by Mo Gaffney & Kathy Najimy
Directed by Brooke Ciardelli
Starring Northern Stage Comedy Queens Catherine Doherty & Kathryn Markey
November 4 - 22, 2009

Two actors. Thirty unforgettable characters.  It's comedy gold!

Brilliant comic actors Catherine Doherty and Kathryn Markey join forces to skewer everything from health food and gender roles to mid-life crisis and feminism.  Ranging from the dawn of man to the present day, this rollicking laugh-fest will leave audiences breathless.

SCROLL DOWN FOR THE PARALLEL LIVES QUIZ! 

Obie Award Winner!

“A smart, provocative show.”
--Variety

“Uproariously funny!”
--Broadway World

Performance Dates:
Wed., 11/4 at 7:30 p.m. PREVIEW!  ALL TICKETS $35!
Thurs.,  11/5 at 7:30 p.m. PREVIEW!  ALL TICKETS $35!
Fri., 11/6 at 7:00 p.m. 
OPENING NIGHT!
CASH BAR RECEPTION WITH THE ACTORS AFTER THE SHOW
AT ELIXIR RESTAURANT & LOUNGE!
Sat., 11/7 at 7:30 p.m. CELEBRITY SATURDAY! POST-SHOW TALK-BACK WITH THE CAST!
Sun., 11/8 at 5:00 p.m.

Tues., 11/10 at 7:30 p.m.
Wed., 11/11 at 7:30 p.m.
Thurs., 11/12 at 2:00 p.m.  WEEKDAY 2:00 MATINEE!
Thurs., 11/12 at 7:30 p.m.
Fri., 11/13 at 7:30 p.m.
Sat., 11/14 at 7:30 p.m.
Sun., 11/15 at 5:00 p.m.

Tues., 11/17 at 7:30 p.m.
Wed., 11/18 at 7:30 p.m.
Thurs., 11/19 at 7:30 p.m.
Fri., 11/20 at 7:30 p.m.
Sat., 11/21 at 2:00 p.m.  2:00  MATINEE!
Sat., 11/21 at 7:30 p.m.
Sun., 11/22 at 5:00 p.m.

Show sponsor:

Parallel Lives Quiz

1. The play Parallel Lives can best be described as:

a) A wry look at modern life

b) A modern look at wry life

c) Exploding common stereotypes

d) Exploding stage lighting fixtures

2. Catherine Doherty and Kathryn Markey both attended what institution?

a) St. Ralph’s

b) St. Michael’s

c) St. Sgomarchingin

d) San Quentin

3. Kathryn Markey is part of a satirical country band called:

a) The Billiard Balls

b) The Cue Sticks

c) The Chalks

d) The Oak Ridge Boys

4. Parallel Lives is directed by:

a) Catherine Doherty

b) Kathryn Markey

c) Brooke Ciardelli

d) Voices from God

5. Catherine Doherty once met Jack Nicholson

a) in a class

b) in a hot tub

c) in a cage match

d) in a clinch

6. Two of the characters in Parallel Lives discuss

a) Casablanca

b) West Side Story

c) Hedwig and the Angry Inch

d) The creation of a Fermi liquid from the conduction electrons in an electrical conductor

7. Kathryn Markey appeared on Broadway in:

a) Three From Brooklyn

b) Three Men and a Baby

c) Three Doors Down From That House That Smells Bad

d) The Three Stooges

8. Which of the following is NOT a character in Parallel Lives?

a) Karen Sue

b) Madeline

c) Kris

d) Chaz Bono

9. Catherine Doherty has appeared in what previous Northern Stage production?

a) The Sound of Music

b) Hamlet

c) Dancing At Lughnasa

d) Actually, if you look closely, ALL of them.

10. The first Northern Stage production that featured Kathryn Markey was

c) I Hate You, You’re Ugly . . . How Did You Get In My House?

d) I See You, Stop Hiding . . . You’re Behind the Arras!

11. Kathryn Markey recently appeared in The Thalia Follies with what “Saturday Night Live” alum?

a) Sure wasn’t Al Franken.

b) Charles Rocket—isn’t he dead?

c) John Belushi. Definitely dead.

d) Must be Jane Curtin.

12. In Parallel Lives, Madeline and Sylvia go to a club to see what singers?

a) Heckle & Jeckle

b) Holly & Molly

c) Holy & Moley

d) Canker & Sore

13. In the play, when Karen Sue sings, Hank says she sounds like:

a) Patsy Cline

b) Luciano Pavarotti

c) A sick bullfrog

d) Catherine Doherty

14. The next thing you’re going to do is:

a) Buy tickets to Parallel Lives for yourselves

b) Buy tickets to Parallel Lives for your friends

c) Buy tickets to Parallel Lives for your neighbors

d) All of the above

ANSWERS:

1: a, b or c are acceptable; d is really totally unacceptable.
2: b. Or not 2b. That is the question.

3: c

4: c

5: a

6: b. If you answered "d," you are a nerd.

7: a. Although "d" is not a bad answer; "c" IS a bad answer.

8: d

9: c

10. a

11. d. The big clue here is "Must be."

12. b

13. a. Answer subject to change in the event of actor illness.

14. d. Obviously.