VOICES FROM THE SILENCED
By Martha Boesing and Victoria Rue
October 21, 2024
A benefit reading supporting
The Center for Reproductive Rights
The Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine Access (ACT)
with
Jane Curtin
Tyne Daly
Sharon Gless
Amy Irving
Christine Lahti
Marsha Mason
Christina Redd
Rachel Ticotin
Hosted by Kathryn Grody
CAST PHOTOS
Jane Curtin
Tyne Daly
Sharon Gless
Amy Irving
Christine Lahti
Marsha Mason
Christina Redd
Rachel Ticotin
Producers
Armenian Velvet Productions
Sarahbeth Grossman
Nina Keneally
Press Representative
Susanne Tighe
Boneau/Bryan-Brown
Co-Producer
NewYorkRep
Stage Managers
Lanie Liu
Amanda Spooner
Alicia M. Thompson
General Manager
LDK Productions
Marketing
Think Big Picture, LLC
Casting
Daryl Eisenberg, C. S. A.
Directed by
Zoya Kachadurian
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
SILVER
Gayle Hudson and Jan Weiss
Nancie Samet & Jamie Lightstone
Leslie Brownridge Mayer
Lauren and Ben Svenson
Michael Jonnes in memory of Barbara Blackwood
BRONZE
Erin Donovan
Jill Jonnes
Terri Edda Miller
Judith Greenberg Seinfeld
Gayle and Jay Waxenberg
“We Won’t Go Back”
Lyrics and music by Karel Bouley, additional lyrics by Thea Austin
Special thanks to Stevie Nicks and CSM Management for permission for use of
“The Lighthouse”
CAST BIOS
Jane Curtin first gained national attention when she made her TV debut in 1975 as one of the original members of the Not Ready for Prime Time Players on the hit late-night series Saturday Night Live. During her five-year run on that show, she received critical acclaim and two Emmy nominations for her creation of many memorable characters. Jane went on to a successful six-year run as Dr. Mary Albright on the NBC hit 3rd Rock From the Sun. She was a member of the improvisational theater group The Proposition for four years before going on a national tour with a number of plays, including the comedy Last of the Red Hot Lovers. Recently, she can be seen in Marielle Heller’s critically-acclaimed dark comedy Can You Ever Forgive Me? starring alongside Melissa McCarthy, as well as commercial hit The Spy Who Dumped Me, opposite Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon.
Tyne Daly has been a member of Actors' Equity Association since 1961. She has been privileged to work with the finest playwrights in the English language: Edward Albee, Nora and Delia Ephron, Arthur Laurents, David Lindsay-Abaire, Terrence McNally, Theresa Rebeck and more talented actors than space allows. Daly has three grown daughters and seven grandchildren, 3 Tony nominations (1 win), and 16 Emmy nominations (6 wins). She has performed in Los Angeles, New York and London and is an inductee into The American Theater Hall of Fame. Her acting family members include her mother, father, brother, former husband and their daughter.
Sharon Gless is well known throughout the world for her multi-Emmy and Golden Globe-winning roles. As the final contract player at Universal Studios, she starred and co-starred in such top-rated TV series as The Rockford Files, Marcus Welby, M.D., The Bob Newhart Show, House Calls, Switch, and Cagney and Lacey with Tyne Daly—the first hour-long drama to feature two females in the leading roles - for six Emmy-winning seasons. Gless also starred in The Trials of Rosie O’Neill, Queer As Folk, and Burn Notice, for which she earned her 10th Emmy nomination. Gless has also starred in major theatrical productions (Misery, Chapter Two, Round-Heeled Woman) on London’s West End as well as U.S. tours. She has appeared in The Exorcist, Casualty (BBC), The Gifted, and Nip/Tuck, garnering yet another Emmy nomination. In December 2021, Simon & Schuster published Gless’s autobiography, Apparently There Were Complaints, which received raves and became Amazon’s Editor’s “Book of the Month,” a #1 seller in Autobiographies of Actors & Actresses, an Apple Audiobook “Must Listen,” a “Best Audiobook” by Vulture.com, and an “Earphones Award Winner” from AudioFile. Gless co-stars with Pierce Brosnan and James Caan in the film Fast Charlie, about which IndieWire raved, “Sharon Gless is laugh-out-loud funny as Mavis, a sewer-mouthed grandma…” As co-executive producer, Gless appeared most recently in Show Her the Money, a documentary featuring female entrepreneurs.
