You may remember Fault Line Theatre actor Karl Gregory (pictured top right) as Aeschylus in our production of Frogs back in 2011… Or perhaps you know him as the screenwriter Dennis in our GLAAD Award winning original work, From White Plains. Personally, I’ve been a huge fan of Karl since I first saw him play Heiner Müeller in a production of Full Circle while he was still an MFA candidate at Brown University (it’s worth noting that he had a 15 minute monologue in that show that absolutely blew me away). All this is to say, Karl’s fantastic and I look forward to any chance to see him perform. Luckily, he’ll be in a brand new play called Mother’s Day making its world premiere this August as part of the 18th annual New York International Fringe Festival – FringeNYC.
August 12, 13, 20, 22, and 24
The Players Theatre
115 MacDougal St. (between West 3rd and Bleecker)
New York, NY 10012
A LITTLE ABOUT THE PLAY
Acid-tongued New York drag queen Helen Back (aka Joey Pollack) incites a nuclear family meltdown when he comes home to New Jersey to see his family for Mother’s Day. His mother Liz (never without a glass of wine), father Talbott (always ready with a refill) and older brother Nicky (hungover and still playing video games in the basement on the cusp of 30) are a captive audience to Joey’s trademark button-pushing and cruel putdowns. But a shocking announcement finally tears down the illusions they have been maintaining for years and reveals the limits to what each of them they can accept in the name of family.
CAST:
- Karl Gregory
- Renee Claire Bergeron
- Neal Lerner
- Brough Hansen
- Rhonda Ayers
PRODUCTION TEAM:
- Playwright – Colin Drucker
- Director – Reginald L. Douglas
- Stage Manager – John Simmons
- Scenic Design – Colin McGurk
- Costume Design – Orli Nativ
- Assistant Director – Justin Nieto
- Producers – Colin Drucker & Renee Claire Bergeron