"In this podcast you'll hear: About writing a play during the pandemic: Sue Mach: "And, and it was in the pandemic when I wrote it, too. So this, you know, we're all in isolation and imagining this woman in isolation; it was really hard. That part of the play. I'm writing a person in isolation. What does a person do on stage when you're in isolation?""
"In this podcast you'll hear: On filling in the missing years of Hermione in The Winter's Tale ... Gemma Whalen: "I love the idea of what these big spaces that sometimes appear in works in literature, and what happened? And then Shakespeare's play doesn't say anything about that, really. And I think, I mean, I would say Hermione is extremely shortchanged in Shakespeare, and I think Sue has remedied that in this play.""
Madonna of the Cat premieres at 21Ten Theatre in its fourth season, offering a world-premiere exploration of Hermione's missing years from The Winter's Tale. The play centers on themes of friendship, motherhood, forgiveness, and empathy, invoking Shakespeare's stage direction "Exit, pursued by a bear." Sue Mach wrote the piece during the pandemic, focusing on a character in isolation and the theatrical challenge of portraying solitude on stage. The production aims to restore depth to Hermione's story and to create opportunities for experienced women artists while blending humor, pathos, and imaginative backstory.
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