Melissa Leo & Jay O. Sanders to Star in The Argument at the Vineyard

Melissa Leo and Jay O. Sanders will star in Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros' The Argument at the Vineyard Theatre. The production, directed by Maria Mileaf, is scheduled to begin off-Broadway previews on May 14 a change from the originally planned May 11 start date.

Leo earned acclaim for her work as the embattled wife of Benicio del Toro's Jack Jordan in the 2003 film 21 Grams. Her other film work includes The 24-Hour Woman, Fear of Fiction, Code of Ethics and Last Summer in the Hamptons. She has previously appeared off-Broadway in Cinders, Don Juan, Tongue of a Bird, The Vagina Monologues and The Distance From Here.

Sanders recently starred as Sergeant John Falstaff in the off-Broadway musical Lone Star Love. His other theatrical credits include The Exonerated and The Hurdy Gurdy Man. His many film credits include Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Glory, Mr. Destiny, V.I. Warshawski, Meeting Venus, Angels in the Outfield, Kiss the Girls, Along Came a Spider, Second Born and The Day After Tomorrow.

The Argument examines what happens when a couple find themselves at a critical divide in their relationship.