More Theater Monday - Mary Gets Hers

What: Mary Gets Hers 

Where: Robert W. Wilson 

            MCC Theater Space 

            511 W. 52nd St.

Who: Recommended for Ages 17 and Up

When: Through October 14, 2023

Mary Gets Hers by Emma Horowitz is based on the work of Hrotsivitha of Gandersheim, a woman who wrote religious drama and poetry during the Middle Ages. If just reading that sentence practically puts you to sleep and makes you think the show sounds incredibly boring, that is definitely not the case. The show is actually incredibly funny. The characters are rather earnestly written and earnestly portrayed as well by the talented cast, but that is what makes it all so funny. Their behavior, attitudes, and beliefs are so different from our modern sensibilities. 

The show is especially timely because it takes place during a plague in Germany although it was written prior to our recent pandemic. The story is about a pair of hermits who find a young girl whose parents have both died. They want to save her not just literally but spiritually as well. Haley Wong particularly shines as young Mary, who ages from a young child to an old woman over the course of the show. She is especially good as the young Mary. Not for one minute do you not believe that she is a young child. All in all, it is a surprisingly amusing and rather enjoyable show.

For more about Mary Gets Hers or to purchase tickets, visit playwrightsrealm.org/mary-gets-hers.

Tune in tomorrow for Tips for Tuesday.