Sharon Gless Stars in A ROUND HEELED WOMAN at Theater Artaud in 2010

Z Space in association with Brian Eastman and Richmond Theatre Productions has announced the world premiere of A Round-Heeled Woman starring Sharon Gless, which will run at the Theater Artaud in San Francisco from Jan. 5-Feb. 7, 2010. Opening night is scheduled for Jan. 16 at 8 PM.

Chris Smith will direct the production, which is written by Jane Prowse based on Jane Juska's best-selling book "A Round-Heeled Woman: My Late-Life Adventures in Sex and Romance."

Emmy Award winner Sharon Gless ("Queer as Folk," "Burn Notice," "Nip/Tuck," "Cagney and Lacey") will star in the production, which "follows the real-life adventures of Jane Juska when she courageously decides, at 66 years old, to place a personal ad in The New York Review of Books, that reads, 'Before I turn 67, next March, I would like to have a lot of sex with a man I like. If you want to talk first, Trollope works for me...'"

Say executive artistic director of Z Space Lisa Steindler, "Z Space is thrilled to present the world premiere of this funny, painful, poignant play. The talents of our playwright Jane Prowse, our director Chris Smith, and such an incredible cast transform Juska's powerful real-life story to a live theater experience that audiences, young and old, male and female, won't want to miss."

For tickets and more information call (800) 838-3006 or visit www.zspace.org.

Gless made her stage debut in Lillian Hellman's Watch on the Rhine at Stage West in Springfield, Massachusetts. Gless has extensive stage experience including two appearances in London's West End, first in 1993 with Bill Paterson, when she created the role of Annie Wilkes in the stage version of Stephen King's Misery at the Criterion Theatre, and then in 1996, where she appeared opposite Tom Conti in Neil Simon's Chapter 2, at the Gielgud Theatre. She recently starred at Chicago playhouse The Victory Gardens Theater in Claudia Allen's Cahoots, as well as several stints, including an evening at Madison Square Garden with the National Company of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues.