NEW. SEEKING DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS. Roger B. Thorncroft was a "King of Broadway" until he assaulted a young understudy while they ran lines in his dressing room. Now shunned in New York, his career on life support, Roger has gone home to Waterloo, Iowa, where the artistic director of The St. Helena Theater (an old friend) is happy to cast an exiled Tony winner to play an exiled Napoleon in Napoleon’s Garden, the show that just won Waterloo’s Napoleon New Play Contest. While Roger finds the parallels between his situation and Napoleon's uncomfortable, he is determined to make this the first engagement in a campaign to reconquer Broadway. Already, an important theatre company in Los Angeles is interested in casting Roger in a major production that's expected to transfer to Broadway—provided there are no problems or further incidents in Waterloo. Unfortunately, there are nothing but problems in Waterloo. Problem #1 is Penelope Shaw, the young writer and director of Napoleon’s Garden. Penelope is trying to escape an abusive relationship, herself. She is triggered by Roger's presence, and her rewrites are making the parallels between Roger and Napoleon intolerably obvious. Furthermore, local students have gotten wind of Roger's presence and are threatening protests. With The St. Helena’s Board of Directors ready to cancel Napoleon’s Garden, Roger must decide just how far he'll go to save his career, and Penelope must find the strength and resilience to start hers.

Cast Summary: 2 (1F, 1M)

Content Warning: Making Napoleon's Garden includes discussions of sexual assault and domestic abuse. It also depicts injuries resulting from domestic abuse.