Brenda Withers is an American playwright and actress. Withers grew up in Long Island, New York, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 2000.[1] She is close friends with Mindy Kaling, whom she met when they were both attending Dartmouth. In 2001, Withers and Kaling co-wrote the play Matt & Ben, a play in which Withers and Kaling star as Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, respectively. The play debuted in 2002 at that year's New York International Fringe Festival, where it became a surprise hit and won the "Best in Fringe" award.[1][2][3] It began an Off Broadway run in 2003, which led to it receiving multiple favorable reviews, including from the New Yorker.[4] In one of the show's Off Broadway productions, in a scene in which Kaling was supposed to fake a choreographed punch to Withers's face, Kaling accidentally punched Withers so hard that she broke her nose and she had to go to the hospital. After an intermission, the play continued.[3][5] In 2006, Withers appeared in the "Booze Cruise" episode of The Office.[3]
She has also acted in stage productions of Crimes of the Heart,The Philadelphia Story, and Abundance.[6] In 2011, her play The Ding Dongs or What is the Penalty in Portugal? premiered at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre, where she was a company member and playwright at the time.[1][7] She later co-founded the Harbor Stage Company, a theater in Wellfleet, Massachusetts which she helps to run. In 2016, her play The Kritik premiered there.[8][9]
^ abc"Central Square Theater Presents MATT AND BEN this Summer". BroadwayWorld.com. 2011-06-09. Archived from the original on 2014-11-16. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
^Miller, Steve (2011-07-02). "Taking aim at 'Matt and Ben'". Boston.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
^ abcSittenfeld, Curtis (2011-09-23). "A Long Day at 'The Office' With Mindy Kaling". The New York Times Magazine. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
^Wulff, Jennifer (April 2012). "Dialed In". Dartmouth Alumni. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
^Weber, Bruce (2003-08-09). "Stage Punch Gone Wrong Sends Actress To Hospital". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
^Gates, Anita (2013-04-20). "The Frontier Is a Hard Place for Heroines". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
^Collins-Hughes, Laura (2011-09-04). "Civility, self-assertion, and family connections". Boston.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
^"PLUS". BRENDA WITHERS / PLAYWRIGHT. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
^Collins-Hughes, Laura (2016-07-26). "In Defense of Candid Reviews, Minus the Nastiness". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
BrendaWithers is an American playwright and actress. Withers grew up in Long Island, New York, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 2000. She is close...
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Pretty Things Gerry Rafferty Raydio REO Speedwagon Lee Ritenour ± Diana Ross Brenda Russell Sanford Townsend Band ± Santana (Alex Ligertwood era) Boz Scaggs...
eight years of an eleven-year sentence. In Melbourne, Australia, Shirley Withers hired two drug addicts -- Stan Collinocos and Sophie Stoupis -- to murder...
America's Promise 2009 "And Love Goes On" † Earth, Wind & Fire Larry Dunn Brenda Russell Verdine White Maurice White Faces 1980 "And When She Danced" Linda...
Guest starring: Tim O'Connor as Mr. Thackery; Kaz Garas as Loggins; Mark Withers as Dennis; M. C. Gainey as Peters; Frederic George as Adams. 83 24 "Miss...
Dylan's "Gotta Serve Somebody", Brenda Russell's "A Little Bit of Love", the Jackson Five's "Give It Up", Bill Withers' "Lean on Me", and Don McLean's...
States traditional Western Shooting High Alfred E. Green Gene Autry, Jane Withers, Marjorie Weaver United States Singing cowboy Western The Showdown Howard...
Peyser February 14, 1963 (1963-02-14) 322 Robbie, Hank and Joan (Bernadette Withers) are at an automobile junk yard. Joan is upset because she and Hank were...
Bowers), Barbara Baxley (Enid Griffin), Mari Aldon (Anne Brent), Grant Withers (Charles Stewart Brent), Richard Erdman (Arthur Binney), Wally Brown (Harry...
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