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An Odyssey Theater guest production by John Stark, Mercy Warren's Tea opens Friday, Nov 27th at 8:00 p.m. With Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m. until Dec. 20th. Winner of “best drama” on American Public Radio when it was originally broadcast in 1977. Founding Mother, Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814), America’s first woman playwright and historian, secretly authored anti- British plays that sparked Revolutionary sentiment . Mercy Warren gives a tea party welcoming important guests - including Abigail Adams and Peggy Arnold. Tensions mounts as the play unfolds and we learn more about our leading political figures of the time....and secrets are revealed. Theater Review: L.A. Times
Culture Monster
"And you thought the founding fathers had all the fun. Jovanka Bach’s “Mercy Warren’s Tea,” now at the Odyssey, presents Revolution politics as full-on catfight. Massachusetts, 1783: Mrs. Warren (Donna Luisa Guinan), whose satirical plays roused patriotic sentiment, invites old friend Abigail Adams (Mona Lee Wylde) over for some girl talk -- and a chance to meet Peggy Arnold (Susan Ziegler), wife of the notorious traitor. When a Native American woman (Tanya Starcevich) storms in on the trio with a gun, the fur is really set to fly." — Charlotte Stoudt
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