This isn’t Hamlet’s play. It’s his mom’s.
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Enjoy a drink on us pre or post-show at Bar '85, New York Stage and Film's new community lounge at Marist!
1 beverage is included in the price of your ticket. The cash bar is provided by Gourmet Dining.
GERTRUDE
Written by CARLY MENSCH
Directed by LIZ FLAHIVE
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Saturday, July 12 at 6pm | Currently Sold Out
Ma​rist University, Poughkeepsie NY
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Supported in partnership with Judith Manocherian.
This isn’t Hamlet’s play. It’s his mom’s.​
​Enjoy a drink on us pre or post-show at Bar '85, New York Stage and Film's new community lounge at Marist!
1 beverage is included in the price of your ticket. The cash bar is provided by Gourmet Dining.
CARLY MENSCH writes for theater and TV. Her plays have been produced at Ars Nova, 2nd Stage Theater, Westport Playhouse and the Humana Festival of New Plays. She co-created along with Liz Flahive the Emmy-award winning Netflix series GLOW, and the feminist anthology Roar for Apple TV. This is her first play in almost ten years.
LIZ FLAHIVE co-created ROAR (Apple TV+) as well as the Emmy-winning Netflix series GLOW with Carly Mensch. She was also an Executive Producer on NURSE JACKIE (Showtime) and a Consulting Producer on HOMELAND (Showtime). Currently in development on shows for Peacock, North Road, and Amazon. Feature: ADULT BEGINNERS (Neon). Her first play, FROM UP HERE (MTC), received the John Gassner Playwriting Award from the Outer Critics Circle in 2006 and was also nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play. Her plays have been produced and developed at Manhattan Theater Club, Williamstown Theater Festival, Naked Angels, Keen Company, Sundance Institute Playwrights Retreat at Ucross Foundation, and Ars Nova. Founding member: PlayGroup (Ars Nova). Recipient of MTC’s Bank of America New Play Commission. Liz is a proud, longtime volunteer with The 52nd Street Project. She is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts Department of Dramatic Writing.
EDIE FALCO (Gertrude) became the first actress to win an Emmy® Award for Best Actress in both drama and comedy categories, receiving the award for her performance in NURSE JACKIE after previously winning for her portrayal of Carmela Soprano in THE SOPRANOS. She has been nominated for a record 22 SAG Awards and is among a select few to receive an Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Award in the same year for the same performance.
Falco recently wrapped shooting MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN opposite Jeremy Renner and was seen in a featured role in James Cameron’s blockbuster AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER. Additional recent film credits include her acclaimed work in the indies I’LL BE RIGHT THERE, OUTSIDE IN opposite Jay Duplass, and THE LAND OF STEADY HABITS opposite Ben Mendelsohn. She also starred opposite Brian Cox in the New Line/HBO Max feature THE PARENTING, which premiered this past March.
Her recent television work includes her acclaimed portrayal of Hillary Clinton in Ryan Murphy’s limited series IMPEACHMENT, an Emmy-nominated turn as Leslie Abramson in THE MENENDEZ MURDERS, and as Pete Davidson’s mother in the Lorne Michaels/Broadway Video-produced comedy BUPKIS.
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On stage, Falco made her Broadway debut in the Tony® Award-winning play SIDE MAN, later starred in the acclaimed revival of FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE, and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress for her performance opposite Ben Stiller in THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES. She also received rave reviews for her recent Off-Broadway performances in The New Group’s THE TRUE and Manhattan Theatre Club’s MORNING SUN.
Falco is represented by CAA and Entertainment 360.