Amy Irving Broadway: The Coast of Utopia, Three Sisters, Broken Glass (Outer Critics, Drama Desk nominations), Heartbreak House (Drama Desk nomination), Amadeus. Other theatre: The Vagina Monologues, The Heidi Chronicles, Blithe Spirit, Romeo and Juliet, The Road to Mecca (Obie Award, Drama Desk nomination), Ghosts, Celadine, A Safe Harbor for Elizabeth Bishop, Waters Of March, Glass Menagerie, Motherhood Out Loud, A Little Night Music, We Live Here, Cheri, Lady in the Dark. Films: Carrie, The Fury, Voices, Honeysuckle Rose, The Competition, Yentl (Academy Award nomination), Micki and Maude, Rumpelstiltskin, Crossing Delancey (Golden Globe nomination), A Show of Force, Benefit of the Doubt, Carried Away, I’m Not Rappaport, Deconstructing Harry, The Confession, Bossa Nova, Tuck Everlasting, 13 Conversations About One Thing, Traffic, Hide and Seek, Adam, Unsane, Confetti, and A Mouthful of Air. Television credits: Anastasia (Golden Globe nomination), Law & Order SVU, Alias, House, Zero Hour, The Good Wife, The Affair, and Soundtrack. Albums: Born in A Trunk, upcoming Always Will Be.
Christine Lahti has been working in the film industry for nearly four decades after her initial breakthrough role in ...And Justice For All. Just five years later, she would receive her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in the film Swing Shift. She would also garner an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for her movie, Lieberman in Love, in which she starred and directed. She has also won a Golden Globe for her work on Chicago Hope, and has been seen in the hit NBC show, The Blacklist. While maintaining an incredibly successful film and television career, she also has developed a noteworthy Broadway career, starting with her 1980 Broadway debut in Loose Ends. She played ‘Gloria Steinem’ in the hit off-Broadway play, Gloria: A Life, and was recently in the Jon Robin Baitz play I’ll Be Seeing Ya. Christine is currently starring in the CBS show, Evil, created by Michelle and Robert King – which recently earned her a Critic’s Choice Awards nomination.
Marsha Mason is a four-time Academy Award nominee and two-time Golden Globe Award winner. She received four Academy Award nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Goodbye Girl, Chapter Two, and Only When I Laugh. Other films include The Cheap Detective, Max Dugan Returns, Heartbreak Ridge, Stella, and Drop Dead Fred. She has also had an extensive stage career. Her Broadway credits include Cactus Flower, The Night of the Iguana, Impressionism, and Steel Magnolias. She starred in a revival of The Prisoner of Second Avenue in London and received a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album for the 2000 recording. Marsha is the associate director of The Roommate – currently on Broadway starring Patti Lupone and Mia Farrow. She starred in the most recent production of A Little Night Music at Lincoln Center. Recent stage productions include starring in All My Sons at the Hartford Stage and starring and directing Lost in Yonkers at the Hartford Stage. In recent television, Marsha recurred on Gracie and Frankie (Netflix), recurred on Madam Secretary (CBS), and guest-starred on The Good Wife. Previously, Marsha recurred as ‘Pat Spence’ on The Middle (ABC). Marsha received an Emmy nomination for her recurring role on Frasier.
