Brenda Meaney

Off-Broadway Review: “Little Gem” at Irish Repertory Theatre

Over the period of a year, three generations of Irish women share their stories ad seriatim while in a medical office waiting room. Amber (a spitfire Lauren O’Leary) rehearses her life from taking her beau Paul to a wedding, to his abandoning her after discovering she is pregnant with his child. Amber’s “ma” Lorraine (a pensive and seemingly broken Brenda…

Off-Broadway Review: “Party Face” at New York City Center Stage II

February 17, 2018 | asi wind, Off-Broadway > | "Party Face", Allison Jean White, Amanda Bearse, Brenda Meaney, Damien Figueras, Gina Costigan, Hayley Mills, Isobel Mahon, Jeff Ridenour, Jeremy Daniel, Joyce Liao, Klea Blackhurst, Lara De Bruijn, Melanie T. Morgan, New York City Center Stage II

There is yet another theatrical party occurring on stage at City Center developed by Isobel Mahon and billed as the new comedy entitled “Party Face.” This soiree is celebrating the newly designed kitchen by the absentee husband of Mollie Mae (played with distinct dismal despair by Gina Costigan), who has just been released from the psychiatric ward after having a…