We're back for a new season of In The Frame! Our first guest of the year is Mason Alexander Park who is starring as Mary Todd Lincoln in the West End production of Oh, Mary! by Cole Escola.
Directed by Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary! is described as a dark comedy about a \"miserable, suffocated\" Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.
Mason made their London theatre debut as the Emcee in Cabaret (Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse theatre) and went on play Ariel in The Tempest and Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing, both at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and directed by Jamie Lloyd.
Mason famously played Hedwig in the US tour of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Their other theatre work includes playing St. Jimmy in American Idiot (Deaf West, Center Theatre Group Los Angeles), Charlotte von Mahlsdorf in I Am My Own Wife (Long Wharf Theatre), Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show (Bucks County Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO), Creator and Performer in The Pansy Craze (Audible at The Minetta Lane Theatre). They’ve also worked extensively on screen.
Recorded backstage, in this episode Mason discusses all-things Oh, Mary!, their move to London and their path to theatre plus lots more. Prepare yourself for dark sarcasm and carnage!
Oh, Mary! is booking at the Trafalgar Theatre until 25th April 2026. Visit www.ohmaryplay.co.uk for info and tickets.
This podcast is hosted by Andrew Tomlins
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