* Member Actors Equity Association
CHARACTERS
11 Roles plus Ensemble
Minimum cast size = 12 with doubling
(1 girl, 5 women, 6 men)
MARY MAGDALENE. 30. Soprano.
PETER. 40. Bari-tenor.
JESUS. 33. Tenor.
JOHN. 25. Tenor.
YOUNG MARY. 13. Soprano.
MOTHER MARY. Late 40s. Alto.
(Possible Ensemble Doubling Roles:)
MARTHA OF BETHANY. 32. Alto.
MARY OF BETHANY. 28. Soprano.
LAZARUS OF BETHANY. 30. Tenor.
HEZRON. 40s. Baritone.
ELDAD. Any age. Baritone.
Ensemble: Minimum 2 women, 3 men. SATTB.
(Ensemble Women singing roles:)
- SALOME
- JAMES'S MOTHER
(Ensemble also plays the following
non-singing roles:)
- UNCLE. 20–40.
- MAN
- WOMAN #1
- WOMAN #2
TECHNICAL
Run time: Approx. 105 min.
10 Set Locations
No Special Requirements
PRODUCTION HISTORY
2018, September
Table Reading (Ripley Grier Studios, NYC)
2011, July
Equity stage reading (York Theatre, NYC)
- Directed by Frank Galgano
- Music directed by Matt Castle
with
- Rebecca Southworth* as MARY
- Timothy Shew* as PETER
- Brian Gallagher* as JESUS
- Ron DeStefano* as JOHN
- Jeanne Lehman* as MOTHER MARY
- Samara Ehrlich as YOUNG MARY
- with Lisa Asher*, Vivienne Cleary, Danny Katz*, Kristen Michelle*, Bruce Sabath*, Ryan Scarlata, and Maureen Taylor*
- Stage managed by Kate J. Cudworth*
2010
Finalist, Eugene O'Neill NMTC Summer Workshop2009, November
Table Reading (Ripley Grier Studios, NYC)
2008, November
Table Reading (Private home, NYC)
2008, March
Table reading (Ripley Grier Studios, NYC)
Mary - A Musical
Music and Lyrics by Gayla D. Morgan
Book by Gayla D. Morgan and Jean Mornard
Production Information
"Hoping Mary" by Greg Pittman