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Production Information

* Member Actors Equity Association

Email MaryAMusical@gmail.com

Mary - A Musical

Music and Lyrics by Gayla D. Morgan

Book by Gayla D. Morgan and Jean Mornard​

​​​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 Workshop​2009, November
      Table Reading (Ripley Grier Studios, NYC)
2008, November 
     Table Reading (Private home, NYC)
2008, March
     Table reading (Ripley Grier Studios, NYC)