The Muff-Diving Palace of Wonder by Madeleine Olnek

Deb Margolin leads a staged reading of Madeleine Olnek’s new screenplay-in-progress, about a group of queer women in the 1980’s who make a theater of their own. Featuring Deb’s students from Yale- and others! Including Rose Bae, Betsy Farrell, Lisa Haas, Paige Hann, Mark Edwin Jenkins, Charlotte Polk, Lexa Roséan and Claire Sattler. Q&A to follow with the cast and Madeleine. This is a comedy and promises to be a fun night to mingle, too! Join us afterwards for drinks at the Dixon Place bar.

Madeleine Olnek has had four films at Sundance: Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same, The Foxy Merkins, Countertransference. and Hold Up. She wrote and directed the first-ever on-screen portrayal of a queer Emily Dickinson, Wild Nights With Emily, starring Molly Shannon. 

Deb Margolin is a Yale professor, playwright, actor, and performance artist as well as a founding member of The Split Britches Theater Company, a feminist political theater troupe.

Eunwoo (Rose) Bae is a student at Yale College who derives a lot of joy from acting, playwriting, and performing other odd roles in theater. To follow up on her play Wishfall about teenage lesbians, she is currently working on a play called 2 1/2 Lesbians about adult lesbians.

Betsy Farrell is a writer and performer who was featured as “Accounts Receivable” in the Sundance comedy film “The Foxy Merkins,” and has acted in dozens of WOW theatrical productions.

Lisa Haas is a writer and actor. She would love it if you listened to her narrative podcast IN HEAT: A LESBIAN COMEDY – available wherever you stream your pods! Instagram:@lisahaasactor

Paige Hann (she/her) is a New York-based actor and singer. Past credits include Midsummer Night’s Dream (BrooklynOne) Allerleirauh (Off Broadway), The Dinner Detective: NYC (Host), American Idiot (Whatsername), Electr(oinc)a (Electra), In a Difficult Hour (Hag), Oedipus (Jocasta), Causation (Sylvia), Carrie the Musical (Carrie). Instagram:@paigehann

Mark Edwin Jenkins, best known as Ed, is a world-traveling architect who draws, writes, improvises and makes things out of tape in New York City and Vermont. 

Mik/ayla Johnson (she/him) is an actor, graphic designer and playwright currently based in New Haven, CT. Born and raised in Texas, Mik spends her time bingeing children’s TV and powering through his allergies so she doesn’t have to pay for an epipen.

Charlotte Polk is a writer, comedian, filmmaker, and actor. She’s also an aspiring hat wearer but that’s still tentative Instagram: @ischarlottepolkstillalive

Lexa Roséan is a writer, High Priestess, and Psychoanalyst. Once upon a time she wrote & acted in plays at the WOW Café, and is thrilled to be working again with Madeleine.

Claire Sattler is a NYC-based comedian, writer, and actress originally from Bonita Springs, FL. Catch her performing stand-up all around the city, or in her apartment eating ranch dressing.Instagram: @claire.sat_

Project Producer Missy Laney  previously worked at the Sundance Institute growing their #ArtistServices Initiatives, where she distributed Olnek’s first two features Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same and The Foxy Merkins

Thur, October 26, 2023 at 7:30 PM

General Admission
$18/advance
$22/at-the-door

Students/Seniors
$15/advance
$18/at-the-door

 

Estimated Runtime
70 minutes

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