RUNAWAY PRINCESS
Thursday–Saturday, March 6–8, 2025 at 8 p.m.
Sponsored by
Jessica Pierce
Jill & Joe Lawrence
Ronna & Rob Resnick
Carol & Michael Rosenblum
Amy Loether
Dianne & David Worley Diana Wortham
Hedy Fischer & Randy Shull
Jan & John Getz
Nancy Houha
Jerry McAninch
Henry LaBrun
Kirk & Lucy Borland
John & Marsha Ellis
Richard & Francee Healy
WORTHAM CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 2024/2025 SEASON
RUNAWAY PRINCESS
Written and performed by Mary Goggin
Directed by Dan Ruth
Winner Best Storyteller, United Solo 2018
Best Actor, Galway Fringe, 2019 Fringiest Show, Baltimore Fringe, 2019
Directors Choice Award Marsh International Solo Festival 2022
Edinburgh Fringe 2022, “Extraordinary” –The Scotsman, Susan Mansfield
Runaway Princess: A Hopeful Tale of Heroin, Hooking and Happiness
“Once upon a time, there was a princess born to a king and queen who were banished from the island of Ériu and forced to flee to America in a coffin ship.” Former New York City call girl Mary Goggin shares the true, award-winning story of her traumatic Irish Catholic upbringing, her alcoholism, drug addiction, abuse and prostitution. The multitude of characters she encountered in her journey from utter darkness to absolute joy spring to life in this one-woman tour de force, all told with dark humor, unflinching honesty and unsentimental pathos. As we peel away the last layer of a broken woman who never felt she fit in, we find the princess, reunited at last with her most precious treasures.
BIOS
Mary Goggin (actor, writer, producer, SAG-AFTRA, AEA, DG) is a New York-based actor born to Irish emigrants and raised in the Bronx. Ms. Goggin’s Irish Catholic experiences drove her down a path of sexual repression and self-hate, but she eventually found strength and redemption. Mary is now 37 years sober with a BA in Theatre from Marymount Manhattan College, and she has been a professional union actor since 1999. Favorite theatre “Clothes for A Summer Hotel” Hudson Guild, “Not my Beautiful Wife”, at Players. TV… “Broad City”, “Celebrity Apprentice”, “Law & Order, CI,” “Guiding Light” Film.. Little Children, East Fifth Bliss, Bronx Paradise, national commercials, indie queen and improv, Dan Ruth (director) is an award-winning actor and performance artist. His solo play, A Life Behind Bars, has been produced in New York City, Los Angeles and around the country, and is the winner of the 2016 United Solo Festival Award for “Best Autobiographical Show,” The 2018 Bistro Award winner for “Outstanding Solo Play,” MAC Award for “Best Spoken Word Artist” and the 2018 Producers Encore Award from the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Dan has directed both regionally and in NYC.
VISIT MARY GOGGIN
FB: @RunawayPrincessPlay
IG: @runawayprincessplay
LinkedIn: Mary (Mary Pat) Goggin
X: @marypat218
IMDB: Mary Goggin
RunawayPrincessPlay.com
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Asheville Hotline: 828-254-8539 ashevilleaa.org AA.org
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humantraffickinghotline.org Our VOICE Crisis Line: 828-255-7576
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Helpmate Hotline: 828-254-0516
Western North Carolina Area of Narcotics Anonymous 866-925-2148
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Anigiduwagi Land Acknowledgement
The Wortham Center acknowledges that we are on the ancestral land of the Anigiduwagi, more commonly known as the Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩᎠᏰᎵ).
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Private Dinner for 8 with Music
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