DARREN GOLDSTEIN (Claudius) can most recently be seen starring in ARMANDO IANNUCCI’S HBO series THE FRANCHISE, directed by SAM MENDES. Other recent credits include the second season of THE GILDED AGE on HBO, the FX series UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN, and RYAN MURPHY’S AMERICAN CRIME STORY: IMPEACHMENT. Other television credits include OZARK, THE AFFAIR, INSIDE AMY SCHUMER, NURSE JACKIE, BLUE BLOODS, BULL, BLINDSPOT, DAMAGES, and AMERICAN ODYSSEY. On film, he has appeared in SHARPER, PATERNO, DETROIT, THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, and LIMITLESS. A fixture of the New York theatre community, Darren has appeared on Broadway in LILLIAN HELLMAN’S THE LITTLE FOXES and BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON. His Off-Broadway credits include CONTINUITY and THE MADRID (MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB); RASHEEDA SPEAKING, THE GOOD MOTHER, ABIGAIL’S PARTY (LORTEL NOM. FEATURED ACTOR), MOUTH TO MOUTH, and TERRORISM (all at THE NEW GROUP); OOHRAH! (ATLANTIC THEATER) and MARY ROSE (THE VINEYARD). He was most recently seen onstage in SARAH SILVERMAN’S THE BEDWETTER at ATLANTIC THEATER, for which he garnered a LORTEL AWARD nomination and also reprised the role at ARENA STAGE. He lives in New York.
CHRISTOPHER LOWELL (Hamlet) Theatre includes James in CULT OF LOVE (BROADWAY/BERKELEY REP), Bo in JACUZZI (ARS NOVA), Paul Bratter in BAREFOOT IN THE PARK (OLD GLOBE). Film work includes Oscar-winners PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (Al Monroe) and THE HELP (Stuart Whitworth, SAG AWARD, CRITICS CHOICE AWARD), Piz in VERONICA MARS, UP IN THE AIR, PERPETRATOR, COMPLETE UNKNOWN.
TV includes Bash on GLOW (SAG NOMINATIONS, NETFLIX), Jesse on HOW I MET YOUR FATHER (HULU), Dellon PRIVATE PRACTICE (ABC), INVENTING ANNA (NETFLIX), ROAR (APPLE TV), GRAVES (EPIX), ENLISTED (FOX).
SUNITA MANI (Bernadette) Credits – Death of a Unicorn, The Roses
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Photo Credit: Tommy Agridomas
MERRITT WEVER (Ophelia/Frances) Feature films include BIRDMAN, RIGHTEOUS KILL, INTO THE WILD, MICHAEL CLAYTON, NEAL CASSADY, TWELVE & HOLDING, A HOLE IN ONE, SEASON OF YOUTH, BRINGING RAIN, SIGNS, SERIES 7: THE CONTENDERS, THE ADVENTURES OF SEBASTIAN COLE, ARRESTING GENA, TOUGH (Best Actor Award from the First Run Film Festival), GREENBERG, TINY FURNITURE, THE MISSING PERSON, MEADOWLAND, WELCOME TO MARWEN, MARRIAGE STORY, MIDDAY BLACK, MIDNIGHT BLUE, and MEMORY.
Television credits include TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS (Emmy Nomination), SEVERANCE, UNBELIEVABLE (Golden Globe Nomination), ROAR, RUN, GODLESS (Emmy Award), NURSE JACKIE (Emmy Award), THE WALKING DEAD, NEW GIRL, STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP, CONVICTION, 1/4 LIFE, THE GOOD WIFE, NCIS, THE WIRE, BLUE RIVER, SOMETHING THE LORD MADE, and THE BOMBING OF PAN AM 103.
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Theater appearances include THE NETHER, UNCLE VANYA (Joe A. Callaway Award), THE ILLUSION, SAM & LUCY, BAD GIRLS, SMASHING, CAVE DWELLER, ROULETTE, CAPE COD SOUVENIRS, TO GILLIAN ON HER 37TH BIRTHDAY, RUNNING ON EARTH, HERE WE ARE, CHILDREN OF THE FLAMES, FEMALE OF THE SPECIES, and TOUCH(ED).
Wever is a graduate of the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and the Performing Arts.