Molly McFadden

Molly McFadden

Versatility is Molly’s trademark. Prior to adding playwriting to her resume she is an actress. She has worked in theater in NYC and numerous Equity theaters throughout the country, as well as doing commercials and film before turning to playwriting. While living in New York she wrote and performed her one woman show based on Tennessee William’s women Waiting in the Dark at Circle Rep. followed by working at the...
Versatility is Molly’s trademark. Prior to adding playwriting to her resume she is an actress. She has worked in theater in NYC and numerous Equity theaters throughout the country, as well as doing commercials and film before turning to playwriting. While living in New York she wrote and performed her one woman show based on Tennessee William’s women Waiting in the Dark at Circle Rep. followed by working at the Eugene O’Neill Cabaret Symposium where she was one of the original organizers writing and performing for the workshop alongside Julie Wilson, Sylvia Syms and Margaret Whiting. She also worked with Jim Henson and other artists writing and collaborating on the HBO special celebrating the magic of puppetry. While living there she studied acting with Theatrical Coach Allen Savage, performing in numerous theatrical productions, and singing at a variety of clubs and concerts. Molly is a stylist of note and was featured in the New York Times "As an up-and-coming performer with a stunning voice in a disappearing genre".
Molly is active with playwrighting groups, Stagewrights of Ensemble as well as Dark Room with CPT. Other plays of Molly’s that she is currently working on in order to upload on New Play Exchange are, Living on the Moon, Cease Not to Think of Me and In the Still of the Night and Auld Lang Syne
Molly currently lives in Cleveland, OH with her husband Brian McFadden who is an O’Neill National Playwright recipient and together they are working on a musical, Scratch that is loosely based on the movie THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER.

Plays

  • The Downside by Molly McFadden
    Cast: 
    7–8
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: ageism, family drama + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: ageism, family drama, life transitions, community gathering
    Has society betrayed us? This play deals with ageism. When facing change, isn’t that a question we all explore and ask ourselves in every generation? We’ve betrayed ourselves and each other, perhaps as we explore our life as it has been and will continue to be so. Change in a person’s life is inevitable, and how one succeeds in accepting that change is what this play is about. It dramatizes the consequences of...
    Has society betrayed us? This play deals with ageism. When facing change, isn’t that a question we all explore and ask ourselves in every generation? We’ve betrayed ourselves and each other, perhaps as we explore our life as it has been and will continue to be so. Change in a person’s life is inevitable, and how one succeeds in accepting that change is what this play is about. It dramatizes the consequences of deciding to downsize because of advancing age and the oncoming economic limitations. It investigates how it forces people to change when they may not want to geographically, spiritually, or …emotionally. The play further illustrates how friends and family are involved in the decision process and how it touches everyone in a community. The play examines the loss involved in moving from a long-established home and neighborhood. The action throughout the play demonstrates the void downsizing can create in everyone’s lives and is about more than a garage sale and moving to an apartment. It’s about hope and coming together at the table to stop, listen, share, and dine.