Fallout: a new play by Mary Gage

10/15/2024

Now that the Nobel peace prize has been awarded to a Japanese anti-nuclear group, Nihon Hidankyo, this is the perfect time to stage my play about Major Eatherly, the only pilot who took part in the bombing of Hiroshima and went crazy with guilt when he saw what The Bomb had done. Fallout has already had a successful run at the State Theater in downtown State College so it's ready for production. Does anyone know a producer or director who' would be willing to take it on?

09/08/2024

Me with Nina and her best school friend, Phoebe, who is back from California to Bellefonte to shoot her second feature film. Great to see the next generation starting to make its mark!

05/08/2024

Just seen all your birthday wishes!! Thank you all very much! There' such a rift between hearing the news and life once I switch it off that I hope we can somehow survive this year. Friendship makes everything possible ###

04/20/2024

It's now two years since Fallout ran in State College, but it's even more relevant now. The world has forgotten World War Two. This play is my attempt to stop it happening again by resurrecting Major Eatherly's plea for peace. I hope someone out there is listening...

10/06/2022

Fallout was amazingly timely. It is the true story of a Hiroshima pilot who was brave enough to stand against nuclear war.
I can hardly believe that we are now facing the extinction of our world. Nothing could be more important, yet we are so busy hating each other that we are letting this madness happen.. If the nuclear bomb drops, it won't matter whether we are Black or white, or Democrat or Republican, or Russian or American. We must unite to stop our leaders from blowing us all to bits.
It's time we followed Major Eatherly's example. We have to stop this madness. Our leaders have to stop churning out weapons and start negotiating for peace. Because this is no play. This is reality, and we must act now, before it's too late.'

04/23/2022

Well, having wrapped up the show and crunched all the final numbers, FALLOUT was not only a success on stage, but also for the producers who walked away without losing any money, successfully covering their large budget. A HUGE thank you for all of the initial investors who helped make this possible. When we support the arts, we support jobs for actors, designers, directors, and many more! Thank you all for your wonderful support. It means the world to us and keeps the world meaningful for us all.

04/01/2022

The premier of FALLOUT at The State Theatre is in the books. What a ride it was! Thank you to everyone who came out to support this project. Wonderful audiences throughout and a cast and crew that was so committed to telling this story. A big thank you to Mary Gage for writing this play and for giving us the chance to create art again!

Onward!

03/21/2022

Carrie Marcinkevage rekindled her love of theater in The Next Stage’s An Ideal Husband and with Tempest Productions in the Central PA Theatre and Dance Fest with performances in Under Milkwood, Dear Friend: The Letters of John and Abagail Adams, and Poe: Deep Into That Darkness. Her all-time favorite role was playing Beatrice to her real-life husband’s Benedick in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.

03/18/2022

Mike Waldhier is a local State College actor originally from Chicago, and has performed in nearly 100 plays, musicals, and films over the course of his acting career. Favorites include Fun Home, Les Misérables, Guys & Dolls, Betrayal, Copenhagen, and Under Milkwood, among many others. Off stage, Mike is the Director of the Penn State Smeal MBA and Professional Doctorate programs and lives in State College with his wife, Laura.

03/18/2022

03/16/2022

03/16/2022

Rick Gilmore is an actor, musician, and poet. He has performed locally with The Next Stage ("Harper Regan", "The Memory of Water"), Stage College Community Theatre ("Dracula", "The Survivor", "Gypsy"), and Singing Onstage ("Oliver", "Sound of Music"). He is an award-winning teacher and Professor of Psychology at Penn State.

03/14/2022

Roxy Arrojo is an actress & singer based in NYC who is grateful to be performing live theater again. In her spare time, she enjoys composing and arranging music.
She is currently the program director for the Educational Arts Team bringing theater techniques into the classroom and integrating it into the curriculum to engage students and improve literacy skills. She was last seen in Collected Stories, produced locally by Tempest Productions in March 2020.

03/10/2022

A graduate of PSU, School of Theatre, MFA Acting ('99), Doug Cockle is an American actor, director and acting teacher living in the United Kingdom. For over 20 years he has worked in theatre, film, television, radio, video games and corporate video. Doug was also the Course Leader for the BA (Hons) Acting degree at the Arts University Bournemouth from 2005 to 2017.

Doug has worked extensively in the video games industry and is primarily known for his work as Geralt of Rivia in the Witcher video game series. Doug has been the voice of Geralt since the series began in 2007 and has been nominated for several awards for his work with this character.

03/09/2022

Mark A. Keeton (SAG-AFTRA/AEA) received his BAS in Theatre at the University of North Texas. Based in New York, he has worked off and off-off-Broadway in over 20 productions including, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "The Lion in Winter," and "Alligator Summer." In film/TV he's had roles in "Wonderstruck" directed by Todd Haynes, "Law and Order: SVU," "The Enemy Within," and many independent films.

03/04/2022

https://thestatetheatre.org/events/fallout/

A new play by Mary Gage

02/28/2022

At one time, Major "Buck" Eatherly was world famous, inspiring poetry, books, letters, and songs like this one a librarian friend found for us.

02/24/2022

Mary Gage, playwright, and Elaine Meder-Wilgus, director, discuss the upcoming production of FALLOUT, premiering at The State Theatre March 30-31 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm both days.