Frankie & Johnny in the
Clair de Lune
By: Terrence McNally
Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune
By Terrence McNally
Directed by Julia Murney
BCA Plaza Black Box Theatre, 539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA. 02131
Performance Dates:
June 18 Thursday @ 7:00 pm
June 19 Friday @ 7:30 pm
June 20 Saturday @ 7:30 pm
June 21 Sunday @ 4:00 pm
June 25 Thursday @ 7:00 pm
June 26 Friday @ 7:30 pm
June 27 Saturday @ 7:30 pm
June 28 Sunday @ 4:00 pm
Post Performance Note: Please enjoy audience dancing with the cast after the show! After Sunday performances, there will be Post Show Discussions with the cast in lieu of dancing!
Tickets Available Soon!
By Terrence McNally
Directed by Julia Murney
BCA Plaza Black Box Theatre, 539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA. 02131
Performance Dates:
June 18 Thursday @ 7:00 pm
June 19 Friday @ 7:30 pm
June 20 Saturday @ 7:30 pm
June 21 Sunday @ 4:00 pm
June 25 Thursday @ 7:00 pm
June 26 Friday @ 7:30 pm
June 27 Saturday @ 7:30 pm
June 28 Sunday @ 4:00 pm
Post Performance Note: Please enjoy audience dancing with the cast after the show! After Sunday performances, there will be Post Show Discussions with the cast in lieu of dancing!
Tickets Available Soon!
We are excited to officially announce our Cast and Crew for the upcoming production of Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune!
Julia Murney - Director
Some green witch: appeared on Broadway as Elphaba in Wicked after playing the role on the national tour for which she received an Acclaim Award. Some other New York stuff: The Wild Party (Drama Desk nomination), Lennon, The Vagina Monologues, Falling (Drama Desk nomination), A Class Act, The Landing, Queen of the Mist, Time and Again (Lucille Lortel nomination), Baby, Between The Lines. Some regional: A Little Night Music (Ogunquit Playhouse), Ragtime (North Carolina Theatre), Evita (Sacramento Music Circus). Some TV: Succession, Madam Secretary, 30 Rock, Sex and the City, all the Law and Orders, First You Dream. Some film: Big Time Adolescence, Not Okay. She’s appeared in or directed productions and solo concerts from Carnegie Hall to Raleigh, Maui to Malaysia, & a lot of spots in between. Some recordings: about a gazillion voiceovers, less than a gazillion audiobooks, several original cast albums, the Grammy nominated Actor’s Fund Benefit of Hair and her solo album I’m Not Waiting. Insta: @pepamama
Some green witch: appeared on Broadway as Elphaba in Wicked after playing the role on the national tour for which she received an Acclaim Award. Some other New York stuff: The Wild Party (Drama Desk nomination), Lennon, The Vagina Monologues, Falling (Drama Desk nomination), A Class Act, The Landing, Queen of the Mist, Time and Again (Lucille Lortel nomination), Baby, Between The Lines. Some regional: A Little Night Music (Ogunquit Playhouse), Ragtime (North Carolina Theatre), Evita (Sacramento Music Circus). Some TV: Succession, Madam Secretary, 30 Rock, Sex and the City, all the Law and Orders, First You Dream. Some film: Big Time Adolescence, Not Okay. She’s appeared in or directed productions and solo concerts from Carnegie Hall to Raleigh, Maui to Malaysia, & a lot of spots in between. Some recordings: about a gazillion voiceovers, less than a gazillion audiobooks, several original cast albums, the Grammy nominated Actor’s Fund Benefit of Hair and her solo album I’m Not Waiting. Insta: @pepamama
Wendy Lippe - Frankie, Producing Artistic Director
Wendy Lippe, Ph.D., AEA, is the Producing Artistic Director of The Psych Drama Company, a 501(c)(3) non-profit theater company which has performed in Boston, NYC and Rhode Island. Wendy was most recently seen as She in Stage Kiss at the Boston Center for the Arts. Wendy has an extensive history in the theater with an emphasis on performing and directing Shakespeare and the American greats. Most notably, Wendy developed and portrayed a female Hamlet for three different Boston-area theater companies. She also adapted and created an international streaming audio drama of Macbeth, which she then directed in the Charles Hayden Planetarium with full-dome visuals. Favorite roles include Ann in Albee’s At Home at the Zoo, Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter, Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie, Madame Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard, Goneril in King Lear, Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Inez in No Exit, and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. Wendy’s theater work has been featured and/or received critical acclaim on WBUR, WCVB/Channel 5, in the Boston Globe (including the VIP Lounge), CapeNews, Motif Magazine, DigBoston, Theater Mirror, Edge Media Network, BU Today, The New England Psychologist, The Brookline Tab, The Worcester Telegram and Gazette, and other local newspapers and radio stations. Wendy is a member of Actors’ Equity Association. For more information on Wendy and The Psych Drama Company, please visit ThePsychDramaCompany.com. CLICK HERE to read Wendy's full bio.
