Cole Escola
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166 appearances
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1 series
first heard May 2025
last heard May 2025
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Yeah. And she also remodeled the White House. Yes. With new china and new drapes.
Yeah. I mean, she was stuck there. What was she supposed to do? I sort of feel for her in a way that like the only option she was given is sit there and look sad. Sit there and be the nation's sadness.
Well, I mean, that's another thing that you kind of learn is that she was a grieving woman. I mean, even before her husband was assassinated, she had children who died young. She was grieving. She suffered from mental illness. Were those also parts of the inspiration for the play? Yeah.
You know, the grieving mother stuff, I mostly – I didn't want to have to, like, cast children or figure out children. So I just sort of decided, oh, she hates her kids. And that solved that. They both do. They both do. Yeah. They both hate their kids. And then, you know, funny enough, I read something not long ago about how the Lincolns were, you know, neglectful parents, like –
Abraham would just let them run rampant in his work study when he was a lawyer. This is literally based on like reading three sentences of an article.
It's true then.
And so it's true. And I'm saying it on NPR.
Yes. Well, you've said that this play is very personal.
And I'll say it again. It's very personal.
Well, you you've said Mary is me.
Yeah.
How is this play about you?
This play is about a woman with a dream that no one around her understands. A dream that the whole world is telling her is stupid and doesn't make any sense. And I feel that way.
You've also said that the feeling that Mary has, that everyone is annoyed with her, is something that you relate to. Because Abraham thinks that Mary is too much and her dreams are too much. And you worry about that with the way people felt about you.
Yeah, this play is about a person that everyone thinks is annoying, which is my worst fear. So I'm sort of playing out, basically, can the audience root for someone... annoying. Can a character be so incredibly annoying and you still root for them?
But is part of it that Mary, you know, she just wants to express herself. She wants to live her truth.
Yeah.
While, you know, when in her marriage, her role in society, her gender have sort of prevented her from doing any of that.
Yeah. Yeah. And that also applies to the rest of the characters in this play. Every one of these characters is dealing with... a deep secret desire that they think they shouldn't have. You know, Abraham Lincoln's sexuality. Every character in this play has a want that they think they shouldn't want.
For people who haven't seen you as Mary, can you describe your wig and your dress?
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