Stan Wojewodski, Jr. directs the staging which plays in the Old Globe Theatre, Sept. 13-Oct. 26.

Set in the 1930s aboard an ocean liner crossing the Atlantic, the work is adapted from Ferenc Molnar's Play at the Castle. The author of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Real Thing, Arcadia, and The Invention of Love delves into this story in which a musical-comedy writing team and their speech impaired composer race to complete their new work before they port.

The cast includes Alan Coates, Christian Clemenson, Adam Greer, Mark Nelson, Jennifer Roszell, Marc Vietor, Deborah Annette Heinig, Bethany Smith and Emmelyn Thayer.

The design team includes John Coyne (scenic), Katherine Roth (costume), David F. Segal (lighting) and Paul Peterson (sound). Karl Mansfield serves as musical director and Bonnie Johnston handles musical staging.

The season opener initiates a newly structured season for the southern California venue — which now runs September to June. The complete season lineup (subject to change) is as follows: