COLE ESCOLA (Writer, Mary Todd Lincoln) is a comedian, actor, and writer who recently appeared on Vanity Fair's list of "The 25 Best Performances of 2023" for their work in their self-produced special, "Our Home Out West," a fake TV pilot for a 70's western which they wrote and starred in, available on YouTube. They can be seen in Amanda Kramer’s Please Baby Please, the opening film of the 2022 Rotterdam International Film Festival. They starred in the fourth season of the HBO Max series “Search Party” as “Chip,” Alia Shawkat’s demented kidnapper. Cole was also the recipient of a 2020 Writers Guild Award for Comedy/Variety Sketch Series for “At Home with Amy Sedaris” (on which they both wrote and appeared as Amy's mischievous neighbor, Chassie Tucker.) Previously, Cole played “Matthew” on Hulu’s “Difficult People” (on which they also wrote) and had recurring roles on “Man Seeking Woman” (FXX), “Girl Boss” (Netflix), and “Mozart in the Jungle” (Amazon). Recurring voiceover roles include the Netflix animated series “Big Mouth” and “Human Resources.” Cole consulted on “Hacks” for HBO and also wrote on the Broadway Video series “The Other Two” for Comedy Central. They were the co-creator, writer, and star of the lo-fi cult-hit TV show “Jeffrey and Cole Casserole.” They also appeared on the Showtime series “Ziwe,” for which they were also a writer. Cole was named the Best Sketch Comic of 2020 by the New York Times for their self-produced special, “Help! I’m Stuck!” which they filmed alone in their apartment during quarantine. It can be found on their YouTube or their Instagram @coleescola.
BIANCA LEIGH (Mary's Chaperone / Bill): Acting roles include "Waxy Bush" in MTC’s The Nap on Broadway (u/s, performed), Mary Ellen in the groundbreaking film Transamerica, Time/Wind in Taylor Mac’s five hour theatre epic The Lily's Revenge, Franny Halcyon in Tales of the City: The Musical in Concert at the Music Box Theatre, Tatiana in Paul Lucas’ award-winning verbatim piece Trans Scripts at American Repertory Theatre, Beatrice in Christina Anderson’s Man in Love at Kansas City Rep, and Dr. Rachel Sandow on "Law & Order: SVU." Bianca wrote and performed her solo musical Busted at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, and her play, MBJrT, was part of the Monday Night Playwright Series at Kansas City Rep. She is featured in Laverne Cox’s documentary Disclosure, and can be heard on the Audible recording of Chonburi International Hotel and Butterfly Club. Thank you to Cole and Sam for bringing me along for the ride.
TONY MACHT (Mary's Husband's Assistant / Kyle): Stage: Soiré at Walter Benjamin’s (Teatro Latea), Malvolio (Classical Theater of Harlem), The Sasquatch Rituals (The Kitchen), The Shadow of a Gunman (NYU Grad Acting), A Streetcar Named Desire (Mister Rogers). Film/TV: "At Home with Amy Sedaris," "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," "After-Class." BA from Fordham University, MFA from NYU.
CONRAD RICAMORA (Mary's Husband): TV: “How To Die Alone,” “How To Get Away With Murder,” “The Resident.” Film: Fire Island, Over The Moon, Talladega Nights, The Light of the Moon. Broadway: Here Lies Love, The King And I (Lincoln Center - Grammy Nomination). Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors, Here Lies Love (Public Theater - Theatre World Award, Lortel nomination), Soft Power (Public Theater - Drama Desk, Lortel, Grammy Nominations). Education: MFA, University of Tennessee. Awards: Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award and Equality California Award. Instagram: @conradricamora
JAMES SCULLY (Mary's Teacher) is thrilled to be returning to The Stage with Oh, Mary! So much love for this company and grateful to be alive at the same time as Cole Escola. Thanks to Melissa, Sean, Kate, Conor, Lisa, Dana, Ben, Ashley, Charles, Andrew, Julio and Pico. Previous Credits Include: "Heathers" (Paramount) "YOU" (Netflix) Fire Island (Hulu), Titans (MAX) SMUTA (Jacob Wasson), Problemista (A24). TO THEATRE!
