William & Mary (In Search of the Miraculous)

An idyllic day is shattered by the innocent observation of a three year old child. So sets a life in motion. Mary McDonald Hamill (“A performer of dignity and grace†The New York Times) writes and performs this Los Angeles premiere solo show, with excerpts from William Shakespeare. Hamill, a New York based actor who has shared the Broadway stage with such luminaries as Carol Channing, Sid Caesar, Leslie Caron and Judd Hirsch, has performed in such film and television shows as The Beniker Gang, Annie McGuire, Little House on the Prairie and Quincy. Directed by Rod Menzies, Producing Director for the EST Summer Conservatory Program in New York, director of more than a dozen solo shows in New York and L.A., including Rich Flisher’s Minute by Minute, Elaine Ocasio’s All I Ever Wanted, and Alice Johnson’s St. Alice of Chattahoochee. Music by Michael Welsh, composer, music producer and orchestrator for film, television and advertising, who served as Music Supervisor for Dick Clark Productions and Orion Pictures and has written music for the American Conservatory Theatre, California Theatre Center, Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, Seattle’s Intiman Theatre, and Glendale’s classical repertory company, A Noise Within. Produced by the Santa Monica Playhouse Benefit Series and The Lord Chamberlain’s Men. Sunday, Jan 17 & 24, 7pm. $15 in advance, $20 at the door, $10 for students and seniors. Santa Monica Playhouse Main Stage, 1211 4th Street (Between Wilshire & Arizona), Santa Monica, CA 90401. For tickets, please call 310-394-9779 ext. 1 or visit http://SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com.