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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City

West Coast Premiere

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City

09.05 – 10.08.2017

Written By
Halley Feiffer
Directed By
Trip Cullman
Featuring
Halley Feiffer, Jason Butler Harner, Eileen T’Kaye & JoBeth Williams

OVERVIEW

Accomplished playwright and actor Halley Feiffer brings her sardonic, hilarious and tender play about connection in a time of loss to the Geffen Playhouse with the West Coast Premiere of A Funny Thing Happened.... This New York Times Critics' Pick tells the story of a struggling young stand-up comic (Feiffer) and a wealthy middle-aged divorcée (Jason Butler Harner) cooped up in a Memorial Sloan Kettering hospital room shared by their cancer-stricken mothers (Eileeen T'Kaye and JoBeth Williams). Forced to confront their relationships with their respective mothers, Karla and Don cope with their new reality by making some of the world's most innappropriate jokes. Feiffer's unique and insightful comedy demonstrates how shared experiences create unexpected kinship, and how comedy and tragedy often operate in unsettling tandem.

Performance Information

Runtime
80 minutes, no intermission.
Warnings

This production contains profanity, sexual language, and simulated sex.

Gil Cates Theater
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Cast

Karla
Actor

Halley Feiffer

Karla

Don
Actor

Jason Butler Harner

Don

Geena
Actor

Eileen T’Kaye

Geena

Marcie
Actor

JoBeth Williams

Marcie

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