2025 Summer Season ∙ May 27—June 15, 2025

Bob & Jean

A stirring and romantic world premiere that tells the remarkable story of an exhilarating courtship.

You can catch Pulitzer and Tony Award Winning Playwright, and author of Bob & Jean: A Love Story, Robert Schenkkan, on WLNG on Saturday May 31st @ 12PM

Listen here live or here after the show airs

Lightning strikes and sparks fly when Bob and Jean meet in New York City, 1941. But their instant attraction is cut short as World War II drives the pair thousands of miles apart. While Bob is off to the Pacific as a bomb disposal officer, Jean is headed to boost troop morale as a USO actress. Is their connection strong enough to withstand the winds of war? Travel through their passionate, funny, sometimes desperate correspondence as they navigate battle, Broadway, and the complexities of the human heart. A new play written by Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning and Emmy-nominated playwright Robert Schenkkan, “Bob & Jean: A Love Story” is a stirring and romantic world premiere that tells the remarkable story of an exhilarating courtship.

Playwright

Robert Schenkkan

Director

Matt August

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Featured Cast

Jake Bentley Young

Bob

Mary Mattison

Jean

Scott Wentworth

Narrator

Artistic Team

Stephen GIFFORD

Scenic Designer

KISH FINNEGAN

Costume Designer

MIKE BILLINGS

Lighting Designer

JOHN GROMADA

Original Music & Sound Design

KELSY DURKIN

Production Stage Manager

FAQs

This show runs approximately 2 hours with one 15-minute intermission.

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