MARCH 2025
I have wonderful new shots from Uys of UDB Headshots. This one is my favorite:)
How cool is it to wake up and see a New Yorker cartoon of yourself with your best friend?? VERY. The insanely talented Guy Richards Smit asked Jessica and me to take a stroll with him around Yorkville one afternoon and this is the result. It couldn’t be more Desperately Seeking the 80s! We feel so very seen.
I hope this captures how much fun it was to play with Franny Keller, Amando Houser, Gideon Berger, Carli Nelson, Violet Savage, and many more. We spent a week devising a new show in a beautifully sunlit space in Gowanus. It was exactly what I needed.
FEBRUARY 2025
I played three different mothers in pilots by Brennen Kellner, Clara Nevins, and Harper Oreck for the inaugural Flight Club, produced by the fabulously talented Sophia Englesberg. Photo by Tania Veltchev.
My first class at BCTR went so well! It sold out 😎 and I couldn’t have asked for a more engaged and intuitive group. I hope to offer more classes in the next few months. I think I’ve got the bug:) Photo @gallerybygeve
Desperately Seeking the ‘80s celebrated the launch of our YouTube Channel at Malt and Mold. A wonderful crowd came out to toast this milestone, to play ‘80s trivia, and to check out our new video content: "The More We Know". Photo @gallerybygeve
JANUARY 2025
I play a cold, exacting mom in Lisa Dodell’s delightful film Beetroot, starring Carrie Jean. I can not wait to see how it turns out! I fell in love with this cast and crew.
I am teaching my first class at BCTR: "Workshopping Scenes by Living NY Playwrights." And we oversold the class🥹 This enthusiastic and intuitive group are tackling plays by Matt Gasda, Sophie Dushko, Kate Mulley, and Lydia Reiss. The playwrights will join us for the last class to give their feedback. I’ve been having a wonderful time and am so grateful for this community:)
Or Something, the film by and starring Mary Neely and Kareem Rahma, had a screening at The Roxy. It is a wonderful film and I’m pleased to provide a moment of comic relief as Shocked Woman.
DECEMBER 2024
This Fall, I had back to back projects with little time to work with the amazing Michael Hicks. I’m delighted to be back in the rehearsal room with him, working on a new cabaret piece.
NOVEMBER 2024
We brought back One Winged Dove for one night in Tribeca. It was wonderful to revisit this play with Charlie Coursey, Zachary Hendrickson, and Alida Rose Delaney. More coming in January!
I am so proud of this third run of There Are No Diving Pools in Hell by Aliza Rose Cosgrove, which I directed. Tessa Weinland’s performance was stunning. She is pictured here with the amazing BreLynn Mellen.
OCTOBER 2024
The exceptionally talented G. (@gallerybygeve) took a series of photos of me that I’ll upload soon. This is one of my favorites.
Back in the rehearsal room directing There Are No Diving Pools in Hell by Aliza Jane Cosgrove! BreLynn Mellon and I look terrified in this photo, but I promise things are going so well :)
Vincent Santvoord, Violet Savage, Sophie Dushko, Izabel Mar, C.C. Kellogg and I reunited to tease a full production of Galatea 2.0 in the Spring!
I had such a blast reading World’s Edge, a new play by Lucy Parks Urbano, directed by Chloe Xtina. It is such a beautiful and heartbreaking play. Its full production will be stunning. I read Reater-Moth, and am pictured here with Lucy, Rebekah H. Raphling, and Healy Knight.
SEPTEMBER 2024
Desperately Seeking the 80s is back! Jessica Jones and I are back in the booth and recording up a storm about our favorite time and place: NYC in the 80s. New episodes cover Christie Brinkley, tabloid news, the iconic Surf Club, and the shocking state of psychiatric hospitals back in the day. CHECK IT OUT
I am so proud of the work we are doing on Denmark. Of all of Matthew Gasda’s plays that I’ve performed in, it’s the most challenging. But we are cracking it, and the payoff has been huge. The show runs September 15th - 29th at BCTR.
AUGUST 2024
Between traveling and suing my dry cleaner (more on that soon), I had the delight of being in two readings of new plays: Girls in the Woods by Rosie Coursey and Where the Boys Are by Niccolò Walsh, directed by Sophie Dushko (pictured above💜)
JULY 2024
I flew off to Maine to compete in "Can You Survive?” - a game based on Survivor that raises money for charity. I did very well! I came in 8th out of 24 and one of my closest allies won, which is always a wonderful thing. I’m pictured here with Cam Couch, who was my ride or die, before we knew we’d be working so well together.
Back in New York, we started rehearsing Denmark, by Matthew Gasda. It’s a seriocomic family nightmare with Sophia Englesberg, Max Richards, George Olesky, and Gilbert Cole. Chris Campbell and I are sharing the role of Elaine, which is a wonderful experiment.
JUNE 2024
We remounted There Are No Diving Pools in Hell by Aliza Cosgrove with Zachary Desmond, BreLynn Mellon, and Tessa Mary Weinland. It was not an easy process. We were plagued by injuries and other frustrations, but we got it up! It sold out! And these people are rockstars!
Joe and I got away for a couple days in the midst of the Diving Pools mayhem. I’m definitely grateful for the break, but could use a longer stretch later this summer!
MAY 2024
I have the absolute delight and honor to direct There Are No Diving Pools in Hell by Aliza Cosgrove with Izabel Mar, BreLynn Mellon, and George Copeland at BCTR. I love this play and these people. And I’m very proud of the work we’re all doing.
Alice is thriving at Brown and I got to Providence to see a film she acted in AND a film she directed. I’m so proud.
APRIL 2024
The amazing Christian Frederick Stevenson took these new pix! So many thanks to Sophie Dushko for helping with the styling! And in the spirit of teaching a woman to fish, rather than serving her a fish, Anna Malskaya gave me a marvelous makeup lesson. I will take these lessons with me forever.
Desperately Seeking the '80s podcast had its 100th Episode party! Jessica and I got to hang out with all the BFFs at Bailey’s Corner Bar in Yorkville and got some great new stories out of them too:)
I adore these new promotional photos of One Winged Dove by Gallery by Geve. We have a bunch of shows popping up in May!
FEBRUARY 2024
Michael Hicks and I recorded clips of two of my favorite songs: "Mother Knows Best" and "Just Like That." You may watch the clips here.
David Levine directed Stephen Squibb’s new play The Suitors of Helen at BCTR and I was delighted to play Leda. The play is raunchy and wonderful and perfectly cast. We had so much fun rehearsing and performing this piece!
JANUARY 2024
I got to kill Scott Cohen in the short film “The Book Signing,” based on a fictional story by renowned newspaperman Pete Hamill. We were on location in a library and I could have lost myself in those stacks for hours:)