Off-Broadway's Gingold Theatrical Group (GTG) will continue their 19th season of Project Shaw with Noël Coward’s I’ll Leave It to You. 

Initially inspired by the works of George Bernard Shaw, Project Shaw is a series of script-in-hand performances paired with post-show discussions alongside the cast and director. Directed by David Staller, I’ll Leave It to You will be presented at Symphony Space’s Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre April 29. 

I’ll Leave It to You tells the story of a widow with five grown children who turns to her mysterious millionaire brother for help. When he announces that he is doomed to die, and that he will leave his money to the family member who has made the most of their life before he leaves, comedy ensues.

The production will star Aaron Lee Battle (Captain Brassbound’s Conversion), Susan Cella (The Rose Tattoo), Veanne Cox (Wedding Band), Dan Domingues (A Sherlock Carol), Devin Kessler (The Panic of ’29), Susannah Perkins (Grief Hotel), Vishaal Reddy (Insomnia), Thomas Jay Ryan (Enemy of the People), Evie Shuckman (Parable of the Sower).

Said Staller, “It was the plays of George Bernard Shaw that fired Noël Coward’s creative imagination. Noël Coward aspired to be the ‘new’ Shaw with his first play, I’ll Leave It to You. That was until he arranged a meeting with Shaw who assured him that an original Noël Coward would offer a far more compelling voice than yet another Shaw wannabe. ‘I’m already taken. Be yourself!’ said Shaw. Noël Coward began his acting career with my godmother, Hermione Gingold, when they were both children and remained devoted friends until his death in 1973. It is for Gingold that we named Gingold Theatrical Group!”

Additional readings in the 19th season include Shaw’s Heartbreak House and an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s romantic short story The Portrait of Mr. W.H. For more information, visit GingoldGroup.org.