Engaging Shaw

And she allowed him to believe it

Engaging Shaw is the hilarious true story of Irish playwright Bernard Shaw's relationship with wealthy heiress Charlotte Payne-Townshend, who said ...

" ... no man can resist a woman once she has set her sights upon him - unless thwarted by another woman"

But confirmed bachelor George Bernard Shaw may prove to be more than she bargained for

Can she romance an unromantic man?

And can Shaw reconcile his intellectual theories with emotional reality?

Reviews

" ... a charming romantic comedy featuring four razor-sharp tongues. If there's a minute of the play that's less than clever, you'll be hard pressed to find it" ~ Ken Jaworowski, The New York Times

"Exactly the type of work that non-profit theaters dedicated to producing new plays and musicals should be doing - arresting, intellectually stimulating" ~ Stephen Wells, The New York Times

"Engaging Shaw is exactly that ... a spirited and intelligent combat of words and sparkling banter" ~ Variety

"The play is written like one of [Shaw's], with talk zipping in thrilling, dizzying circles. We know how the story ends before it's begun, but getting there - through spirited debate, heated emotion and the occasional flinty spark of desire - is thought-provoking fun" ~ Los Angeles Times