The Chicago Sun-Times called it "One of the finest pieces of theatre I have seen in many years"¦a glittering, diamond-hard script that is all but flawless." And Scene Magazine has proclaimed that "This show is a must-see, whether you are in your twenties, your eighties, somewhere in between or on either side."

Trying tells the story of Sarah Schorr, a 25 year old woman from Saskatchewan who arrives for her first day of work as the new secretary of Judge Francis Biddle, an American lawyer and judge who is most famous as the primary American judge during the Nuremberg trials after World War II. A cantankerous and imposing octogenarian, Judge Biddle is a force to be reckoned with as the relationship between these two headstrong, yet irrefutably different, people grows.

Centaur is very proud to present this fine play written by Canadian born Joanna McClelland Glass, who's character, Sarah is based on Joanna's own personal experience, when in the fall of 1967, Joanna McClelland Glass had just moved to Washington with her new husband and was hired as Judge Biddle's secretary. In thinking about subject material for a play, Glass had attempted to write a play about Biddle in his prime, but found greater success when confronting his final struggles. Biddle; Philadelphia blueblood, Attorney General under Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Chief American Justice at the Nuremburg Trials, found no greater challenge than dealing with his own mortality.

Playwright and novelist Joanna McClelland Glass' plays have been produced all over North America, in England, Ireland, Australia and Germany. She is the author of Canadian Gothic, American Modern, Artichoke, To Grandmother's House We Go, Play Memory (nominated for a Tony Award),Yesteryear and If We Are Women. Glass has also written two novels: Reflections on a Mountain Summer, and Woman Wanted, which was adapted to film in 1998, starring and directed by Kiefer Sutherland, also starring Holly Hunter and Michael Moriarty. Glass has been the recipient of a Rockefeller grant award, and was playwright in residence at Yale Repertory Theatre. She has also received grants from the National Endowment of Arts, and the Guggenheim Fellowship.

Centaur's production is directed by Rona Waddington. She is the current Artistic Director of Lunchbox Theatre in Calgary, where she most recently directed Anton Chekhov's The Bear and David Sedaris' The SantaLand Diaries. Next season, she looks forward to directing three world premieres: by Governor General Award winning playwright Vern Thiessen; Canadian comic writer Norm Foster; and Calgary playwright Ethan Cole. Other directing credits include The American Conservatory Theatre, Sudbury Theatre Centre, The Grand Theatre, Theatre de Nesle (Paris, France) and Port Stanley Festival Theatre, of which she was also Artistic Director. As an actor, Rona has performed at such theatres as the National Arts Centre, Theatre New Brunswick, The Great Canadian Theatre Company, Theatre Orangeville, Theatre Passe Muraille, and Theatre Michel (Paris, France). Rona was a member of the Tarragon Playwright's Unit under Urjo Karenda and her plays have been produced by the New York State Theatre Institute, Red Barn Theatre, Lighthouse Festival Theatre, Upper Canada Playhouse and MetroStage in Washington D.C.

Starring in the role of Sara Schorr is Stephanie Breton alongside Frank Moore as Judge Biddle. Trying Set and Costume design is by Elli Bunton, lighting design by Luc Prairie, stage management by Merissa Tordjman with Apprentice Stage Manager Vincent Absi. -- www.centaurtheatre.com