Photo Flash: First Look at Steven Carl McCasland's LITTLE WARS Off-Broadway

It's France, 1940. Tensions are high. The booze is flowing. War is coming. Inspired by one of the literary world's most famous scandals, Steven Carl McCasland's LITTLE WARS features Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, Gertrude Stein, Agatha Christie, Alice B. Toklas and Muriel Gardiner having the best what-if dinner party imaginable. Together they'll drink, scoff and face their demons. Everyone has a confession. Someone has a secret.

LITTLE WARS is part of the month-long celebration of five plays by Steven Carl McCasland running in repertory from May 7 through May 31 at The Clarion Theatre. Each play focuses on a different real-life story, with a cast of 25 portraying some of history's most intriguing characters. View the trailer here.

The cast of LITTLE WARS features Polly McKie as Gertrude Stein, Pennylynn White as Alice B. Toklas,Kristen Gehling as Muriel Gardner, Kimberly Faye Greenberg as Lillian Hellman, Kim Rogers as Agatha Christie, Dorothy Weems as Dorothy Parker and Samantha Hoefer as Bernadette.

Lighting design is by Molly Tied. Costume design is by Somie Pak. Hailli Ridsdale is the production stage manager. John Capo Public Relations is the publicist.

The performance schedule for LITTLE WARS is as follows: Thursday, May 7 at 7pm, Saturday, May 9 at 5pm, Wednesday, May 13 at 2pm, Sunday, May 17 at 1pm, Friday, May 22 at 8pm, Saturday, May 23 at 8pm, Sunday, May 24 at 2pm, Wednesday, May 27 at 7pm, and Saturday, May 30 at 8pm. Tickets can be purchased at BeautifulSoup.Showclix.com. The Clarion Theatre is located at 309 East 26th Street in New York City.

Photo Credit: Samantha Mercado-Tudda