[Capdist-announce] "Mary Jane" - Amy Herzog’s Poignant, All-Female Ensemble Drama That Will Break Your Heart and Lift Your Spirit - at Bridge Street Theatre!

Thu May 8 16:08:26 EDT 2025

Thursday, May 22nd – Sunday, June 1st, 2025

BRIDGE STREET THEATRE PRESENTS
Amy Herzog’s Poignant, All-Female Ensemble Drama
That Will Break Your Heart and Lift Your Spirit

“MARY JANE”
CATSKILL, NEW YORK – May 22 - June 1, 2025 – Bridge Street Theatre, one of
the Hudson Valley’s most adventurous regional theatres, proudly presents
*Obie* and *New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award*-winning playwright *Amy
Herzog’s **MARY JANE*, running *May 22 through June 1, 2025*, at its
intimate Catskill performance space.

At the center of MARY JANE is a woman quietly performing acts of *extraordinary
heroism*. Abandoned by her husband and faced with the unrelenting
challenges of caring for a chronically ill two-year-old, Mary Jane
leans on *optimism,
humor, and the fierce support of a circle of other women* — played here by
a stellar, *all-female ensemble* tackling multiple roles. With piercing
insight and unexpected flashes of levity, Herzog’s play explores *resilience,
caretaking, *and* what community means when **you're** navigating the
unimaginable*.

“An unflinching, beautifully observed portrait of caregiving and hope. One
of the most affecting new American plays in recent memory.” – The New York
Times

Directed by *Zoya **Kachadurian*, the Bridge Street Theatre production
features *Amy Crossman** in the title role, supported by *Roxanne Fay,
Marianne Matthews*, Clarissa Hernandez, *and* Renee Hewitt* — each
performing across *dual roles* that shape Mary Jane’s makeshift family.
Design is by *John Sowle* (lighting), *Carmen Borgia* (sets and sound), and
Michelle Rogers (costumes), with stage management by Hannarose Manning.

Performances take place Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30pm and
Sundays at 2:00pm. Tickets are $30 general admission, with $16 tickets
available for students. The theatre is located at 44 West Bridge Street,
Catskill, NY 12414 — a short drive from Hudson, Albany, and other points in
the Hudson Valley.

For tickets and additional information, visit BridgeSt.org
<https://bridgest.org/mary-jane/>, email Contact at BridgeSt.org, or call the
box office at 518-943-3818.

*MARY JANE*
Written by Amy Herzog
Friday May 22, 2025 - Sunday June 1, 2025
Thursdays - Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:00pm

Bridge Street Theatre
44 W. Bridge Street, Catskill, NY 12414
www.bridgest.o <http://www.bridgest.org/>rg <http://www.bridgest.org/>
Office Phone: 518-943-3894
Box Office: 518-943-3818

*Tickets:*Online in advance: $30
Ages 18 and under: $16
https://bridgest.org/mary-jane-tickets/
<https://bridgest.org/polishing-shakespeare-tickets/>

Director – Zoya Kachadurian
Sets and Sound – Carmen Borgia
Lights – John Sowle
Costumes – Michelle Rogers
Stage Manager – Hannarose Manning

*Cast:*
Mary Jane – Amy Crossman*
Ruthie – Roxanne Fay
Sherry – Marianne Matthews*
Brianne – Renee Hewitt
Amelia – Clarissa Hernandez
Dr. Toros – Marianne Matthews*
Kat – Clarissa Hernandez
Chaya – Renee Hewitt
Tenkei – Roxanne Fay

*Actor/Director Bios:*

*Amy Crossman (Mary Jane)* is an AEA actor, playwright, and sometimes
clown. As an actor, she’s worked with Hudson Valley Shakespeare, The
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, and
Chenango River Theatre, among other places. Her solo show *The Great
Divide *was first produced by Boomerang Theatre Company at HERE Arts Center
in 2023, and again regionally at Bridge Street Theatre and Chenango River
Theatre in 2024. She’s studied with a lot of kind and funny people
including Judy Gold, Chris Bayes, Karl Bury, and Mark H. Dold. She loves
Diet Coke, magic, the New York Yankees, getting a full night’s sleep, bread
and therapy. www.amycrossman.com.

*Roxanne Fay (Ruthie/Tenkei)* is happy and grateful to return to Bridge
Street. As an actor, Roxanne was honored with the 2022 Berkie Award
(Berkshire Theatre Critics’ Association) for her portrayal of Mary Tyrone
in the Bridge Street Theatre production of *Long Day’s Journey Into Night, *and
she joined the summer 2022 season with the Prague Shakespeare Company
(Czech Republic). In Florida, Roxanne was part of the original cast of *OZ *for
freeFall Theatre. Roles there include Dr. Emma Brookner in  *The Normal
Heart* and Nurse Ratched in *One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.  *Florida
productions include* The Sound Inside, Apples In Winter, The Beauty Queen
Of Leenane,  Love Bird, Doubt, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, As You Like It,
Much Ado About Nothing *and *HIR.* As playwright, Roxanne was named a 2016
Hawthornden Writers’ Fellow (in residence, Hawthornden Castle, Scotland).
Her play, *Thrice To Mine was *created at Hawthornden and premiered in 2019
at Bridge Street Theatre. Roxanne has created work for the Dali Museum in
St. Petersburg, including her first film, *Breton And The Muse: A Midnight
In Paris*, a focal point of the Dali’s acclaimed exhibition coordinated
with Le Centre Pompidou (Paris). Book versions of her works, *Thrice to
Mine* and *Upon This Rock: The Magdalene Speaks* are available on Amazon.

