Off-Broadway's Saint Luke's 2nd Monday Play Reading Series Presents LITTLE EDIE AND THE MARBLE FAUN

Little Edie & The Marble Faun will be presented by Off-Broadway's Saint Luke's 2nd Monday Play Reading Series as part of their 2017-2018 season. Written by David Lally, Little Edie & The Marble Faun is a mash-up of Grey Gardens, the documentary about the reclusive, half-mad relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (Little Edie, and her mother, Big Edie), who live in a decrepit, raccoon-infested mansion, and Nathaniel Hawthorne's last novel, The Marble Faun, a name Little Edie used to refer to her handyman, Jerry. In the Hawthorne novel, we meet Miriam, Donatello, and a stranger, who threatens their happy existence with a secret from Miriam's past.

The original Backstage review of Little Edie & The Marble Faun called it "a gem. (A)n unexpectedly touching examination of memory and loss. ... In imagining the reasons behind this, Lally uncovers the poignant power of these two seemingly disparate sources."

Starring Broadway veteran Joan Barber* (Man of La Mancha) as Big Edie, Erik Gullberg* (The Boss) as The Model, Jay Gulotta (Horatio Alger's Boys) as Jerry/Donatello, and Teresa Kelsey* (East Village Chronicles) as Little Edie/Miriam.

There will be a post show discussion and Q&A with Jerry Torre, the handyman to Big and Little Edie. Jerry will also have copies of his book, co-authored by Tony Maietta, "The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens: A Memoir of the Beales, the Maysles Brothers, and Jacqueline Kennedy" available for purchase.

The event is scheduled for Monday, April 9, 2018 @ 7:30pm @ Saint Luke's Lutheran Church, 308 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036. For more information, call 646.236.6715

The event is free; refreshments served; donations always welcome.

*Member, Actors Equity Association

To post a comment, you must register and login.