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New Ohio Theatre Ice Factory 2023 Presents

gerstl took the easy way out 


gerstl took the easy way out 

By Lydia Blaisdell

Directed by Ashley Olive Teague

Developed and Produced with Notch Theatre Company

Featuring: Amy Staats,* Marcel Mascaro,* Nikomeh Anderson, Anita Castillo-Halvorssen,* Kathleen Mary Carthy,* Lou Griesman, Nyaira Jones, Eli Wassertzug

Associate Producer and Production Manager: Carin Jennie Estey

Production Stage Manager: Jenny Kennedy*

Costume Design by: Susanne Houstle

Scenic Concepts by: Bruno-Pierre Houle

Lighting by: William DeJianne

Projection Design Consultant: Lacey Erb

Scenic Painter: Katie Kohler

Music by: Jacob Graham

Assistant Director: Stewart Harrision


Production and Costume Assistant: Erin Gruodis-Gimbel


[Untitled Composition] Music by Jacob Graham, Lyrics by Lydia Blaisdell & Jacob Graham


Intimacy Direction: Carin Jennie Estey


*Appearing courtesy of AEA


Support for this production provided by the Connecticut Office of the Arts, New Georges, New Ohio Theatre, Notch Theatre Company, the Cultural District and City of New London, Eileen Donovan, Mark Foggin, Emily Simoness, Charles Carey, R Lee Stump, Kaitlin Whitehorn, Kathryn Van Winkle, and Paz Hilfinger-Pardo and several more generous souls who wish to remain anonymous.



Mathilde is DONE. She’s trapped in a love triangle with her dusty hubby ( the ‘father’ of atonality, Arnold Schönberg) & her young lover ( the painter, Richard Gerstl) who both keep threatening to hang themselves without her cunt. A refreshing, de-centered metatheatrical romp set in 1900’s Vienna with ladders, tarps, a tiny piano, and an opinionated chorus. A meticulously researched, wildly playful imagined history of those individuals beyond the frame of ‘Serious History’.

  • Year
    2023
  • Premiere
    Ice Factory 2023
  • Director
    Ashley Olive Teague
  • Screenwriter
    Lydia Blaisdell
  • Producer
    Lydia Blaisdell
  • Co-Producer
    Associate Producer and Production Manager: Carin Jennie Estey
  • Cast
    Amy Staats,* Marcel Mascaro,* Nikomeh Anderson, Anita Castillo-Halvorssen,* Kathleen Mary Carthy,* Lou Griesman, Nyaira Jones, Eli Wassertzug
  • Music
    [Untitled Composition] Music by Jacob Graham, Lyrics by Lydia Blaisdell & Jacob Graham