Wendy Lippe, Ph.D., AEA, is the Producing Artistic Director of The Psych Drama Company, a 501(c)(3) non-profit theater company which has performed in Boston, NYC and Rhode Island. Wendy was most recently seen as She in Stage Kiss at the Boston Center for the Arts. Wendy has an extensive history in the theater with an emphasis on performing and directing Shakespeare and the American greats. Most notably, Wendy developed and portrayed a female Hamlet for three different Boston-area theater companies. She also adapted and created an international streaming audio drama of Macbeth, which she then directed in the Charles Hayden Planetarium with full-dome visuals. Favorite roles include Ann in Albee’s At Home at the Zoo, Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter, Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie, Madame Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard, Goneril in King Lear, Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Inez in No Exit, and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. Wendy’s theater work has been featured and/or received critical acclaim on WBUR, WCVB/Channel 5, in the Boston Globe (including the VIP Lounge), CapeNews, Motif Magazine, DigBoston, Theater Mirror, Edge Media Network, BU Today, The New England Psychologist, The Brookline Tab, The Worcester Telegram and Gazette, and other local newspapers and radio stations. Wendy is a member of Actors’ Equity Association. For more information on Wendy and The Psych Drama Company, please visit ThePsychDramaCompany.com. CLICK HERE to read Wendy's full bio.
Cliff Blake - Johnny, Assistant Producer
Cliff Blake is an award-winning actor, playwright and songwriter. His recent film performance in Eephus (100% Rotten Tomatoes), which world-premiered at Cannes, US- premiered at Lincoln Center (NYFF), and landed on many 2025 Best Films lists, garnered critics’ acclaim worldwide, including Variety’s comparisons of him to fellow Extraordinary Everyman Jack Lemmon. His extensive theater work includes angling for a plantation from Broadway’s Keir Dullea and Tony nominee Mia Dillon in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre); learning life lessons in four extended runs of Tuesdays with Morrie, including Cherry Lane in New York, as well as a special performance at Brandeis University, where the famous teacher-and-student, Morrie-and-Mitch, first met; and simply battling life and death as the late Obie-winning Robbie McCauley’s Willy Loman in her multi-racial Death of a Salesman. He is known for his extensive range, from A to B!!! — Atticus to Bob Ewell — his Atticus earning him Boston critics’ accolades for an innovative take on the iconic role (Roxbury Repertory Theatre) and his Bob Ewell performance in another To Kill a Mockingbird run (Gloucester Stage Company) personally praised by film icon Liv Ullmann. In musical theater, he has commanded ships in the Cape Cod Atlantic’s South Pacific (Cape Playhouse) and, like anyone in the theater business, gambled on stages all over the country as Harry the Horse in a Guys & Dolls National Tour. For Psych Drama, he not only has connived as Claudius in Hamlet, but played many a post-midnight game of George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. He founded and ran The ACKtors Table on Nantucket, where he cooked up an innovative concept combining theater, culinary arts and philanthropy, with 100% of proceeds donated to hunger-focused charities worldwide. As Knight of the Grill Johnny in this production, he aims to cook up a mouth-watering feast to satisfy audiences’ hunger for hope, satiate their appetite for love, and inspire a savory, life-affirming promise to, pardon-his-French, “Vis noblement . . .Bon appetit.”
