About This Show

THE BODY OF MARY is a biting new play about controlling the means of reproduction, controlling the narrative, and controlling Mary. It’s funny because it’s true.

MEET: Mary of Nazareth, 13 and just trying to steer clear of marauding Roman soldiers, learns she’s been chosen for something super special!
Mother Mary, 54. She’s devoted her life to New York City’s neediest, running shelters for homeless trafficking victims. Cardinal O’Malley has a pitch for her and her sister nuns—an exciting new way to serve.
Mary of Nazareth (Texas). She’s 19 and finishing her late-night shift at Dairy Queen. She has no fucking idea what to do with the baby she just found in the dumpster.

KATIE CAPPIELLO is an award-winning playwright (“Slut,” ” Now That We’re Men,” etc.), director, acting teacher (Good Capp Arts), and show-runner (“Grand Army,” Netflix). JENNIFER BAUMGARDNER is the author of “Manifesta”, “Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics,” “Abortion & Life,” & “Grassroots” (among others) and the producer/director of the docs “I Had an Abortion” and “It Was Rape.” She is publisher of Dottir Press, editor of “LIBER: A Feminist Review,” and writer-in-residence at Smith College.