[NEohioPAL] Cesear's Forum TRYING to open at Kennedy's, PSQ

[Greg Cesear]

Cesear's Forum to present Joanna McClelland Glass’ TRYING 


Cesear's Forum will present Joanna McClelland Glass’ TRYING at Kennedy's Down 
Under,  PlayhouseSquare, Cleveland, Ohio, in a limited November/December 
engagement.  The semi-autobiographical play concerns the evolving working relationship 

between cantankerous 81-year-old Judge Francis Biddle (FDR's Attorney General and the 

Chief Justice of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials) and his newly appointed young 

secretary.  At different places in their lives, the title, as dramatized, extracts the mid-
sixties boss-secretary relationship and the immediate perspectives of shared personal 

crises.  TRYING was first presented at the Victory Gardens Theatre in Chicago in the 

spring of 2004, followed by a successful New York run at the Promenade Theatre.  The 

play continues to be produced regionally in the U.S., Canada and England.  

The intersection of American and Canadian perspectives (Ms. Glass was born in 

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan), and of youth and age informs many of Joanna McClelland 

Glass’ plays, which include:  PLAY MEMORY, IF WE ARE WOMEN, TO 

GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE WE GO, YESTERYEAR, ARTICHOKE, CANADIAN 

GOTHIC, AMERICAN MODERN, PALMER PARK and MRS. DEXTER AND HER 

DAILY.  Ms. Glass has written two novels and adapted them into screenplays: 

“Reflections on a Mountain Summer,” and “Woman Wanted.” 

The Cleveland production  features veteran actor and company favorite, Glenn 
Colerider.  Cleveland audiences recognize Mr. Colerider's long history within regional 

venue appearances.  Company appearances include Samuel Beckett’s ALL THAT FALL, 

Yasmina Reza’s THE UNEXPECTED MAN, the collaborative Joseph Chaikin/Sam 

Shepard play WHEN THE WORLD WAS GREEN, Caryl Churchill's BLUE HEART,
James Prideaux’s LAUGHTER IN THE SHADOW OF THE TREES and  Eugene 

Ionesco’s THE CHAIRS. 

Joanna McClelland Glass’ TRYING, Fri. & Sat. at 8 pm, Nov. 4th thru  Dec. 10th, 
Sunday Matinée, Nov. 20th at 3 pm.  All seats $15.  Performances at Kennedy’s Down 

Under, PlayhouseSquare, 1501 Euclid  Avenue, Cleveland.  Call 216-241-6000 or 
www.playhousesquare.org.               
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