Cliff Blake is an award-winning actor, playwright and songwriter. His recent film performance in Eephus (100% Rotten Tomatoes), which world-premiered at Cannes, US- premiered at Lincoln Center (NYFF), and landed on many 2025 Best Films lists, garnered critics’ acclaim worldwide, including Variety’s comparisons of him to fellow Extraordinary Everyman Jack Lemmon. His extensive theater work includes angling for a plantation from Broadway’s Keir Dullea and Tony nominee Mia Dillon in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre); learning life lessons in four extended runs of Tuesdays with Morrie, including Cherry Lane in New York, as well as a special performance at Brandeis University, where the famous teacher-and-student, Morrie-and-Mitch, first met; and simply battling life and death as the late Obie-winning Robbie McCauley’s Willy Loman in her multi-racial Death of a Salesman. He is known for his extensive range, from A to B!!! — Atticus to Bob Ewell — his Atticus earning him Boston critics’ accolades for an innovative take on the iconic role (Roxbury Repertory Theatre) and his Bob Ewell performance in another To Kill a Mockingbird run (Gloucester Stage Company) personally praised by film icon Liv Ullmann. In musical theater, he has commanded ships in the Cape Cod Atlantic’s South Pacific (Cape Playhouse) and, like anyone in the theater business, gambled on stages all over the country as Harry the Horse in a Guys & Dolls National Tour. For Psych Drama, he not only has connived as Claudius in Hamlet, but played many a post-midnight game of George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. He founded and ran The ACKtors Table on Nantucket, where he cooked up an innovative concept combining theater, culinary arts and philanthropy, with 100% of proceeds donated to hunger-focused charities worldwide. As Knight of the Grill Johnny in this production, he aims to cook up a mouth-watering feast to satisfy audiences’ hunger for hope, satiate their appetite for love, and inspire a savory, life-affirming promise to, pardon-his-French, “Vis noblement . . .Bon appetit.”
Adam Elliot Rush - Radio Announcer (Voice)
Adam Elliott Rush is a creative strategist and developer, voice artist, and composer. His work spans voice acting, music composition for games and entertainment, and audio production, with credits — through PRISMOTIC — reaching audiences of millions across media. Adam is thrilled to lend his voice to Frankie and Johnny as the Radio Announcer.
Adam Elliott Rush is a creative strategist and developer, voice artist, and composer. His work spans voice acting, music composition for games and entertainment, and audio production, with credits — through PRISMOTIC — reaching audiences of millions across media. Adam is thrilled to lend his voice to Frankie and Johnny as the Radio Announcer.
Alex Zieselman - Stage Manager
Alex Zieselman is proud to make Frankie and Johnny in the Claire De Lune her first Boston debut! She graduated as a Theatre major in May 2024 from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. She has been a part of backstage theater since the 7th grade and started stage managing during college. Her first role was as an Assistant Stage Manager for Wheaton’s fall 2023 musical production of Rent. Shortly after graduating, she became an Assistant Stage Manager for the Dorset Theatre Festival. From the rest of 2024 to 2025, she stage-managed Bennington Theater's plays and musicals in Bennington, Vermont. She has since moved to Brookline in December to continue her stage manager career.
Alex Zieselman is proud to make Frankie and Johnny in the Claire De Lune her first Boston debut! She graduated as a Theatre major in May 2024 from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. She has been a part of backstage theater since the 7th grade and started stage managing during college. Her first role was as an Assistant Stage Manager for Wheaton’s fall 2023 musical production of Rent. Shortly after graduating, she became an Assistant Stage Manager for the Dorset Theatre Festival. From the rest of 2024 to 2025, she stage-managed Bennington Theater's plays and musicals in Bennington, Vermont. She has since moved to Brookline in December to continue her stage manager career.
Allie Glavey - Technical Director, Set Designer, Set Builder
Allie Glavey is a designer, based out of Boston, MA. She is originally from Buffalo NY, and is a proud graduate of Clemson University, where she earned both her Bachelor of Arts and Masters degree in Architecture. Today, Allie works as an architectural designer within the arts and entertainment sector, and has served as a scenic designer for several productions throughout the Northeast.
Allie Glavey is a designer, based out of Boston, MA. She is originally from Buffalo NY, and is a proud graduate of Clemson University, where she earned both her Bachelor of Arts and Masters degree in Architecture. Today, Allie works as an architectural designer within the arts and entertainment sector, and has served as a scenic designer for several productions throughout the Northeast.
Olivia Comolli - Sound Designer
Olivia Comolli is a sound designer making her theatrical debut with Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. With a varied background spanning news, scripted television, and student film, Olivia brings a versatile and detail-oriented ear to every sonic landscape she shapes. She holds a concentration and minor in Audio Production from Ithaca College, where she cultivated both the technical craft and creative instincts that define her work. Theatre calls to Olivia for the audience is never a passive observer, but an active presence, breathing life into the performance alongside the artists onstage, the energy is something that she can never get enough of. It is the unmediated connection that drew her to Frankie and Johnny, a play that lives and dies in the intimate, electric space between two people. She is thrilled to bring her film-honed sensibility to the stage and explore what sound can do when so intimately acknowledged.