Christina Redd is a born-and-bred Native New Yorker who began her stage career as a professional modern dancer working almost exclusively with modern companies that performed politically charged repertoire. Some of her performances include the work BOMBINGham by choreographer Susan Hefner, which dealt with the 1964 Alabama Church bombing and killing of the four girls in Birmingham, and the piece S/HE: Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas by the Bessie Schoenberg Award-winning choreographer Jane Comfort, which explored a stark turning of the tables on existing gender/sexual identity structures. Christina was later involved in a retrospective performance of the work as well as a documentary celebrating the work of Ms. Comfort. Off-Broadway: Classic Stage Company/First Look Festival: The Amen, director Liesel Tommy; PSP Productions: Detroit Blues, director Zoya Kachadurian; New World Theater/Brooklyn: The Violet Hour, director Steve Kaliski, and Flyin’ West, director Liz Ostler. Television: Bull (CBS), The Night of (HBO), and Farragut North (CUNY-TV). Various commercial spots: Verizon, Phillips, It’s Bigger than Me (Novo Nordisk), Horizon Therapeutics, and GE. I am thrilled to be a part of Voices of the Silenced, both as a performer and a mother concerned about her daughter’s future.
Rachel Ticotin was born and raised in the Bronx, NY, and was one of the founding members of the Ballet Hispanico of New York dance company before she began her acting career in films such as Fort Apache, the Bronx; Falling Down; One Good Cop; Total Recall; Con Air; Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants; Man on Fire, and Something's Gotta Give. In theater, she has appeared on Broadway in Macbeth starring Patrick Stewart, and at San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater in Boleros for the Disenchanted, The Tosca Project, and Eugene O’Neil’s Ah Wilderness. On television, she was in the series American Family and Skin, and in the Dick Wolf series Law and Order Los Angeles and Crime and Punishment. She has guest-starred in Lost, CSI Los Angeles, Grey’s Anatomy, and most recently in the Hulu series The Act. She is also a recent, though delayed, graduate of Columbia University.
Kathryn Grody (Host) fled Los Angeles, arrived in New York City, and found herself employed on Broadway in Scapino. Off-Broadway followed with appearances at Joseph Papp’s Public Theatre, including Fishing by Michael Weller, Museum by Tina Howe, Nasty Rumors and Final Remarks by Susan Miller, and Miss Lulu Bett at the Berkshire Theatre Festival. Ms. Grody received Obie Awards for her performances in Top Girls by Caryl Churchill and The Marriage of Bette and Boo by Christopher Durang, as well as a Drama Desk nomination for her performance in her one-woman play, A Mom’s Life, all at the Public Theatre. She originated the role of ‘Maggie’ in The Penetration Play by Winter Miller, performed the classic role of ‘Nell’ in Becket’s Endgame at Irish Rep, and was proud to participate in the Caryl Churchill reading at NYTW, Seven Jewish Children – a play for Gaza. Film appearances include Limbo and Men With Guns, written and directed by John Sayles, My Body Guard, directed by Tony Bill, and Lemon Sisters with Diane Keaton and Carol Kane. Most recently, she appeared in the forthcoming short WollyBolly, directed by Kristen Buckels. Falling Apart….together, the sequel of A Mom’s Life, was seen at CSC. Most recently, she shared her play, The Unexpected 3rd, at Rosendale Theatre, Berkeley Rep, and at People’s Light, where it will have a world premiere in September. She is a Usual Suspect at NYTW, works with the IRC, and is on the board of Downtown Women For Change and Dances for A Variable Population.
