MARY, MARY
A Revival of the 1960’s Rom-Com

Presented by: RETRO PRODUCTIONS

Gene Frankel Theatre
24 Bond Street (Between Lafayette & Bowery)
May 3-18, 2019

Written by: JEAN KERR
Directed by: SHAY GINES
Artistic Director: HEATHER E. CUNNINGHAM
Costume Design: BEN PHILIPP
Scenic Design: JACK and REBECCA CUNNINGHAM
Lighting Design: ASA LIPTON
Sound Design: TREVOR WILLIAMS
Properties Design: SARA SLAGLE
Associate Producer, SARA SLAGLE

Featuring: HEATHER E. CUNNINGHAM, DESMOND DUTCHER, CHRIS HARCUM, MEGHAN E. JONES and ROBERT FRANKLIN NEILL

Press Agent: ANDREA ALTON

Run to see this play if you are in need of a reminder of kinder, gentler times where there is romance, wit, charm, civility, and cigarettes. It feels like you are in the 50’s, listening to a conversation of your wittiest friends describing their love interests, and you want to hear every word. “You two are like 2 IBM typewriters clicking away together” is one of many pithy ways of describing two of the personalities in love.

Do we make the same mistake over and over in relationships or learn from our past? There are many clues to life’s little puzzles delivered by 5 superb actors on a set that beautifully puts you in the mood to just stay and listen in to how this will end. “It’s hard to communicate with you…the line is so busy with you talking to yourself” or “I hate intellectuals, they are all so dumb” are memorably written lines by Jean Kerr, one of the most prolific women playwrights of the 20th century.  MARY MARY shines as a work that stands the test of time.

The actors, dialogue, set, and costumes, all come together to deliver a wonderful theater experience without politics, political correctness or posturing.

- Ronni Burns -