After closely guarding the plot through most of the development process, Mamet revealed the main details in mid-September: "In my play a firm made up of three lawyers, two black and one white, is offered the chance to defend a white man charged with a crime against a black young woman. It is a play about lies. All drama is about lies. When the lie is exposed, the play is over."
The playwright directs a cast that boasts the talents of James Spader, David Alan Grier, Kerry Washington and Richard Thomas.