*Clarissa Hernandez (Amelia/Kat)* is thrilled to be making their Bridge
Street Theatre debut! Clarissa is a Mexican-American actor, improviser and
stage combatant. Born in El Paso, TX, they now reside in New York where
they studied at the Upright Citizens Brigade, HB Studio, MN Acting Studio,
New York Combat for Stage and Screen and ARG Studio. Their favorite roles
include Laertes in *Hamlet*, Simone in the Downtown Brooklyn immersive
theater production of *Money Heist*, and Helena, a first-generation
immigrant in *Swans*, a magical realism independent movie currently in
post-production. More information can be found on their Instagram
@explainsittall

*Renée Hewitt (Brianne/Chaya)* is thrilled to return to Bridge Street after
playing Mariya in their production of *Uncle Vanya.  *She is an over 30
year stage, film and voiceover actress seen in such leading stage roles
as:  Sarah Bernhardt/*Bernhardt/Hamlet*, Helen Bechdel/*Fun Home*,
Ouiser/*Steel
Magnolias*, Aldonza/*Man of La Mancha*, Kate Mundy/ *Dancing at Lughnasa*,
Rona Lisa Piretti/*25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee*, Annie
Sullivan/*Miracle
Worker*, Sugar/*Tiny Beautiful Things*, Slank and Fighting Prawn/*Peter and
the Starcatcher*.  Voiceover credits include: Ivy in Soulcalibur II and
Epona Rhi in Mechwarrior III. Since moving to New York City 1 ½ years ago
she has performed at Gallery Players as Beth in *Constancy of Home *in the
Black Box New Play Festival and in *Metamorphoses *as Lucina, A and
Mother.  She was also seen as Gem in *Timmy* at Columbia University and as
Mother in the staged reading of *MiniMe* at Open Jar Studios which will be
fully produced December 2025 at Chain Theater, NYC.  Renée currently
studies voice and acting with Romana Mallory; studiomallory.com.  I’m
forever grateful to both Steven and John for the opportunities they have
given me.  ReneeJHewitt.com

*Marianne Matthews (Sherry/Dr. Toros) *is a native New Yorker who
originally hails from Rosedale, Queens and later Manhasset, Long Island
before settling in Manhattan after college. Today, she splits her time
between her Manhattan and Hudson Valley homes. Some of Marianne’s proudest
New York City performances include roles in the Off-Broadway premiere of
Tennessee Williams’ *Spring Storm* (Theatre at St. Clements), *Hamlet
*(Boomerang
Theatre Co.), *Towards Zero* (Pulse Ensemble Theatre),* Murder on the
Nile *(Pulse),
and *Shirley Valentine* (Sanford Meisner Theatre), a one-woman comedic
play. Regional Theatre credits include Muriel in *The Fox on the
Fairway* (White
Plains Performing Arts Center) and Ouiser in *Steel Magnolias* (Millbrook
Playhouse). In the Hudson Valley she has appeared in *Crazy Mary*, *Women
of Manhattan*, and *Left*. In May 2024, Marianne was featured in the role
of scientist/suffragist Hertha Ayrton in a staged reading of *The Half-Life
of Marie Curie* at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New
York. She also appeared in Wellness, Inc., a television pilot, which was an
Official Selection of the 2022 SOHO International Film Festival. Marianne
earned her MFA from The Actors Studio Drama School and is a member of
Actors’ Equity Association.

*Zoya Kachadurian (Director)* Recently produced and directed a reading at
Symphony Space in NYC of *Voices from the Silenced *by Martha Boesing and
Victoria Rue starring Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, Jane Curtin, Marsha Mason,
Amy Irving, Christine Lahti, Rachel Ticotin and Christina Redd. She
directed the world premieres of *Wasabia *by Wendy Herlich at Centenary
Stage, and the critically acclaimed *Apple Season *by EM Lewis At NJ REP.
*. *She also directed a video of her award winning-theatrical
production of *Georgia
and Me,* by and with Sarah Ford, and many new works for Manhattan Theatre
Source’s Estrogenius Festival, and others for EST’s Octoberfest. In
Massachusetts she directed *The Ride* (an original musical), *The 39 Steps,
King O’ the Moon, The Graduate, The Miracle Worker, Stones in his Pockets,
An Inspector Calls *and* Stick Fly *(Majestic Theatre in West
Springfield); *The
Cocktail Hour* (New Century Theatre) and a critically acclaimed *Stones in
His Pockets*  (Stoneham and Gloucester). She is a member of the Lincoln
Center and EST Directors’ Labs, and LaMama’s International Directors’
Symposium.. She is a proud member of AEA, DGA and SDC.  www.Zoyazk.com
<http://www.zoyazk.com/>

* A member of Actors’ Equity, the Union of Actors and Stage Managers in the
United States.

Thanks for your attention! We'd love to have you at Bridge Street Theatre,
and I'd love to meet you! I'm new! 👋😁

Timothy Dakin-Dunn, Assistant Artistic Director

Bridge Street Theatre
44 W. Bridge Street, Catskill, NY 12414
www.bridgest.o <http://www.bridgest.org/>rg <http://www.bridgest.org/>
Office Phone: 518-943-3894
Box Office: 518-943-3818

To contact Bridge Street Theatre directly for features and interviews or to
reserve press seats, email contact at bridgest.org or call their offices at
518-943-3894.

For more information on Bridge Street Theatre, visit www.bridgest.o
<http://www.bridgest.org/>rg <http://www.bridgest.org/>.

Events at Bridge Street Theatre are supported in part by the New York State
Council on *the Arts with the support of the Governor of New York and the
New York State* Legislature and by Public Funds from the Greene County
Legislature. Bridge Street *Theatre’s entire 2025 Season is dedicated to
the memory of Mary E. Barrett, and* sponsored by generous donations from
Mary E. Barrett and Edwina Thorn.
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