PETER SMITH (Assistant Director, u/s Mary's Husband, Mary's Husband's Assistant / Kyle, and Mary's Teacher) (she/they) is a comedian, singer and actress. Recent theatre credits include Macbeth (Broadway), Rosalind in As You Like It (La Jolla Playhouse), Peter Pan in Leonard Bernstein’s Peter Pan (Bard SummerScape) and Doug Wright's I Am My Own Wife. Screen credits include Fire Island (Searchlight/Hulu), "Shrill" (Hulu), "Alternatino" (Comedy Central) and "Three Busy Debras" (Max/Adult Swim). Peter has collaborated with Comedy Central on various series, sketches, and live festivals. Peter writes and performs work at venues like Joe’s Pub, The Slipper Room, Ars Nova, and London’s Soho Theatre. The New Yorker called them "wickedly playful", the New York Times said she “steals the show” and they’ve been called “a genius” in the Hollywood Reporter. She has written on the subjects of sex, gender and the American Midwest for Vice and Playboy. @ptrsmth on YouTube, Twitter, TikTok and Instagram.
HANNAH SOLOW (u/s Mary's Chaperone / Bill, Mary) is thrilled to return to the Lortel after playing a crocodile made of trash in Liz Swados’s Revolting Rhymes during her junior year of college. She recently appeared as Gertie Cummings in the national tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, directed by Daniel Fish. As a comedian, she performed improv and sketch comedy weekly at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade for many years. Her original characters and songs have been performed in every basement in New York City. BFA: NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Big love and thanks to the brilliant Oh, Mary! team, Henry, Cassandra, and Buchwald. For her parents, Sophie, Alex, and for her grandmothers, who she thinks would have really liked the play. HannahSolow.com @babymcgoo
SAM PINKLETON (Director) is a Tony Award-nominated director and choreographer. His recent work includes Stephen Sondheim’s final musical Here We Are (The Shed), The Wizard of Oz (ACT San Francisco), the world premiere of Noah Diaz' You Will Get Sick (Roundabout), a party version of the Go-Go's musical Head Over Heels starring Alaska 5000 (Pasadena Playhouse, co-directed with Jenny Koons), Liz Swados' Runaways (City Center Encores + Shakespeare In The Park), and Jeanine Tesori and David Henry Hwang's Soft Power (Public Theater, CTG). On Broadway, his work includes Macbeth; Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Tony Nomination); Machinal; Heisenberg; and the musical adaptation of Amélie. He has created original musical work with a diverse roster of collaborators including Courtney Love, Todd Almond, Swing Left, Cirque du Soleil, Nickelodeon, BAM, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and the Dutch National Opera. With collaborator Ani Taj he created Untitled DanceShowPartyThing (Virgin Voyages) and choreographed the upcoming musical film The End, starring Tilda Swinton.
dots (Scenic Design) is a multi-disciplinary collective designing environments for theater, film, commercials, and immersive experiences. Hailing from Colombia, South Africa, and Japan, we are Santiago Orjuela-Laverde, Andrew Moerdyk, and Kimie Nishikawa. As collaborators, we believe that the whole is greater than the sum of its individual parts. Recent: The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window (Broadway, BAM), Appropriate (Broadway, Second Stage), Infinite Life (Atlantic Theater, The National Theatre UK) Dark Disabled Stories (Public Theater), Public Obscenities (Soho Rep, NAATCO, Henry Hewes Award, Drama Desk nomination), KATE (Connelly Theater), You Will Get Sick (Roundabout, Lortel nomination). Obie Award for sustained excellence in design 2022-2023 season. designbydots.com.
HOLLY PIERSON (Costume Design) designs costumes for film, tv and theater. She has worked with Cole Escola on other projects including "Our Home Out West" and all three seasons of "At Home with Amy Sedaris" for Tru TV. Previous New York theater credits include LA Lights Fire, Head Over Heels and Line. Her film credits include White Reindeer and As Far as the Eye Can See.
