Me and Orson Welles Showtimes and Tickets

In a whirlwind week in 1937 in New York City, a young aspiring actor named Richard is thrown into the middle of Orson Welles Mercury Theatre Company on the eve of the opening of Welles historic staging of ShakespeareÂ’s Julius Caesar. During this week he will find romance with a worldly older woman, becomes immersed in a creative experience few are afforded and learn the downside of crossing the imperious, brilliant Welles. Richard is about to grow up fast.

Cast and Crew

• Directed by Richard Linklater
• Produced by Richard Linklater, Ann Carli, Marc Samuelson
• Written by Holly Gent Palmo, Robert Kaplow
• Staring Claire Danes, Ben Chaplin, Eddie Marsan, Zac Efron, Zoe Kazan

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