A starry group—including Vanessa Williams and her The Devil Wears Prada West End co-star Matt Henry—will be part of a U.K. industry reading of Stan Zimmerman's suicide awareness play Right Before I Go, set for London's Soho Theatre March 2. Abigail Morris (Colder Than Here) will direct.

The work, which premiered at the 2015 Hollywood Fringe Festival, collects real suicide notes from war veterans, bullied kids, celebrities, and more, ultimately building to a message of hope. A 2025 Off-Broadway run at The Tank featured a rotating cast of stage and screen notables, including Wendie Malick, Patrick Page, Maulik Pancholy, Peppemint, Danny Pintauro, Emily Kuroda, Hill Harper, Pooya Mohseni, Nik Dodani, Ward Horton, Juliana Joel, and Christine Taylor. As in the Off-Broadway run, Zimmerman will perform as the Narrator at the upcoming London reading.

The performance will be followed by a talk back with a local mental health professional.

"I am honored to share the stage with these two theatre titans," says Zimmerman in a statement. "It’s especially heartening considering the epidemic that suicide has become. In 2024, over 7,000 people died by suicide in the U.K. We lose over 700,000 globally every year. This play hopes to provoke conversation, reduce the stigma and potentially save lives."

Zimmerman has written scripts for TV series including The Golden Girls, Roseanne, and Gilmore Girls, and served as executive producer of the 2008 series Rita Rocks. He was also co-writer for the 1996 feature film A Very Brady Sequel. As a director, Zimmerman helmed Off-Broadway's recent Hyprov. He released a memoir, The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore, last year.

This performance of Right Before I Go is being licensed by TRWPlays, which also represents Zimmerman's Yes Virginia and Silver Foxes.

For further information, email production coordinator Melanie Cantor at [email protected].