THE BENEFICIARIES
The Center for Reproductive Rights - is a global human rights organization of lawyers and advocates who ensure reproductive rights are protected in law as fundamental human rights for the dignity, equality, health, and well-being of every person. Since its founding in 1992, the Center’s game-changing litigation, legal policy, and advocacy work—combined with unparalleled expertise in constitutional, international, and comparative human rights law—has transformed how reproductive rights are understood by courts, governments, and human rights bodies. Through their work across five continents, they have played a critical role in securing legal victories before national courts, United Nations Committees, and regional human rights bodies on reproductive rights issues including access to life-saving obstetrics care, contraception, maternal health, and safe abortion services, as well as the prevention of forced sterilization and child marriage. www.secure.reproductiverights.org
The Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine (ACT) - is the only nationwide advocacy organization dedicated to advancing telemedicine abortion. ACT ensures patients – anywhere in the US and regardless of income level – can access timely, affordable telemedicine abortion through policy change, support for licensed clinicians, legal advocacy, and public outreach. ACT was founded in 2022 when almost half the states banned or severely restricted access to abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Access to telemedicine abortion via telehealth is critical for treating the communities most impacted by abortion bans and restrictions, including BIPOC, LBGTQ+, low-income, rural patients, and those with different abilities nationwide. www.theactgroup.org
THE TEAM
Martha Boesing (Co-Writer) has written over 40 produced plays, led workshops, and directed plays for theaters throughout the country. She was the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of At the Foot of the Mountain Theater in Minneapolis (the longest running professional women’s theater in the country) from 1974-1984. She has won several national awards including an NEA, a British fellowship, and the Kennedy Center’s Fund for New American Playwrights. In the last several decades, she has created and directed plays with several theaters mostly in San Francisco and Minneapolis. In the sixties, she was a company member of Minneapolis’ Firehouse Theater (an iconoclastic, experimental theater), and her work remains true to ideological concerns of that time.
Victoria Rue, M.Div, Ph.D. (Co-Writer) is lecturer emerita at San Jose State University in Comparative Religious Studies. She has written a book and numerous articles. Her book is “Acting Religious: Theatre as Pedagogy in Religious Studies.” As a theatre writer/director of forty years her work has been seen in NYC, Los Angeles and San Francisco. She was a Fulbright Scholar in Bethlehem, Palestine. Victoria is also a Roman Catholic woman priest. Her current ministry is at Planned Parenthood where she escorts women into clinics due to protestors who would have it otherwise.
Zoya Kachadurian (Director) Voices From the Silenced is the merger of Zoya Kachadurian’s theater production and directing career, and her producing experience in television and corporate events. She recently directed a reading of Wasabia by Wendy Herlich which will have its premier next April at Centenary Stage Company, and has directed the world premiere of Apple Season at NJ REP. In Massachusetts, she directed Stick Fly, The 39 Steps, An Inspector Calls, The Miracle Worker, Stones in His Pockets and more at the Majestic Theater as well as readings of The Dictator’s Dentist by Sonya Hayden at New Perspectives, and Little Jimmy by Jimmy Noonan. She directed a video of her award-winning theatrical production of Georgia and Me, by/with Sarah Ford (best solo show Midtown International Festival 2011), and new works at Estrogenius Festival, EST Festival. Zoya is a member of Lincoln Center and EST Directors' Labs, and La Mama's International Directors' Symposium. She was also a producer on One Life To Live (ABC), production coordinator on Sesame Street (PBS) and director, camera director, cue caller and writer on corporate events. Thanks to V Ensler my inspiration, and Mindy Zuckerman for starting it all. https://www.Zoyazk.com
Lanie Liu (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be part of the reading! Her most recent theater credits include Slow Dance (Queens Museum), The Sound of Music (Global Tour), An American in Paris (Asian Tour), The Grand Expedition (Gingerland UK) and multiple stage productions with Shanghai Disney Resorts. Lanie holds an M.F.A. from Columbia University.
Amanda Spooner (Stage Manager) is a stage manager and educator, based in New York. She has worked on Broadway and throughout the country. She is the founder of the grassroots campaign Year of the Stage Manager, the Director of Education for the Stage Managers’ Association, an ambassador for the Parent Artist Advocacy League, and heavily involved at Actors’ Equity Association. Amanda received her MFA from the Yale School of Drama and serves on the faculty at Ithaca College.
Alicia M. Thompson (Stage Manager) is a freelance stage manager who has worked both here in New York and touring across the country. She recently spent two seasons touring with Dance Theatre of Harlem as assistant Stage Manager. Off-Broadway: Titanique (Daryl Roth Theater), Our Brothers Son (Signature Theatre Center). Touring: The Illusionists: Magic of the Holidays. Regional: First with Judith Ivey (Theatre Aspen Solo Flights Festival).
