Opening Night

Friday, December 4, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Vidiots, Los Angeles

**Screenwriter: John Cassavetes** **Producer: Al Ruban** Vidiots is thrilled to welcome award-winning actor and director **Alden Ehrenreich **to introduce this Cassavetes classic! Actress Myrtle Gordon (played by the legendary Gena Rowlands) is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the Broadway opening of her latest play, *The Second Woman*. At a preview out of town, an obsessive young fan is fatally struck by a car attempting to get Myrtle’s attention at the stage door. The young girl’s death sends Myrtle spiraling, worsening an already fragile mental state and threatening to derail her awaited comeback. Cassavetes’ psychological drama is a showcase for Rowland’s signature primal physicality and a haunting meditation on the horrors of show business.