American Devotion

06/21/2026

Happy Closing to AMERICAN DEVOTION
World Premiere
By The Word Productions
The Studio @ Crow's Theatre

Join us in wishing the AMERICAN DEVOTION team a big congratulations and happy closing 🎉🥂

Huge thanks to the cast and creative team!
A World Premiere is not an easy thing. Working on a new untested play means a bumpy road with many firsts that we had to travel together with no easy answers that we could borrow from previous productions.

This was a 12 year dream that incredibly came true through the dedication, passion, and artistry of everyone involved. And a special thank you to all the friends, family and every audience member who came with an open heart and a curious mind, ready to support us and join us for the journey 💚

⭐ Cast ⭐
Holm Bradwell
Misha Harding
Mark Rittinger

✨ Creative ✨
Written by Franca Miraglia
Directed by Mario D'Alimonte
Fight Direction by Thom Speck
Costume Design by Denise Daly
Lighting & Sound Design by Chris Northey
Set & Props by Petra Bockus

06/15/2026

One week left...don't miss American Devotion!
"As brilliant a play as American Devotion is on the page, it required performers with acute acting acumen to bring its full potential to fruition. Fortunately, the cast, including Mark Rittinger (Norman Mailer), Holm Bradwell (Arthur Miller) and Misha Harding (Marilyn Monroe), did just that and they did it spectacularly!

So, once you have settled your bum into a very comfortable seat at the Studio Theatre and given American Devotion 100 minutes your undivided attention, make sure you get your bum out of that seat to deliver the cast, crew and playwright of American Devotion the standing ovation that they have earned and deserve! Bravissimo!"

Read the full review by Doreen Nicol here:

American Devotion delves into the ravages of celebrity culture that’s reliant on fickle fans, the expectations placed on art while exploring political paranoia and the personal cost of public loyalty.

06/11/2026

If you're not into soccer, or traffic or crowds...come see American Devotion. Discount tickets on game nights.

06/06/2026

https://www.crowstheatre.com/shows-events/american-devotion?

06/05/2026

Opening Night at American Devotion! Runs until June 21st. Come watch Holm Bradwell, Misha Harding and Mark Rittinger as Miller, Monroe and Mailer. From By the Word Productions at The Studio at Crow's Theatre.

06/01/2026

Happy 100th Anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's Birthday!! Join us in celebrating Monroe's lasting legacy as an actress who bravely stood her ground and tirelessly pushed back on those wanting to diminish her. She was an original badass and continues to inspire all of us who strive to live an authentic life (especially if it rubs others the wrong way)!!
AMERICAN DEVOTION
World Premiere June 3-21st
By the Word Productions
The Studio at Crow's Theatre, 345 Carlaw Avenue

American Devotion takes us back to 1957 and the Connecticut farmhouse shared by Marilyn Monroe and her celebrated playwright husband, Arthur Miller. In ...

05/26/2026

AMERICAN DEVOTION made the June issue of Toronto Life Magazine's "The Hot List". World Premiere from By the Word Productions on stage at The Studio @ Crow's Theatre from June 3rd-21st. For tickets https://www.crowstheatre.com/shows-events/american-devotion?

05/25/2026

American Devotion
World Premiere
By the Word Productions
The Studio @ Crow's Theatre
June 3-21st, 2026. www.crowstheatre.com
ARTHUR MILLER FIVE FACTS:
- Arthur Miller is one of the most celebrated playwrights of the 20th century with productions of All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953) and A View from the Bridge (1955)
- Miller was awarded the 1949 Pulitzer Prize (Death of a Salesman) and earned multiple Tony and New York Drama Critics' Circle awards
- Miller was famously married to Marilyn Monroe for just 5 years in an unlikely match the press dubbed "beauty and the brains"
- Miller testified as part of the McCarthy trials before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1956. While he admitted to attending meetings of Communist party writers, he refused to "name names" of others who had attended. He was found guilty of contempt of Congress but the verdict was overturned a year later and he did not serve any time in jail
- Miller had four children over two of his three marriages: Jane and Robert (with his first wife, Mary Slattery), and Rebecca and Daniel (with his third wife, Inge Morath); Daniel was diagnosed with Down syndrome at birth and Miller placed him into a state-run institution in Connecticut and rarely visited him, choosing to keep his existence hidden from the public.

American Devotion takes us back to 1957 and the Connecticut farmhouse shared by Marilyn Monroe and her celebrated playwright husband, Arthur Miller. In ...

05/22/2026

Thank you to Joe Szekeres of Our Theatre Voice for the lovely article on the World Premiere of American Devotion.

By the Word’s upcoming American Devotion certainly caught me by surprise during Elbows Up, Canada. At a time when we’ve been told to be mindful not to support