TYPHOID MARY by Mike Lew
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English - August 13, 2023 16:30 - 32 minutes - 29.8 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
It’s 1915 and another typhoid fever outbreak, this one in a bustling hospital run by an officious Supervisor (Cindy Cheung), has once again led dogged sanitation engineer George Soper (Matt Park) to the hospital’s newest cook, “Typhoid Mary" Mallon (Catherine Curtin). It’s been years since Soper reluctantly released her from a forced quarantine on an inhospitable island. Can Mary finally wash her hands of him for good?
Playwright Mike Lew’s history-inspired comedy TYPHOID MARY, 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 Executive Director Yvie Jones and all the featured artists.