The Great Game by D. Tucker Smith coming to B'way

Broadway Producers Randall L. Wreghitt ('The Miracle Worker,' 'Grey Gardens,' 'Lieutenant of Inishmore') and Jana Robbins ('Ragtime,' 'Little Women - The Musical') have announced that they will bring The Great Game, a new drama/play by D. Tucker Smith (Broadway debut), to Broadway in the 2011-2012 season.

Tony nominated director Sheryl Kaller ('Next Fall') will direct the production. Casting and theatre will be announced in the weeks to come.

Wreghitt says, "We really feel that Sheryl Kaller's keen insights into the human condition will help to realize every aspect of D.Tucker Smith's romantic adventure." He adds, "We so admired her Tony-nominated work on 'Next Fall,' and knew she had the right sensibility to explore the cultural and social changes our piece examines while finding the thrills and romance that keep The Great Game so entertaining."

For George Hayward and Safia Das, 1870 is rife with danger, espionage, and unexpected love. Their cultures collide as they each find themselves in the other's territory: he in the snow-swept mountains of Central Asia, she in the cobbled jungle of London. Their journeys could forever change the map of England's prized jewel and alter a family fixed in the fading traditions of changing times. In a contest of wit and intrigue where the stakes are nothing less than life, love, and empire, who will win The Great Game?

D. Tucker Smith (Playwright) the author of several full-length plays including 'The Great Game' (premier, Theater Previews at Duke), 'Quake,' and 'Catalog. 'Short plays: 'The Knockout Suit' (Finalist, Samuel French Short Play Festival), 'Overnight Delivery' and 'Patriot Act,' (both finalists in the NYC 15-Minute Play Festival). Screenplays: "The Rose Quilt," "The Eleventh Commandment." The Great Game marks his Broadway debut.

Sheryl Kaller (Director) most recently received a Tony Nomination for Best Director for the Broadway production of 'Next Fall' by Geoffrey Nauffts, which also received a Tony Nomination for Best Play.