Award-Winning Zero Hour Moves to Actors Temple; Tickets Now On Sale

Jim Brochu’s Zero Hour, winner of the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance, is moving to The Actors Temple off-Broadway. Written and performed by Brochu and directed by Piper Laurie, Zero Hour tells the story of the life of legendary actor Zero Mostel. Performances begin at The Actors Temple on June 12, 2010.

Zero Hour is set at Mostel’s West 28th Street painting studio where a naive reporter attempts to interview the famously volatile actor, prompting an explosion of memory, humor, outrage and juicy backstage lore. It is July 1977, and Mostel, who gained fame as the star of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Fiddler on the Roof, is giving his final interview before leaving for the pre-Broadway tryout of The Merchant in Philadelphia. Mostel played only one performance as Shylock before his sudden death at the age of 62.

Brochu’s play was originally produced in Los Angeles in 2006, where it received the LA Stage Ovation Award for Best New Play. It has since played engagements in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Houston and Florida, which won Brochu the 2009 Carbonell Award as Best Actor in a Play. The show began performances in New York in November of 2009 at St. Clement’s Theatre. It then moved to off-Broadway’s DR2 Theatre, where it concludes performances on May 30.

Tickets are now on sale for this acclaimed production, so get yours today!