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worked as an educator on high school, college and adult education levels and has a master’s degree in education psychology. She has also worked as an artist-in-residence for such companies as Theatreworks/USA, Arts Connection and The NYFoundation for the Arts and taught acting for children at the 92nd Street Y. She combined her love of children and of acting when, in 1988, she created her current company, Mystery & Mayhem. To date, she has written five mysteries in which the guests become the suspects in wild and winning “whodone-its.”

“Woman Before a Glass” was written by Lanie Robertson. He writes about other iconic artists and the societal issues they faced in “Nasty Little Secrets.” “Alfred Stieglitz Loves O’Keefe” and “Lady Day at the Emerson Bar and Grill.” His plays are produced internationally and at the Alley Theatre, Arena Stage, Delaware Theatre, Edinburgh Festival, Festival d’Avignon, George Street Playhouse, Kennedy Center, Old Globe and the Williamstown Theatre Festival, among other locations. His current plays include “Nobody Lonesome for Me” and “The Gardener.” Recently, he completed his first novel, “Monkey to the Solution.”

Directing the production is Austin Pendleton. He is an American film, television and stage actor, a playwright, and a theatre director and instructor. He first received critical acclaim in 1964 for his performance as Motel in the original Broadway cast of “Fiddler on the Roof.” His direction of Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Stapleton in Lillian Hellman’s “The Little Foxes” garnered him a Tony Award nomination in 1981.

Tickets can be reserved in advance for $22 online at woman.brownpapertickets.com or by calling (800) 838-3006. Tickets can also be purchased at the door before each performance for $25, subject to availability. Students ages 21 and under pay only $10.

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