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mY WITCH

THE MARGARET HAMILTON STORIES

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“My Witch is robustly theatrical, sublimely warm, and richly satisfying”

“I might just have to see this again. the play is that good.”

“Spellbinding...this brilliant new play is everything great theater can be. Thrilling, entertaining and interesting...”

“Jean Tafler gives a brilliant, Tony Award-worthy performance”

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best production!

best direction!

plague doctor!

 

sheNYC 2021 Summer theater festival!

PlAGUE dOCTOR!

by

Charlotte Ahlin

Directed by

danielle cohn

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sunday august 1st 7:30pm

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pLAGUE dOCTOR

It’s an ordinary night in for roommates Cosmo, Casey, Roz, and Filomena. They bicker over chores, surf Netflix, and fend off the medieval Plague Doctor who haunts the corners of their apartment. But tonight, they’ve found a new way to relieve the monotony: a storytelling contest with perilous stakes. As they spin their tales, genres weave together and fictional worlds spring to life—and the good Doctor wants in.

This piece is a very, almost irresponsibly loose retelling of The Decameron, a 14th Century series of novellas about a bunch of twenty-somethings swapping stories while quarantined in the Italian countryside. They, too, are waiting out a plague. In this version, of course, the stories are updated. The characters are less concerned with the foibles of the clergy than they are with their own stagnant careers and social lives and the dismal state of the world. But the spirit remains the same: storytelling is humanity’s refuge in dangerous times. And Plague Doctor masks are just freaking scary.

CAST:
Charlotte Ahlin,
Danielle Cohn,
Donovan Mendelovitz,
Nikky Robinson,
Aubrey Lace Taylor

 
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MY WITCH

The Margaret Hamilton Stories

By
John Ahlin
with
Jean Tafler

The amazing tale of how a gentle kindergarten teacher from Cleveland scared the living daylights out of every last one of us…and the brains, heart, and courage it took to be America’s character woman.

In a surprising, fun, haunting, and delightful evening, Jean Tafler portrays Margaret Hamilton, whose Wicked Witch of the West has left an indelible mark on us all. If there is one movie we all share it is The Wizard of Oz, but it is time to pay attention to the woman behind the cackle.

Spend 85 wonderful minutes with Margaret Hamilton, for she has true and terrific stories to tell.

 

Reviews of the developmental production

  My Witch: The Margaret Hamilton Stories is Spellbinding…

A Brilliant New Play.  

Everything great theater can be, and then even more.

Thrilling, entertaining and interesting…

Jean Tafler is a real pro and outstanding as Margaret Hamilton.

  The audience was under her spell from the show's opening.

She commands the stage and cagily moves about with a kinetic energy.

Jean Tafler gives a brilliant, strong Tony Award caliber performance…

Effortlessly displaying her talent, skills and gifts as an actor.   

A Must See!

 Hamptons.com Theater Review of Bay Street Theater’s Developmental Production, July 2019

AND DON’T MISS THIS AMAZING SHAKESPEARE PODCAST!

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From Fat Knight members Charlotte Ahlin and Danielle Cohn

Named one of the top Shakespeare Podcasts in the Nation.
Every other Wednesday they bring you unsolicited opinions, goofs, and in-depth discussions about which Shakespeare characters most resemble beloved cartoon cats.

 

MORE PRODUCTIONS IN THE WORKS

By Charlotte AhlinStrange things have been happening in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Mysterious lights appear in the sky. Odd men in ill-fitting suits arrive in the dead of night. An impossible, red-eyed monster stalks the woods. And at the heart …

By Charlotte Ahlin

Strange things have been happening in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Mysterious lights appear in the sky. Odd men in ill-fitting suits arrive in the dead of night. An impossible, red-eyed monster stalks the woods. And at the heart of it all, one young woman tries to find the truth behind a tragedy. Mothman! is a dark comedy about cryptids, conspiracies, and the stories that don't get told. STAY TUNED!

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*“Amazing, Mesmerizing, Funny, Heart-Wrenching, Cathartic, Surprising, Hilarious, Hypnotic, Profound, Spectacular, Fascinating, Genius, Terrific,   Poignant, Brilliant, 
An Explosion,
Masterfully Delivered, 
One of the Most Impressive Things I’ve ever seen!
” *New York Critics


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AND OUR NEW PLAY READING SERIES IS GEARING UP AGAIN

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FAT KNIGHT THEATRE

is here to create, discover and rediscover great characters in drama, history, literature and modern mythology. As Neil Simon says; “Plays are about people”, and our goal is to focus on breathing life into the larger-than-life characters that people humanity, and to celebrate, inspire and communicate, through theatre and other media, the potential in each of us.

 

STAFF

Artistic Director: John Ahlin
Managing Director: Jean Tafler
Associate Artistic Director: Charlotte Ahlin

board of directors

Charlotte Ahlin
John Ahlin
Danielle Cohn
Margaret Colin
Melanie Mitchell
Jean Tafler
David Topchik
Karen Wald

 

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