CHA SEE (Lighting Designer) is a lighting designer from Manila, Philippines and based in NYC. Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Award nominee and an Obie Award winner. Off-Broadway credits include You Will Get Sick at Roundabout Theatre Company; The Seagull/Woodstock, NY and one in two at The New Group; Wet Brain at Playwrights Horizons; The Fever and Lucy at Audible Theater; Exception to the Rule at Roundabout Underground; What to Send Up When It Goes Down at Playwrights Horizons/Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM); soft at MCC; and As You Like It and Babbitt at La Jolla Playhouse, among others. Cha's designs will soon be featured in Becoming A Man at American Repertory Theater. Cha received her MFA from NYU Tisch. seelightingdesign.com and @seethruuu
DANIEL KLUGER (Sound Design & Original Music): Broadway: Oklahoma!, The Sound Inside, Seawall / A Life, revival of Marvin’s Room, world premiere of Significant Other. Off Broadway: premieres of Spain, The Coast Starlight, You Will Get Sick, Epiphany, Judgment Day, Animal, The Village Bike, Man From Nebraska, Tribes, and Women or Nothing. Film Scores: A Chrismas Carol (2021), The Courtroom (2021), Duolo (2017), Health to the King (2020), Hello Again (2017, Orchestrations). Scores for Audio: Vapor Trail (2022), The Miranda Obsession (2022), The Guilty (2021). In 2021 Kluger launched the music label Archie & Fox Records, and is resident composer at Renaissance Recording. danielkluger.com
DREW LEVY (Sound Design) he/him Broadway: A Strange Loop (Tony nom.), Oklahoma! (Tony nom., Drama Desk nom.), Honeymoon in Vegas (Drama Desk nom.), Chaplin (Drama Desk Award), The Winslow Boy, The Importance of Being Earnest, Present Laughter. West End: A Strange Loop, Oklahoma! (Olivier nom.). Off-Broadway: Judgment Day (Park Avenue Armory), Oklahoma! (St. Ann’s), Cleopatra, One Day the Musical, The Weir, Why Torture is Wrong..., Emergence-See!, Rainbow Kiss, Dutchman (AUDELCO Viv nom.). Regional: The Old Globe, Heartbreak Hotel (Chicago), ART, Williamstown, Huntington, Westport Country Playhouse, Two River Theater, McCarter Theater, Arena Stage, Long Wharf. Other: Reconfiguration: An Evening with Other Lives at BAM; Drama Desk Awards 2014 & 2015; Metropolitan Opera 125th Anniversary Gala; annual holiday installations for Saks 5th Avenue, Cartier, and others.
LEAH J. LOUKAS (Wig Design) Broadway: The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, Original cast of Hadestown, Escape to Margaritaville, Time and the Conways, Marvin’s Room, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812; Sweat; Oh, Hello; The Heidi Chronicles; On the Town; A Night with Janis Joplin; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; American Idiot; Irena’s Vow. Off-Broadway: Paper Mill Playhouse, Fiddler on the Roof; The Vineyard Theater, Scene Partners; BAM, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window; The Public Theater/Public Works, As You Like It. TV and Film Credits include: Key Hair Stylist for Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Freeform’s "Everything’s Trash," Showtime’s The Humans. Hairstylist on Season 3 of "Only Murders in the Building." Leah received a 2022 Emmy for Outstanding Hairstyling For a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program as Assistant Department Head on NBC’s Annie Live!
DAVID DABBON (Arrangements) is a comedy, dance, and theatre composer/arranger. He earned an Emmy nomination for composing the music to "Eat shit, Bob!" which aired on HBO's “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.” On Broadway, he composed new music/new dance music arrangements for the revival of Bob Fosse's Dancin'. Other Broadway credits: Beetlejuice, Funny Girl Revival, and Disaster! as a dance arranger. Film: Six by Sondheim (arranger). He is co-composer/music director for Catherine Cohen’s Come For Me, which had a four-week sold-out engagement at Joe’s Pub. David has served as music director for the Las Culturistas Podcast Culture Awards at Lincoln Center. Album orchestrations: Audra McDonald and the New York Philharmonic: Sing Happy and Audra McDonald: Go Back Home. Education: Carnegie Mellon University and The Hartt School.
HENRY RUSSELL BERGSTEIN, CSA (Casting Director): Bi-coastal casting director and producer. Before returning to independent casting in 2023, was VP of Casting at HBO Max during its launch where he oversaw casting for scripted and unscripted series, docudramas, and animation. Theater: Broadway, Off- and Off-Off-Broadway specializing in new American plays and musicals. Most recently White Girl In Danger (Vineyard/2st) and This Land Was Made w/Destiny Lilly and Titaníque w/Andrew Fem and Rachel Hoffman. Over 20 productions at Vineyard Theatre and numerous productions at Ars Nova, LCT3, Signature, Rattlestick, PS 122. Emmy-nominated: HBO's "Succession," Netflix’s "Inventing Anna." Other television: "The Other Two," "Mozart in the Jungle," "Black Mirror," "Ramy" (pilot.) Film: Mass (Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award), Black Bear, The Kindergarten Teacher, Saturday Church, It Felt Like Love, Grandma, The Week Of, Vampires Vs. The Bronx, and Frances Ha. Podcasts: Homecoming and Anthem: Homunculus. Beyond thrilled to add Cole, Sam, and Mary Todd to his bio.
