Chester Theatre Company announces the casting for Mark St. Germain’s newest play, Magdalene to run June 19-29, 2025.
Eighteen years after the death of Christ, Peter seeks out Mary Magdalene, whom he banished after the crucifixion. Peter needs an ally against a self-proclaimed Apostle angling for power in the growing church. In Magdalene, the author of Freud’s Last Session and Becoming Dr. Ruth offers a startling new look at two historical figures and the clash that impacts the course of Christianity. LeFevre will play Peter and Skraastad will play Mary Magdalene.
This will be the fifth show at Chester Theatre Company directed by Keira Naughton. She previously directed Curve of Departure, Will Sacrifice, Title & Deed, and To The Moon And Back.
Adam LeFevre and Danielle Skraastad have both appeared on Broadway and off-Broadway as well as in regional theatre productions.
Bios follow:
ADAM LEFEVRE
BROADWAY: includes The Devil’s Disciple, Our Country’s Good, Summer and Smoke, Footloose, Mamma Mia, Guys and Dolls and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
OFF-BROADWAY: includes Mr. Landing Takes a Fall, Doctor’s Dilemma, Cyrano, The Marriage of Bette and Boo (Roundabout); Henry V (Public Theater); How the World Began (Women’s Project); Him (Primary Stages).
REGIONAL: includes Metromaniacs (Shakespeare DC/Old Globe), The Wake of Jamey Foster andThe Rivals (Hartford Stage); School for Wives (Yale Rep); Henceforward (Alley Theater); Bus Stop(Huntington Stage).
FILM: over 75 films including GOLD, THE LUCKY ONE, ALMOST PARIS, WILD OATS, SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE, FOOL’S GOLD, THE REF and ONLY YOU.
TV: numerous episodics and THE NIGHT OF and RECOUNT for HBO.
DANIELLE SKRAASTAD
BROADWAY: All My Sons.
OFF-BROADWAY: Anon and Paris (The Atlantic) Moundbuilders (Signature), Hurricane Diane(NYTW/WP), Architecture of Becoming (WP), IHO (Signature/The Public) and The Wake (The Public) A Bright Room Called Day (The Public), The Pain and the Itch (Playwrights Horizons), Big Times (W.E.T.), Lidless (Page 73)
Regionally Danielle has worked at People’s Light, Miami New Drama, Ancram OperaHouse, The Studio Theater, Premiere Stages, Two River Theater, Berkeley Rep, Cleveland Playhouse, Gulfshore Playhouse, The Kirk, Berkeley Rep, Capital Rep/Albany, ACT/Seattle, StageWorksHudson, The Humana Festival and more…
FILM/TV: 27 Dresses, Draw Up and Stare, Hard Sell , Michael Clayton, “Succession”, “Speed Mating”, “SVU”, “L&O”, “Unforgettable”,”Mercy”, “Fringe”.
KEIRA NAUGHTON
Keira Naughton is a NYC-based actor and director. At Chester Theater Company, she directed Curve of Departure, Will Sacrifice, Title & Deed, and To The Moon And Back. She directed the world premiere of Cedars by Erik Tarloff at the Berkshire Theater Festival and Battle for the Airwaves in the Lyrics & Lyricists Series at the 92nd St. Y in NYC. She has appeared on Broadway in Three Sisters, The Rivals, and Dance of Death. Off-Broadway credits include These Paper Bullets!, The Jammer, and Hunting & Gathering. She has worked at prominent theaters such as The Kennedy Center, Yale Rep, McCarter, The Geffen Playhouse, Old Globe, Huntington and Arena Stage. Her television/film credits include “Law & Order: SVU” and “OC”; “The Exorcist” (Fox), “3 Lbs”, “Body of Proof”, “Sex & The City”, “Blair Witch 2”, “Cradle Will Rock”. Keira holds an MFA from the NYU Graduate Acting Program.
MARK ST. GERMAIN
Mark St. Germain has written the plays FREUD’S LAST SESSION (Off Broadway Alliance Award), CAMPING WITH HENRY AND TOM (Outer Critics Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award) FORGIVING TYPHOID MARY, (Time Magazine’s “Year’s Ten Best”) and BECOMING DR. RUTH, the story of Dr. Ruth Westheimer. He’s written ELEANOR, starring Harriet Harris and RELATIVITY, starring Mike Nussbaum, as well as the plays BEST OF ENEMIES, EARS ON A BEATLE, SCOTT AND HEM, OUT OF GAS ON LOVER’S LEAP and FORGIVENESS. THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH, originating at Barrington Stage Company, was subsequently produced in London, premiered at Barrington Stage Company as did his newest play, FORGIVENESS.
With Randy Courts, he has written the musicals THE GIFTS OF THE MAGI, JOHNNY PYE AND THE FOOLKILLER and JACK’S HOLIDAY. Mark’s musical, STAND BY YOUR MAN, The Tammy Wynette Story, was created for Nashville’s Ryman Theater. With John Markus hewrote the comedy with music, THE FABULOUS LIPITONES and with Josh Bergasse co-created the dance musical, A CROSSING.
Great Barrington Public Theater premiered his plays DAD and PUBLIC SPEAKING 101.
Mark wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of FREUD’S LAST SESSION which starred Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode. He co-wrote the screenplay for Carroll Ballard’s Warner Brothers film, DUMA. His play THE GOD COMMITEE has been made into a film with the same name. He directed and produced the documentary, MY DOG, An Unconditional Love Story, featuring Richard Gere, and Glenn Close among others. Television credits include THE COSBY SHOW and Dick Wolf’s CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.
His books include the comedic memoir WALKING EVIL and the thriller, THE MIRROR MAN.
He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Writer’s Guild East and an Associate Artist at the Barrington Stage Company. Barrington Stage named their second stage “The St. Germain Stage.”