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Special Thanks

The Strollers of Maplewood

Paula Murray Walter
Richard Walter
Barbara Stoller
The South Orange Performing Arts Center
Jeanna Phillips
Jack Smith
Brian Walter
Billy MacArthur
Ben Greene
Brian Sykora
Nikida Koraly
One on One Studios
FringeNYC
440 Studios
Jenna Laurenzo
The UNC Department of Dramatic Art
The UNC Playwriting Studio
John Haber
The Posse
Eddie Korbich and Andy Leech
Jesse Alick
Joe Sykora,
Matt Olin,
Adam Gerdts,
Kate Middleton and Ground Up Productions,
Patrick Link, K
Katie Cunningham,
Bill and Janine Poutre,
Jerry Ryan,
Sharon Quinn,
Wyndham Robertson,
Betty Kenan,
Janet and Dick Walter

"Playwright Madeline Walter has a flair for comedy that director Heidi Handelsman exploits fully. The cast keeps the audience laughing, nearly non-stop, at their silly antics..." Gyda Arber, nytheatre.com[Read Article]

"This show plays with the definition of fiction, which is very timely in light of events like James Frey's memoir scandal. We are obsessed with truth, and this piece plays with that obsession, and features a character who instead is obsessed with fiction." - nytheatre.com [Read Article]

A 'Virgin Mary' story of imaginary conception, it may not be divine, but it will be hilarious. The play, with a cast of ten, will be directed by Heidi Handelsman. - BroadwayWorld.com [Read Article]

FringeNYC Features 12 Shows in Encore Series - Fake babies, Catholic chaos, and escaping Long Island in a rowboat: this and more when virginal teen Mary Brigit Poppleton fakes her own pregnancy. Why? Because she's writing a memoir, and who wants to read about a happy childhood? broadwayworld.com - [Read Article]

In Mary Brigit Poppleton is Writing a Memoir, an energetic new play by Madeline Walter, the title character, played by a vivacious Allison Altman, decides to fake teenage pregnancy as fodder for a memoir and as her opportunity to burst free from a mundane world. - offoffonline.com [Read Article]

"It's contemporary, witty, and it speaks to everyone. There are Mary Brigit moments that people will recognize happen every day." - The Daily Tar Heel - - [Read Article]

“Award-winning play ready for the stage: In Madeline Walter’s award-winning play…art doesn’t merely imitate life. Each creates the other in a comic odyssey...” –The Chapel Hill Herald [Read Article]

“…it has strong female characters and a high-energy ensemble of bizarre personalities. It’s about taking real life and sculpting it into something a little quirkier, a little more fluorescent.” – University of North Carolina Playwriting Studio. - [Read Article]

“UNC DDA STUDENTS AT THE NY INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL” – [Read Article]

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