JAMMED at Santa Fe Playhouse

A script-in-hand benefit reading. Written and directed by Golden Globe nominee Joan Tewkesbury (Nashville). Starring Oscar nominee Ali MacGraw (Love Story - Best Actress Oscar Nominee; Love Letters - National Tour), Brooke Palance (Empire of the Ants, The Four Deuces, The Clairvoyant), Patrick Janssen (SFP's The Baby Monitor), and Brent Black (Bway's Mamma Mia! and Marie Christine). With Kent Kirkpatrick (SFP's A Delicate Balance) reading stage directions.

Backstage, during a performance of Hedda Gabler, a missed cue triggers a conversation, a confrontation, a revelation, and a misguided solution. Two actresses, longtime workmates, and friends unravel the circumstances of their lives and discover that Ibsen’s exploration of forbidden behavior seems as relevant today as it was in 1890 when the play was first presented. Cultural frustration, the complexity of human impulse, and the need to break society’s rules. In this setting, similar secrets, private desires, and restraint exist side by side until they don’t, and a solution befitting Ibsen comes to pass.

Tickets range from $15 - $60 and can be purchased by calling 505-988-4262, visiting santafeplayhouse.org, or in person one hour before showtime.