LIBBY J'VERA (Production Manager): Recent credits include: Rachel Bloom's Death, Let Me Do My Show,Colin Quinn: Small Talk, KATE, Alison Leiby: Oh God, A Show About Abortion, Just For Us, Get On Your Knees, Drama League's Director Fest, Colin Quinn: Red State, Blue State, Mike Birbiglia: The New One, A Clockwork Orange, and Turn Me Loose. Resident Production Manager at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Love to T.Rex and River. libbyjvera.com
ADDISON HEEREN (Props Supervisor) is a NYC-based prop supervisor. Some recent credits include (Broadway): Almost Famous (Asst. Props), Freestyle Love Supreme, Flying Over Sunset, Pass Over. (Off-Broadway): Hindsight (Faultline), Monsoon Wedding (St. Ann’s), Sancocho, Bite Me (WP Theater), Fiddler Afn Dakh (Directed by Joel Grey), Ordinary Days (Keen Company), 17 Minutes, Muswell Hill, The Thing with Feathers, Abigail’s Party (Barrow Group), Smart Blonde, Fern Hill (59E59), Jersey Boys (NCL Bliss), Midnight at the Never Get (York Theater), Dropping Gumballs on Luke Wilson (Working Theater), A Clockwork Orange (NWS), Dolphins and Sharks (LAByrinth), A Room of My Own (Abingdon), Pericles (Public). Instagram: @propstitute.nyc
RYAN PATRICK KANE (Production Stage Manager): Broadway: I Need That, Fat Ham. Off-Broadway: Infinite Life (Atlantic Theatre Company), Fat Ham (The Public), Sandblasted (Vineyard/WP Theater), Selling Kabul, The Thin Place, Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Playwrights Horizons), On Set With Theda Bara (The Brick), This Beautiful Future (Cherry Lane). Regional: Huntington Theatre Company, A.R.T, Boston Ballet. TV: "Tony Awards," "Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade," “Christmas in Rockefeller Center”, “WeCrashed”, “Harlem”. BFA: Emerson College. Endless love and gratitude to Bryan, Lilian, Mom, & Meg.
LILIAN McGRAIL (Assistant Stage Manager) (she/her) is thrilled to be back in the Oval Office with this fantastic cast and crew. Broadway: HP & the Cursed Child. Off Broadway: Atlantic Theater Company, Dutch Kills Theater, Stomp. Regional: Huntington Theater Company, George Street Playhouse, Northern Stage, Boston Ballet, Contemporary American Theater Festival. TV: The Kennedy Center Honors, Macy’s 4th of July Spectacular. BFA Stage & Production Management Emerson College. Forever thankful for Caitlin, as well as Ryan, Bryan and everyone at Oh, Mary!
SHOWTOWN THEATRICALS (General Manager): How To Dance In Ohio, Parade, Just For Us, Into the Woods (Broadway/Tour), A Christmas Carol (Broadway/Tour), In Residence on Broadway, The Jimmy Awards, Notre Dame de Paris (Lincoln Center) OB: Job, Mind Mangler, A Sherlock Carol. Upcoming: Galileo, American Prophet, Anne of Green Gables, Romy & Michele, Syncing Ink, and When Playwrights Kill. showtown.nyc.
DEVIN RAMIREZ (Company Manager). Devin was recently the Company Manager for JOB (Off-Broadway, 2024). Previously, he was the Associate General Manager at Mott/Fischer Productions where he worked on the revival of Christmas With Elvis in Chicago. He was also the Company Management Assistant for Mind Mangler Off-Broadway. Many thanks to Oh, Mary! and ShowTown Theatricals for a magical experience. Columbia MFA Theatre Management and Producing (‘23).
GRAPEVINE PR (Press Representative): Founded by Molly Barnett and Chelsea Nachman, grapevine is an NYC-based PR firm, specializing in theatrical talent and live entertainment. They honed their PR skills at DKC/O&M, one of the industry's leading firms, where they helped spearhead more than forty campaigns for Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, including the Tony Award-winning productions of Dear Evan Hansen, Kinky Boots, Beautiful, Fun Home, The Normal Heart, Peter and the Starcatcher, and many more. At grapevine pr, the pair has worked with a wide range of talent from actors to directors, playwrights, and composers. Current and former clients include Tony Award-winners Tom Kitt, Rachel Chavkin, Jessie Mueller, Lauren Patten, Alex Lacamoire, along with Micaela Diamond, Jarrod Spector, Theresa Rebeck, Ingrid Michaelson, Cyndi Lauper and many more. They’ve also handled PR for the Broadway hit & Juliet, Alex Edelman’s Just For Us, Kate Berlant’s KATE and Rachel Bloom’s Death, Let Me Do My Show, among others. Please follow them on Instagram at @mollybarnett, @chelseanachman, @amandamariemiller17, and @grapevineprny.
