Before The Drugs Kick In made its world premiere at the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe to multiple five- and four-star reviews while being nominated for two of the festival’s biggest awards, the BBC Writersroom Popcorn Award for Best New Writing and the Mental Health Foundation Fringe Award.
Presented by Theaterlab's TLAB SHARES, this will be the show’s third New York City engagement following performances at UNDER St. Marks and Court Square Theater. The play is dedicated to anyone, especially young mothers of the 80s, 90s and early 2000s, who society wrote off as crazy instead of giving them an opportunity to live. It is written, directed and produced by comedian and playwright Mike Lemme with movement direction by Mandy Gordon.
Show Notes: No intermission
Audience Advisory:
This show contains distressing themes with strong language and mentions of suicide but it's also full of jokes too.
Performance Schedule:
FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 7 PM
SUNDAY @ 4 PM
Cast
Maria DeCotis
Director
Mike Lemme
Written by
Mike Lemme