West Palm Beach's only resident professional theatre, Palm Beach Dramaworks kicks off its 9th anniversary season with one of the greatest plays from the American drama canon, Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten on Friday, October 17th (8PM) at their intimate downtown theatre (322 Banyan Boulevard). Special priced preview performances are slated for October 15th & 16th (8PM) and the production will play through November 30th.

A Moon for the Misbegotten focuses on three characters: James Tyrone, the cunning landlord of the Hogan farm, Josie Hogan, a strong-willed woman with a ruined reputation, and Phil Hogan, Josie's hard-drinking Irish father. Set during a long moonlit night in rural Connecticut, Tyrone and Josie, fueled by drink and lust, find companionship and solace, as they reveal to each other the grief, longing and unrequited love they've hidden from the world. What starts out as an elaborate scheme by Mr. Hogan to avoid eviction from their land, ends up being an exploration into the human spirit and power of redemption.

Dramaworks' Producing Artistic Director William Hayes will direct the production featuring Todd Allen Durkin, Kati Brazda, Peter Haig, Michael McKeever and Darryl Willis. The play will feature scenery designed by Michael Amico, costumes designed by Leslye Menshouse and lights designed by Ron Burns.

A Moon for the Misbegotten, written between 1941-1943 was performed for the first time in Columbus, Ohio in 1947. The play premiered on Broadway in 1957 and has been revived four times, winning multiple Tony Awards. The most recent production starring Kevin Spacey and Eve Best in 2007 came to Broadway after its run at the Old Vic Theatre in London.