Live-Stream: Scene Partners

Winter, 1985. 75-year-old Meryl ditches ice-cold Milwaukee for sunny Los Angeles, hell-bent on becoming a movie star. She’s got big dreams, a little money, and a whole lot of nerve. But will the world ever know her for who she really is? Starring two-time Academy Award® winner Dianne Wiest as Meryl, and directed by Tony Award® -winning director Rachel Chavkin (Hadestown; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812), John J. Caswell, Jr.’s (Wet Brain; Vineyard’s Paula Vogel Playwriting Award) Scene Partners is a wildly theatrical, hilarious and genre-twisting gallop through the experience of a woman reborn, featuring Eric Berryman, Johanna Day, Josh Hamilton, Carmen M. Herlihy, Kristen Sieh, and Dianne Wiest.

“DIANNE WIEST IS TRANSCENDENT!
A top-drawer production directed by Rachel Chavkin.”
– Jesse Green, The New York Times
 

“INGENIOUSLY WACKY, WEIRDLY MOVING, ALTOGETHER WONDERFUL!
It’s nothing short of cause for celebration.”
– Elyse Gardner, The New York Sun
 

“BEGUILING AND TANTALIZING!”
– Sara Holdren, New York Magazine
 

“A TOUCHING NEW COMEDY!
Dianne Wiest fits the role of Meryl Kowalski like a snug straitjacket.”
– Robert Hofler, The Wrap
 

“DIANNE WIEST SHINES!
Wonderful, sly humor. This is funny, clever stuff.”
– Ron Fassler, Theater Pizzazz
 

“WIEST IS RADIANT AND TOUCHING!
A marvelous, star performance”
– James Wilson, Talkin’ Broadway
 

“DIANNE WEIST’S MERYL IS THE MOST HEROIC CHARACTER TO LAND ON A NEW YORK STAGE IN SOME TIME!”
– David Barbour, Lighting and Sound
 

“A TRULY ENGAGING, ENERVATING PIECE OF THEATER.
This gifted cast weaves a wild engaging spell. The physical production is top notch.“
– Adam Cohen, TheatrePizzazz