"Mad Men" Actress Plays 17th Century's Aphra Behn in Or, Off-Broadway

By Adam Hetrick
29 Oct 2009

Maggie Siff
Maggie Siff

Liz Duffy Adams' Or, — starring "Mad Men" actress Maggie Siff — begins performances Off-Broadway on Oct. 29 at the home of Women's Project.

WP Lab member Wendy McClellan (Green Girl) directs the world premiere of Or, (yes, the comma is part of the title). It officially opens Nov. 3 and will play a limited run through Nov. 30.

Siff, who appeared on the hit AMC series "Mad Men" as department store heiress Rachel Menken, portrays central character Aphra Behn in the new play. The cast of Or, also features Kelly Hutchinson and Andy Paris.

Or, is described as such: "Aphra Behn is getting out of the spy trade and into show biz, if she can only write her play without interruptions from her love life — celebrity Nell Gwynne, King Charles II, and double-agent William Scott, among others. While war rages and Aphra and her friends celebrate free love, cross-dressing and pastoral lyricism, the 1660s start to look a lot like the 1960s. Verse or prose, now or then, love or death... and a lot of kissing."

Or, is designed by Zane Philstrom (set design), Andrea Lauer (costume design), Deb Sullivan (lighting design) and Elizabeth Rhodes (sound design).



For further information on the Women's Project, located at 424 West 55th Street in Manhattan, visit WomensProject.