MAY 2025
Kevin Heald, owner and proprietor of Malt & Mold on 21st Street and 2nd Avenue, guided fans of Desperately Seeking the 80s on an East Village Pub Crawl on one of the loveliest Saturdays we’ve had this year. It was like going back in time in the best of ways. Long live the East Village bar scene!
My daughter Alice graduated from Brown University and my son Billy graduated from Trinity High School this month! We’re exhausted from all the celebrating and so so proud of them both.
I was delighted to reprise Dover at artXnyc this month. George and I have learned so much about the play, and Rachel brought a vulnerability that shifted the energy of the piece. It has grown enormously and I’m very proud of our work.
APRIL 2025
I loved being a part of Flight Club Volume II thanks to Sophia Englesberg and Charles Rinehart-Jones. I played Sonia in Taylor Jeane Penney's pilot Car Crash Girl. Connor Wentworth had a closed reading of his new piece Mud Fight, and in addition to reading Ancestor, I met a wonderful new group of artists. New York is brimming with creative energy these days! Speaking of which, Olivia Gilliatt hosted a physical improvisational playground. It was a blast! I can’t wait for the next one:)
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.