The Mentalist's Jeffrey Hatcher, who wrote the book for the Broadway musical Never Gonna Dance, will be represented at the Door Kinetic Arts Festival with a reading of his new play Strongman's Ghost.

Directed by Oscar-winning playwright Eric Simonson, the play concerns a strongman military dictator—under threat of a coup, an invasion, and a publishing deadline—who chooses to kidnap a writer.

The General is the dictator, the strongman of the title. He is blunt, swaggering, insecure, brutal, but not without some limited charms and just enough sensitivity to allow one to feel at least momentarily sympathetic to him.