Running APRIL 26 - MAY 17, 2025
@ Theatre Row, Theatre One
410 W 42nd Street
"Undeniably captivating...a compelling ensemble cast that brings stunning authenticity to the material."
- Gregory Fletcher, Stage and Cinema
"The piece is intriguing...acting is wonderfully naturalistic."
- Alix Cohen, Woman Around Town
"a nicely developing mystery fantasy story about the paranormal."
- Scotty Bennett, Theater Scene
"Bell presents the dilemma with humor, trepidation, frustration, and tenderness...Mystic Conversations encourages expansion, inclusion, and enhancement if we have the courage to pursue what we cannot prove."
- Laurie Lawson, Electronic Link Journal
" excellent direct(ion)...Joey Brenneman provided detailed attention."
- Marilyn Lester, Nite Life Exchange
"cosmically important and relevant."
- Jacob Goldbas, Facadeaside
From L to R: Frenie Acoba, Brenda Braxton, Lincoln Cohen, Brandon Jones, Jenny Strassburg, Nicky Torchia
The Mom – Jenny Strassburg (she/her)
The Boy – Lincoln Cohen (he/him)
The Mystic – Brenda Braxton (she/her)
The Dad – Brandon Jones † (he/him)
The Sister – Frenie Acoba (she/her)
Spirit Child – Nicky Torchia (he/him)
† indicates NLTP Collective member
Actors + Stage Managers members of Actors' Equity Association
Written by Julia Barry Bell (she/her)
Directed by Joey Brenneman † (she/her)
Casting by Stephanie Klapper (she/her)
Scenic Design by Dana Weintraub (she/her)
Costume Design by Ghislaine Sabiti (she/her)
Lighting Design by Bobbi Rene Fullerton (she/her)
Sound Design by The Roly Polys † (they/them/he/him)
Production Stage Manager Caroline Ragland (she/they)
Assistant Stage Manager Allison Hohman (she/her)
Child Guardian Nicole Powell (she/her)
Wardrobe Supervisor Cat Copeland † (they/she)
Technical Director ToniAnne Cavanaugh † (she/her)
Press Representation Jonathan Slaff (he/him)
The Cast, Creative + Production Team for Mystic Conversations, 2025.
ABOUT THE PLAY
What if your child saw what you couldn't?
Based on real events, Mystic Conversations is a powerful new play about a mother's journey to understand her son's extraordinary gifts – and the unseen world around them.
The play explores family tension between the physical and spiritual world as a mother grapples with a child’s psychic abilities and her own unresolved grief over a miscarriage. As they struggle to embrace the unknown, the mystical and the ordinary collide in a journey of self-discovery and reconciliation.
Production photos by Hunter Canning