Mary Gets Hers
by Emma Horwitz

Off-Broadway

Mary Gets Hers Book Cover — Mary Gets Hers Cover

Highlights

Female

90 minsMedieval (6th-14th Century)Role(s) for Trans Actor(s)Role(s) for Non-Binary Actor(s)Unit Set/Multiple SettingsPeriod CostumesComedy

Synopsis

It’s the 10th century!

A plague rages on in Germany!

Everyone is turning into foam!

When two overzealous hermits find an abandoned orphan named Mary, they scheme a saintly rescue mission to protect her purity at any and all costs.

Mary, however, has other plans for herself, in this new play inspired by Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim’s closet drama-comedy Abraham, or the Rise and Repentance of Mary.

Press Reviews

"Critics’ Pick! Mary Gets Hers bewitches the gaze...Spiky and adventurous...Mary is herself a multifaceted marvel of a heroine, metamorphosing before our eyes as if in a time-lapse video."
— The New York Times

"Mary Gets Hers is wacky and winking, big on slapstick-and-clown-inspired physicality and, when it’s at its best, totally charming."
— New York Magazine

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Abraham a hermit and former soldier	—	—	a hermit and former soldier
Ephraim a hermit and former orphan	—	—	a hermit and former orphan
The Soldier a soldier	—	—	a soldier
Gravedigger, Dominic, Master Of The Inn, Lovers 1-12	—	—	—
Mary an orphan	—	—	an orphan