Olivia Comolli is a sound designer making her theatrical debut with Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. With a varied background spanning news, scripted television, and student film, Olivia brings a versatile and detail-oriented ear to every sonic landscape she shapes. She holds a concentration and minor in Audio Production from Ithaca College, where she cultivated both the technical craft and creative instincts that define her work. Theatre calls to Olivia for the audience is never a passive observer, but an active presence, breathing life into the performance alongside the artists onstage, the energy is something that she can never get enough of. It is the unmediated connection that drew her to Frankie and Johnny, a play that lives and dies in the intimate, electric space between two people. She is thrilled to bring her film-honed sensibility to the stage and explore what sound can do when so intimately acknowledged.
Matthew Breton - Lighting Designer
Matthew Breton is delighted to be working with Psych Drama again, after assisting with Stage Kiss.. Mr. Breton works professionally in the New England area as a lighting designer and technician. Seasonally Mr. Breton works as the lighting supervisor for Central Square Theatre (Cambridge, MA). He has served as lighting supervisor for performances by Kyle Abraham/AIM, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and Faye Driscoll. Most recently Mr. Breton served as the technical supervisor for the American College Dance Association conference at the Jose Mateo Ballet Theater in Cambridge.
Matthew Breton is delighted to be working with Psych Drama again, after assisting with Stage Kiss.. Mr. Breton works professionally in the New England area as a lighting designer and technician. Seasonally Mr. Breton works as the lighting supervisor for Central Square Theatre (Cambridge, MA). He has served as lighting supervisor for performances by Kyle Abraham/AIM, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and Faye Driscoll. Most recently Mr. Breton served as the technical supervisor for the American College Dance Association conference at the Jose Mateo Ballet Theater in Cambridge.
Charlie Berger - Marketing Director
Charlie Berger is excited to be returning for his second show with The Psych Drama Company as the Marketing Director. Charlie is a comedian, writer, and director based in New York City. Charlie received a BFA from Boston University in Theatre Arts with concentrations in directing and playwriting. Charlie is also an improvisational comedian and avid sketch writer, currently performing around the city on indie teams. Charlie runs tech at Asylum NYC for scripted and unscripted comedy. Charlie was awarded the Milan Stitt New Works Award for excellence in direction of new plays at Boston University. Insta: @charlieberger1122
Charlie Berger is excited to be returning for his second show with The Psych Drama Company as the Marketing Director. Charlie is a comedian, writer, and director based in New York City. Charlie received a BFA from Boston University in Theatre Arts with concentrations in directing and playwriting. Charlie is also an improvisational comedian and avid sketch writer, currently performing around the city on indie teams. Charlie runs tech at Asylum NYC for scripted and unscripted comedy. Charlie was awarded the Milan Stitt New Works Award for excellence in direction of new plays at Boston University. Insta: @charlieberger1122
Maithili Rajput - Assistant Producer, Board Operator, Costumes/Props
Maithili Rajput is a South Asian interdisciplinary artist whose work spans sculpture, performance, video, and installation. Working through labor-intensive and durational processes, she explores endurance, visibility, and the boundaries that shape the body in space. Her practice often places the body within constructed environments to examine strength, vulnerability, and resistance. She holds an MFA in Sculpture from Boston University and is based in Boston.
Maithili Rajput is a South Asian interdisciplinary artist whose work spans sculpture, performance, video, and installation. Working through labor-intensive and durational processes, she explores endurance, visibility, and the boundaries that shape the body in space. Her practice often places the body within constructed environments to examine strength, vulnerability, and resistance. She holds an MFA in Sculpture from Boston University and is based in Boston.
Katie Thorn - Intimacy Coordinator
Katie Thorn is a graduate of Purchase College with a degree in technical theater and design with a concentration in Stage Management. She is very excited to be working on this production as the Intimacy Coordinator. Past credits include Of Dishes and Dreams (Baryshnikov Arts), The Seagull (Purchase College), and The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Katie Thorn is a graduate of Purchase College with a degree in technical theater and design with a concentration in Stage Management. She is very excited to be working on this production as the Intimacy Coordinator. Past credits include Of Dishes and Dreams (Baryshnikov Arts), The Seagull (Purchase College), and The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.