Greta Oglesby explores comedy and women in their second act in 'The Roommate'
Women over the age of 50 are often overlooked in entertainment roles. PRIME Productions is trying to change that: they celebrate women in their second act and produce plays with substantial roles for women over 50.
Their latest play called “The Roommate” is a two-woman show that tells a darkly comedic story of an unlikely pair and their self re-invention in Iowa City. Actor Greta Oglesby plays Carol, a newly divorced Midwesterner. She is best known for her ground-breaking role in Tony Kushner’s Caroline or Change, and has performed at the Guthrie and Penumbra Theatres as well as Chicago’s Goodman Theatre and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. She is a recent McKnight Theater Artist Fellow. Oglesby joined host Cathy Wurzer to talk about her show.
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