Catherine Tate to play Mary Todd Lincoln in smash hit comedy OH, MARY!
It has been announced that Catherine Tate will play Mary Todd Lincoln in the Tony Award-winning smash hit comedy OH, MARY! at Trafalgar Theatre from 27 April - 18 July, with booking also extended until the end of Tate’s run.
Also joining the cast is Scott Karim (Wendy & Peter Pan, Barbican), who will play Mary’s Husband from 16 March.
Mason Alexander Park’s final performance as Mary Todd Lincoln will be 25 April and Giles Terera’s final performance as Mary’s Husband will be 14 March.
OH, MARY! currently stars Kate O’Donnell as Mary’s Chaperone, Oliver Stockley as Mary’s Husband’s Assistant, and Dino Fetscher as Mary’s Teacher.
OH, MARY! is a dark comedy about a miserable, suffocated Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Unrequited yearning, alcoholism, and suppressed desires abound in this 80-minute one-act play that finally examines the forgotten life and dreams of Mrs. Lincoln, through the lens of an idiot (playwright Cole Escola).
Joining Cole Escola on the creative team are director Sam Pinkleton, set designer dots, costume designer Holly Pierson, lighting designer Cha See, sound designer and composer Daniel Kluger, sound designer Drew Levy, wig designer Leah J. Loukas, arranger David Dabbon, and casting director Stuart Burt CDG.
