MARY MARY QUITE CONTRARY by Rehana Lew Mirza
Playing On Air: Short Audio Plays
English - August 13, 2023 16:30 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsPerforming Arts Arts TV & Film act broadway drama entertainment pulitzer radio stage story storytelling acting Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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It’s 1907 and a typhoid fever outbreak among New York City’s elite families has led zealous sanitation engineer George Soper (Matt Park) to the home of the haughty Mr. Winthrop (Michael Chernus) and a face-off with Winthrop’s proud, though not very hygienic cook, “Typhoid Mary" Mallon (Catherine Curtin).
Playwright Rehana Lew Mirza’s history-inspired comedy, a 2021 Wordsmith Duo Commission supported by the Axe-Houghton Foundation, is directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel and features music by composer Tom Kochan. Stay tuned after the play for a lively conversation with Playing on Air Executive Director Yvie Jones and all the featured artists.