Street, Heartbreak House), and Tony Award® winner Karen Ziemba (Monte Cristo, Arms and the Man). Directed by Carl Andress (The Confession of Lily Dare, The Tribute Artist).

This One-Night-Only performance is set for Monday, April 20, at 7 PM at The Players, 16 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003. Tickets are available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oscar-wildes-a-woman-of-no-importance-tickets-1982697548741?aff=oddtdtcreator.

“The combination of Wilde, Busch, and this glorious cast will knock everyone’s socks off”, says Gingold Artistic Director David Staller. “As popular as Oscar Wilde’s work is, so few people admit to knowing this sparklingly surprising play, so we’re particularly delighted to share it with everyone. It’s a powerful piece about standing up for women’s rights, as well, which clearly is still an issue as powerfully relevant today!”

Join GTG for a scandalous comedy of secrets and social scandal in Oscar Wilde’s A Woman of No Importance. At the heart of the story, Lord Illingworth hires Gerald Arbuthnot as his private secretary—only to discover he is his illegitimate son! Long-buried truths about Mrs. Arbuthnot and Lord Illingworth surface, forcing everyone to confront past choices and consider their futures.

These unique Script-In-Hand performances always sell out quickly! Stick around for a post-show discussion!
 

This event features general seating. For reserved seats or season discounts, please contact the Gingold office: 212.355.7823 info@gingoldgroup.org.

ABOUT GINGOLD THEATRICAL GROUP

Gingold Theatrical Group, now in its 21st year, creates theater that supports human rights, freedom of speech, and individual liberty using the work of George Bernard Shaw as our guide. Through full productions, staged readings, new play development, and educational programs, GTG brings Shaw’s humanist ideals to inspire peaceful discussion and activism. GTG’s past productions include Man and Superman (2012), You Never Can Tell (2013), Major Barbara (2014), Widowers’ Houses (2016), Heartbreak House (2018), Caesar & Cleopatra (2019), Candida (2022), Arms and the Man (2023), The Devil’s Disciple (2024), and Pygmalion (2025)

Founded in 2006 by David Staller, GTG has carved a permanent niche for the work of George Bernard Shaw within the social and cultural life of New York City, and, through the Project Shaw reading series, made history in 2009 as the first company ever to present performances of every one of Shaw's 65 plays (including full-length works, one-acts and sketches). GTG brings together performers, critics, students, academics and the general public with the opportunity to explore and perform theatrical work inspired by the humanitarian and activist values that Shaw championed. All comedies, these plays boldly exhibit the insight, wit, passion and all-encompassing socio-political focus that distinguished Shaw as one of the most inventive and incisive writers of all time.

Major support for GTG is provided by The Buchwald Family Foundation, City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, The Helen M. DeMario Foundation, Golden Globe Foundation, Herman Goldman Foundation, Government of Ireland Emigrant Support Programme, Marta Heflin Foundation, Michael Tuch Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor & New York State Legislature, Shubert Foundation, Pamela Singleton, and The National Endowment for the Arts.

ABOUT THE PLAYERS

Founded in 1888 by legendary actor Edwin Booth, The Players Club has long been a historic hub for New York City’s theatrical and artistic community. Located at 16 Gramercy Park South, the club has hosted generations of performances, readings, and cultural gatherings in its elegant spaces. Gingold Theatrical Group’s signature program, Project Shaw, began at The Players in 2006, and we are thrilled to mark its auspicious return in 2025 in honor of the program’s 20th anniversary, celebrating two decades of presenting thought-provoking theater inspired by the works of George Bernard Shaw.

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