KEVIN McCOLLUM (Producer) received the Tony Award for Best Musical for Rent (1996), Avenue Q (2004) and In the Heights (2008). Current: SIX (Broadway, North American tours), Days of Wine and Roses (Broadway), The Notebook (Broadway), Mrs. Doubtfire (UK and US tours), The Play That Goes Wrong (Off-Broadway). Additional past credits include Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Broadway), Mrs. Doubtfire (Broadway), Motown the Musical (Broadway, West End, U.K. and U.S. tours), The Drowsy Chaperone (Broadway, U.K. and U.S. tours), Something Rotten! (Broadway, U.S. tour), Hand to God (Broadway, West End), Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème, [title of show] (Broadway) and the 2009 revival of West Side Story (Broadway).
LUCAS McMAHON (Producer) feels lucky to breathe the same air as the genius that is Cole Escola, the inimitable Sam Pinkleton and the entire spectacular team of Oh, Mary! Current productions include The Notebook (Broadway), SIX (Broadway, North American tours), The Play That Goes Wrong (Off-Broadway), Days of Wine and Roses (Broadway), and Mrs. Doubtfire (West End and US tour). Previous credits include Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?! (Off-Broadway), Mike Birbiglia: The New One (Broadway, US tour, and Netflix special), Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Broadway), Hand to God (Broadway and West End), Something Rotten! (Broadway and US tour), Mind Mangler (Off-Broadway). He is a proud graduate of Northwestern University. His work on this production is dedicated to his own at home Lincoln enthusiast, his wife Ellie, who he is happy to report likes him more than Mary likes Abe (except for when he gets crumbs everywhere or loses his AirPods).
MIKE & CARLEE PRODUCTIONS (Producer) is Mike Lavoie and Carlee Briglia. They were described as the people with “The Power To Propel Comedians to Netflix” in New York Magazine’s “The Most Powerful New Yorkers You’ve Never Heard Of” 2023 cover story. They specialize in commercial Off-Broadway productions, several of which have transferred to Broadway and live on as specials for Netflix, HBO and other networks. Recent shows include Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Show, Kate Berlant’s KATE, Alex Edelman: Just For Us, Jes Tom: Less Lonely, Colin Quinn: Small Talk, Alison Leiby: Oh God, A Show About Abortion and Jacqueline Novak: Get On Your Knees. mikeandcarlee.com
BOB BOYETT (Co-Producer) Broadway (partial): The Notebook, Days of Wine and Roses, Spamalot, Purlie Victorious, Sweeney Todd, Mrs. Doubtfire, Some Like It Hot, Company, Dear Evan Hansen, The Drowsy Chaperone, War Horse, South Pacific, American Utopia, and The History Boys. Named Commander of British Empire for Drama by Queen Elizabeth II.
LUCILLE LORTEL THEATER. The Lucille Lortel Theatre’s mission is to foster both new and established artists, increase awareness and appreciation of Off-Broadway, and uphold fair and equitable business and artistic practices in service of creating a larger, more diverse community of theatre makers and audiences. The Company builds on the legacy of its founder, Lucille Lortel (1900–1999) who was a champion of work by Samuel Beckett, Caryl Churchill, Athol Fugard, Jean Genet, Adrienne Kennedy, Larry Kramer, Terrence McNally, Marsha Norman, Sam Shepard, and Wendy Wasserstein. In addition to its Off-Broadway theatre, which has been in continuous operation since 1955, the Company is renovating a three-story carriage house in Chelsea that will act as the Company’s new headquarters. Its programs include The Alcove at the Lortel, a commissioning and development program for early and mid-career playwrights; the 121 Project, a bespoke development program for new musicals; NYC Public High School Playwriting Fellowship, Fellowships in NYC Theatre at Bennington College, Dangerous Acts: A Series Uplifting Black Writers from Our Past (in partnership with HBCUs), Lucille Lortel Awards and Playwrights’ Sidewalk, Internet Off-Broadway Database (IOBDB.com), and Non-Profit Theatre Strategic and Management Services. For more information, please visit Lortel.org.