Scheider is perhaps best known for his role in the film "Jaws." The actor has appeared on the Broadway stage in Tartuffe and Betrayal. Also known for such other film credits as "The French Connection," "Marathon Man," "All That Jazz," and "The Myth of Fingerprints." Scheider steps in for previously announced Anthony LaPaglia — a Tony Award winner for A View From The Bridge — who canceled his appearance due to a scheduling conflict.

Culled from the letters of legendary blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo — the playwright's father — Trumbo tells the story of one of the "Hollywood Ten" who went before the House Un-American Activities Committee. After refusing to answer questions about his political affiliations, Trumbo was fired from MGM and imprisoned for a year.

Peter Askin (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Sexaholix... a love story) directs the work presented by Claudia Catania and the Westside Theatre with the help of People For the American Way. The actors utilize a script-in-hand technique as employed in such other rotating cast works as The Vagina Monologues and The Guys.

Bill Irwin, Aidan Quinn as well as returning stars Richard Dreyfuss and Tim Robbins are also scheduled to play the title role. Actors Ed Harris, Chris Cooper, Alec Baldwin, Eddie Izzard and Nathan Lane were featured in previous performances. Paul Giamatti, Michael Silver and Gordon MacDonald have alternately played the show's other role of son/narrator Christopher Trumbo. The current lineup is as follows: