November 4, 5, 11, 12 7:30 pm
November 6, 13 2:30 pmat the Historic Sunset Theatre
Downtown Asheboro
This comedy is based on the true story of how,
in 1939, David O. Selznick stopped production on the movie Gone
with the Wind three weeks into shooting. He hated the script; it
had to be rewritten. With the stalled production costing him fifty
thousand dollars per day, there was only one writer in Hollywood who
could save the film: the legendary Ben Hecht. Selznick, Hecht, and
director Victor Fleming camp out in Selznick's office to do the deed
over the course of 7 days - all they can afford to stall the
production. To their horror, they soon discover that Hecht has never
read the book and knows nothing about the characters. Only in
Hollywood could something destined to turn out so wrong turn out so
right!
Characters:
David O. Selznick - Head of Selznick International Pictures and a
self-made King of Hollywood; a crass, high-energy, slightly
eccentric movie producer; mid-30's.
Victor Fleming - A movie director; known as a "man's man," much more
comfortable behind the camera than in front of it; 50-ish.
Ben Hecht - A brilliant screenwriter with a fondness for the grape;
40's.
Miss Peabody - Selznick's highly efficient secretary. She, even more
than Selznick, loves the book Gone with the Wind, is thrilled
that it is being turned into a movie and feels a personal devotion
to its outcome; 20's-40's.
Director: Scott Lilly
Stage Manager: Joe Thatcher
