Director Darko Tresnjak has rediscovered another classic comedy.
In the sophisticated 1950s comedy, The Pleasure of His Company, by Samuel Taylor and Cornelia Otis Skinner, San Francisco debutante Jessica Poole is planning her marriage to Napa Valley cattle rancher Roger Henderson, and hopes her father, the international playboy “Pogo” Poole, whom she hasn't seen in 15 years, will come to give her away at the
wedding. But his arrival disrupts the entire household as he tries to entice Jessica into traveling the world with him, show up her fiancé, and win back the affections of his ex-wife. While his debonair style at first dazzles his daughter, he soon comes to realize that charm alone is no substitute for parental responsibility.
Starring Broadway's Patrick Page (Dancing in the Dark, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) as the irresistible Biddeford Poole. In addition, the cast includes Jim Abele as “Jim Dougherty,” Erin Chambers as “Jessica Poole,” Ellen Karas as “Katharine Dougherty,” Ned Schmidtke (Sea of Tranquility, A Body of Water, Blue/Orange) as Mackenzie Savage,” Sab Shimono as “Toy” and Old Globe/USD MFA graduate Matt Biedel as “Roger Henderson.”.
The Pleasure of His Company is set in a Presidio home overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.
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