LDK Productions (General Management) is a NYC-based theatrical general management and production firm founded in 2007 by Lisa Dozier Shacket. Select recent credits: Cellino V. Barnes, The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers, White Rose: The Musical, The Night of the Iguana (2024 Off Broadway revival), Patrick Olson's Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem, Anthony Rapp’s Without You, Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground, Little Girl Blue, Katsura Sunshine’s Rakugo, Be More Chill, the immersive theatrical adaptation of the film Sideways, A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur, A Letter to Harvey Milk. www.LDKProductions.com
Susanne Tighe - Boneau/Bryan-Brown (Press) - has been with Boneau/Bryan-Brown since 1991. Current productions include Six, Boop! and Ali. Past shows include A Behanding in Spokane, A View From the Bridge, An American in Paris, Anna Christie, David Byrne's American Utopia, Days of Wine and Roses, Footloose, the 42nd Street revival, God of Carnage, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Matthew Broderick, Jersey Boys, Lonesome West, No Man’s Land & Waiting for Godot, Our Country’s Good, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The King and I, The Music Man, The Present with Cate Blanchett, The Who’s Tommy (original and 2024 revival), Titanic, and the Off-Broadway productions of The Tricky Part and The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me. She also represents the Atlantic Theatre Company. The first Broadway show she ever saw was Deathtrap and the first show she ever worked on was Sherlock’s Last Case with Frank Langella.
Think Big Picture (Marketing) is a full-service creative agency specializing in digital advertising, social media marketing, project management, and business development. Known for its innovative approach and strategic vision, TBP collaborates with clients across the entertainment and arts industries to build impactful campaigns. With a focus on authenticity and engagement, they use cutting-edge techniques and guerrilla marketing strategies to reach audiences globally. TBP’s client roster includes emerging artists, major theatre productions, and nonprofit organizations. Learn more at www.thinkbigpicturellc.com.
Daryl Eisenberg (Casting) is a Casting Director and Owner of Eisenberg Casting. Daryl has owned and operated her own casting office since 2004, casting for theatre, film, television, and new media. Highlights include... NYC Theater: Gettin’ The Band Back Together (Broadway); Bedlam, WP Theatre, Baghdaddy, Cherry Lane's Mentor Project, Altar Boyz, and more. Regional/Other: Florida Georgia Line's May We All (TPAC), Heartbreak Hotel (Broadway in Chicago), Dallas Theater Center, Folger Theatre, Cape Cod Theatre Project, WaterTower Theatre, Norwegian Cruise Line, Ivoryton Playhouse, Tenors of Rock, Wheelhouse Theatre Co, and countless NYMF/Fringe productions. Film: The Cathedral (MUBI), Menorah in the Middle (Hulu), The MisEducation of Bindu (Peacock), Shadows (HBO), Angry Neighbors (Lionsgate), Hands That Bind, Project Pay Day, Kendra and Beth. Podcasts/New Media: Both seasons of the critically acclaimed series Limetown, The Callisto Protocol: Helix Station, Shipworm, City of Ghosts, Falling in Love With Mr. Dellamort, Verdict. As a casting associate and assistant, Daryl has worked in the offices of some of the greats in NY casting. Daryl is the chair of the Somerset County Film Commission and is a former Watchung Borough Councilmember. She was awarded the 2021 Eleanor Roosevelt Volunteer Service Award by the Somerset County Federation of Democratic Women. Daryl was listed in the Insider 100: Millennial Power List and is a recipient of the Somerset County Business Partnership Top 40 Under 40 Award. Daryl has taught at schools and institutions around the country. She holds a BFA from Tisch School of The Arts/New York University and Playwrights Horizons Theater School. Member of Casting Society of America. @DarylEisenbergKnegten
Sarahbeth Grossman (Producer) is a Tony Award-nominated and Olivier Award-winning producer whose Broadway credits include Indecent, An American in Paris (also National Tour and West End), Dames at Sea, Ann, and Stick Fly. Off-Broadway, Ms. Grossman produced the acclaimed comedy The Irish Curse, the New York premiere of Ten Chimneys, and the 60th anniversary revival of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Sarahbeth was a producer on From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert for Sandy Hook and From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert for Orlando, which were Broadway’s response to the tragic shootings in Newtown and Orlando. Her film producing credits include the documentaries Midsummer at Newtown and Out To Sea. Prior to her work on and off Broadway, Ms. Grossman was the Executive Director of Global Brand Strategy and Business Development at Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and Vice President of Marketing Communications at Variety. Ms. Grossman is currently the Director of Artistic Services at Broadway Licensing Global.
