Jinkx Monsoon is set to make her West End debut in the acclaimed London production of Cole Escola‘s Tony Award-winning comedy OH, MARY! this summer, reprising her critically acclaimed performance as Mary Todd Lincoln from her sold-out Broadway run last year.
Jinkx will play a strictly limited 6-week season at Trafalgar Theatre from 17 August until 26 September 2026.
The Olivier and Tony Award-winning smash hit comedy OH, MARY! recently extended its West End run and is now booking until 2 January 2027.
OH, MARY! currently stars Catherine Tate as Mary Todd Lincoln, Kate O’Donnell as Mary’s Chaperone, Oliver Stockley as Mary’s Husband’s Assistant, with Dino Fetscher as Mary’s Teacher, and Scott Karim as Mary’s Husband.
Tate’s final performance as Mary Todd Lincoln will be Saturday 18 July. Cole Escola will then reprise their Tony Award-winning role as Mary Todd Lincoln for a strictly limited 4-week season from 20 July until 15 August 2026.
Casting for the role of Mary Todd Lincoln from 28 September 2026 onwards is to be announced.
OH, MARY! is a dark comedy about a miserable, suffocated Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Unrequited yearning, alcoholism, and suppressed desires abound in this 80-minute one-act play that finally examines the forgotten life and dreams of Mrs. Lincoln, through the lens of an idiot (playwright Cole Escola).
In addition to Cole Escola (Writer) and Sam Pinkleton (Director), the full creative team includes dots (Scenic Designer), Holly Pierson (Costume Designer), Cha See (Lighting Designer), Daniel Kluger (Sound Design and Music), Drew Levy (Sound Designer), Leah J. Loukas (Wig Designer), David Dabbon (Arrangements) with Casting by Stuart Burt CDG.
Associate creatives include Zoë Hurwitz (Scenic), Debo Andrews (Costume), Tom Turner (Lighting), Chris Reid (Sound), Kim Kasim(Wigs), and Caitlin Morgan (Music Direction).
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