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Mary Gets Hers

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  5w

Emma Horwitz

It’s the 10th century! A plague rages on in Germany! Everyone is turning into foam! A new play inspired by Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim’s Abraham, or the Rise and Repentance of Mary.

Mary Gets Hers

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
Mary Gets Hers

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Summary

It’s the 10th century! A plague rages on in Germany! Everyone is turning into foam! When two overzealous hermits find an abandoned orphan named Mary, they scheme a saintly rescue mission to protect her purity at any and all costs. Mary, however, has other plans for herself, in this new play inspired by Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim’s closet drama-comedy Abraham, or the Rise and Repentance of Mary.

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Performing Groups

MARY – an orphan
ABRAHAM – a hermit and former soldier
EPHRAIM – a hermit and former orphan
THE SOLDIER - a soldier
GRAVEDIGGER, DOMINIC, MASTER OF THE INN, LOVERS 1-12

The cast should be made up of 5 female, nonbinary, trans, and/or gender nonconforming actors. Do not cast this play with all white actors: the middle ages were not a monolith!

The cast should be made up of 5 female, nonbinary, trans, and/or gender nonconforming actors. Do not cast this play with all white actors: the middle ages were not a monolith!

  • Time Period Medieval (6th-14th Century)
  • Setting

    A monastery. An inn. 950, give or take. 

  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features Physical Comedy
  • Duration 90 minutes

Media

“Spiky and adventurous...Mary is herself a multifaceted marvel of a heroine.” – New York Times

”Critics’ Pick! Mary Gets Hers bewitches the gaze...Spiky and adventurous...Mary is herself a multifaceted marvel of a heroine, metamorphosing before our eyes as if in a time-lapse video.” – The New York Times  

“Mary Gets Hers is wacky and winking, big on slapstick-and-clown-inspired physicality and, when it’s at its best, totally charming.” – New York Magazine

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  • Mary Gets Hers – Interview With Emma Horwitz youtube thumbnail

    Mary Gets Hers – Interview With Emma Horwitz

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  • Minimum Fee: £85 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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The world premiere of Mary Gets Hers was produced by the Playwrights Realm, New York City, opening off-Broadway at the MCC Theater Space on 11 September 2023. 

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