Grand Horizons
by Bess Wohl
Originally produced at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA
July 17 - 28, 2019
About the Premiere Production:
Synopsis: Bill and Nancy (Tony Award nominee Jamey Sheridan and Academy, Golden Globe, and Emmy Award nominee JoBeth Williams) have been happily married for fifty years. They can finish each other’s sentences and anticipate each other’s every sigh, snore, and sneeze. But there’s one thing nobody could have anticipated: Nancy wants out. As their adult sons Brian and Ben (Emmy Award nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson andTony Award nominee Thomas Sadoski) descend on the Grand Horizons senior living community, the walls of the French family as-they-know-it come crumbling down. Directed by Tony Award nominee Leigh Silverman, Bess Wohl’s world premiere play takes an intimate, funny, and painful look at the nature of love over time.
Director: Leigh Silverman
Set Designer: Clint Ramos
Lighting Designer: Jen Schriever
Costume Designer: Clint Ramos
Sound Designer:Palmer Hefferan
Cast: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Priscilla Lopez, Maulik Pancholy, Thomas Sadoski, Jamey Sheridan, JoBeth Williams
Additional funders: Sponsored by Elizabeth & Scott Delman, Jacqueline & Albert Togut
Award Wins and Nominations
Tony Award®
Best Play
2020 Nominee
Produced by Second Stage Theater (Carole Rothman, President & Artistic Director)
Subsequently produced by Williamstown Theatre Festival (Mandy Greenfield, Artistic Director)
Written by Bess Wohl
Best Performance By An Actress In A Featured Role In A Play
2020 Nominee
Jane Alexander
Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Scenic Design For A Play
2020 Winner
Scenic Design by Clint Ramos
Subsequent Productions:
- Kansas City Actors Theatre Kansas City, MO August 16, 2023 - September 3, 2023
- Stage West in Fort Worth, TX August 31, 2023 - October 1, 2023
- Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati in Cincinnati, OH January 14, 2023 - February 5, 2023
- Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble in Bloomsburg, PA April 27, 2023 - May 21, 2023