Nina Keneally (Producer) Nina has produced Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning plays including Driving Miss Daisy and The Last Night at Ballyhoo as well as Sam Shepard’s first Broadway show Buried Child. She was the lead producer on Good Vibrations the Beach Boys’ musical and has worked on Broadway, off-Broadway and with regional theaters across the county with writers and artists including Morgan Freeman, Julie Harris, Paul Rudd, Judith Jamison, Bob Fosse, Gary Sinise, Horton Foote, Jon Robin Baitz and Thomas Keneally. Nina was the Managing Director of Stuart Ostrow's Musical Theatre Lab at the American Repertory Theatre at Harvard in Cambridge, MA. She has served on the Board of the Obie-awarding organization The New Group. She served as Secretary on the Board of New York Stage and Film for twelve years and is the past President of the Board of Connecticut Heritage Productions. Ms. Keneally has been a member of the League of American Theatres and Producers and served on the Board of Directors of the Off-Broadway League of Producers. She has served as Vice President of the Board of the Syracuse University Alumni. Nina founded and operates the internet-sensation business NEEDAMOM.
NewYorkRep (Co-producer) - develops and produces new plays and musicals that inspire and compel social change by telling stories that expose our humanity. By illuminating social and ethical questions through art, we strive to create provocative theater that promotes empathy, compassion, and inclusion. In order to increase access to the stories we tell, NewYorkRep produces content across artistic mediums. Our work has been a Critics Pick of The New York Times, praised in the Los Angeles Times and often noted in The Huffington Post. Our productions have been produced across the country and in London and Sydney. NewYorkRep is a 501(c)(3) organization. www.newyorkrep.org
STAFF AND CREW
General Manager
Logan DeWitt
NewYorkRep General Manager
Kaylin Kelli
Graphic Designer
Leslie Ulrey
Production Associates
Lindsey Grossman, Shelby Grossman, Elyssa Lee
Puppet Designers
Carmencita Lozano, Judy Schvarien
Qlab Programmer
Ien DeNio
Hotel accommodations courtesy of
Civilian Hotel
We wish to express our gratitude to the Performers’ Unions:
ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, SAG-AFTRA
AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS
AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS
STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY
through Theatre Authority, Inc. for their cooperation in permitting the Artists to appear in this program.
The director wishes to thank
Mindy Zuckerman for leading her to this wonderful play,
Gary Weimberg of Luna Productions for his assistance and support of this reading,
and the AMAZING team of very busy women who were determined to make time for these voices to be heard tonight.
MORE VOICES FROM THE SILENCED
There are two films that have been created for Voices from the Silenced:
A 27-minute award-winning documentary, Voices, that goes behind the scenes and looks at the creative process of the play. It is directed and edited by Randy Field, with Executive Producer Mindy Zuckerman, and is available from Roco Films.
www.rocofilms.com
The 57-minute film of the original production of the play, edited by prize-winning documentarian Gary Wimberg, is produced by Mindy Zuckerman and is distributed by the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA). We encourage you to see it and show it to your friends, community, and educational or religious institutions. The film of the play is available free at
www.voicesfromthesilenced.com
