The Osgood Group and Bingo Pajamas Presents AGAINST HER BETTER JUDGEMENT
By: Gabrielle Sierra
Against Her Better Judgment, an imaginative staging of Dorothy Parker's short stories and poems, opens February 11th at the Drilling Company Theatre on West 78th Street and runs through Valentine's Day, February 14th.
Directed by Shannon MacMillan, Against Her Better Judgment features dynamic performances from an ensemble cast including Emily Asbury, Lee Chrisman, Meg Flaherty, Kristen Gehling, Levi Morger and Winston Osgood. Lighting and sound designed by Michael Lounsbery and costumes by Emily Dorwart.Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) was a well-known American writer, theatre critic and poet, best known for her quick wit and verbal prowess. Parker wrote for such publications as Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, was a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table, and received two Academy Award Nominations for her screenwriting work.A biting collage of couples and quips, Against Her Better Judgment lays bare a shameless self-portrait of the modern woman in love. Dorothy Parker's acid wit and melancholy bring to the stage a series of sharp-tongued heroines-and the devastating men they call their own-who both create and confront their neuroses, navigating the tricky territories of romance with vicious humor, regret and more than the occasional cocktail.Against Her Better Judgment is the inaugural show from Bingo Pajamas Productions, a new theatre company founded by Michael Lounsbery and Meghan Flaherty, dedicated to producing unique and original literary adaptations for ensemble casts on the New York stage. This production is funded by the Osgood Group.
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