Things I Learned in Isolation
United Solo Fall 2023 Festival Best Sorytelling Show
"There is an excitement in seeing a one-person show. There's a tension that you have as an audience member, how are they going to keep my attention for all that time? And when they do, I think it's very exciting. You come away from it with the feeling that they've really accomplished something!" Adam Feldman: Theater Critic - Time Out New York - CUNY TV
Direct from NYC Theatre Row Off-Broadway and winner of the BEST STORYTELLING SHOW in the United Solo Theatre Fall 2023 Festival Competition, THINGS I LEARNED IN ISOLATION is an insightful comedy on life in isolation during the coronavirus pandemic from March 18 - June 11, 2020.
This one person show is a hilarious, heartfelt, and true account of Mary's experiences when she (along with the rest of the world) were put into isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic. During that time, no one knew how long it would last. How many people would get sick. Or how our lives would be affected. So, Mary decided to document what happened to her as a way to make sense of her feelings and connect with others by sharing it all on Facebook. Including discovering that she does use more toilet paper than she thought, wrestling with the complications of putting her mother in a nursing home, searching for a lizard that escaped in her living room, and learning that the place where she lives is not a safe place for everyone who lives there in the wake of the death of Ahmaud Arbery.
Written and performed by Mary Miller, it’s a 45-minute one-woman show, staged as a lecture, where the audience serve as guests to a very enthusiastic narrator!!
Easy to produce, Things I Learned in Isolation is the perfect show at 45 minutes for fundraising, social events, classrooms, schools, libraries, museums and theatres!
People are Talking
"We all loved your show! It was refreshing and funny and thoroughly enjoyable. We hope to see you again on our stage soon! Congratulations on your wonderful work!" Wendy-Lane Bailey Assistant Artistic Director: United Solo
"We loved having you and your show was fantastic! Very deserving of the award BEST STORYTELLING SHOW." Shane Mathews Technical Director: United Solo
"On Thursday, October 19th, I saw my dear friend Mary Miller, a dear friend and comrade from my “All My Children” days, perform her excellent and insightful one-woman play “Things I Learned in Isolation” for the United Solo Fall 2023 Festival at Theatre Row in Manhattan. Mary is truly a very gifted playwright and a fantastic actress. Her play was so funny and at the same time, touching, and her performance was so real and honest that I am sure that Mary will be back in the Big Apple very soon with another play written and acted by her. She was simply incredible. Brava Mary!" Richard Holbrook: Twenty Plus Three in 2023 - 54 Below, NYC, NY
"Mary, love your solo play and you did such a great job of telling your story with humor, wit, and grace." Pat Golden: Director, WITNESS
“You and your dramatic voice and finely-tuned, funny profundity are revelatory and a gift to NYC.” Dale McCausland – Co-Founder: Theatre Upstairs – downstairs @ marble church NYC, NY
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"Things I Learned in Isolation" by Mary Miller - Clip: GROCERY SHOPPING
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"Things I Learned in Isolation" Hollins University
Straight from NYC the Award Winning Off Broadway Show "Things I Learned in Isolation"
Mary Miller's one-person show Things I Learned in Isolation, documenting her experiences on life in isolation during the coronavirus pandemic, continues to delight and amaze audiences everywhere!
"The truly amazing thing about the play is that the coronavirus pandemic was something we all went through together in real time. Having the opportunity to relive this universally shared experience, through both laughter and tears, brings the audience to their feet in ways I never expected before." Mary Miller
Winner of the United Solo Theatre Fall 2023 Festival Competition in New York City for BEST STORYTELLING SHOW. This insightful comedy written and performed by Mary Miller, is a 45-minute one-woman show, staged as a lecture, where the audience serve as guests to a very enthusiastic narrator!!
PEOPLE ARE TALKING...on Facebook!
- "It was wonderful!" - "Fabulous show! " - "You are a rock star!" - "We loved it!!" - "AMAZING! " - "Extraordinary!!!" - "BRAVO!!!" - "Congratulations!!"
- "You were great! Loved the play and how wonderfully you delivered it! I certainly recognized all of those 10 things, including the lizard. Bravo! I'm envious of your talent!"
-"Mary, your one woman show was so poignant and funny and relatable to all of us. I loved you washing your hands, going to get toilet paper, and befriending the little lizard. And the story of your mother, I had tears in my eyes. I loved all of it."
-"Just wanted you to know that I hear you singing Happy Birthday every time I wash my hands now!!"
Hollins University, May 2024
"Death Defying One Acts" - Brunswick Actors Theatre, GA
FERRIS WHEEL, PATTERSON'S and premiering THINGS I LEARNED IN ISOLATION
Death Defying One Acts by Mary Miller at the Brunswick Actors' Theatre features three one act plays written by Mary Miller. Two short plays: “Ferris Wheel” (which has been done all over the world!) and “Patterson’s” as well as the tour de force “Things I Learned in Isolation” which is a funny, honest, and moving account of life in isolation during the coronavirus pandemic.
The show originally ran through the beginning of April and was extended due to popular demand: Saturday April 30th @ 8:00 and Sunday May 1st @ 3:00.
PEOPLE ARE TALKING
"I am writing to thank Mary Miller for her play, Things I Learned in Isolation. We certainly could relate to all the COVID references. However, for out-of-towners like myself, the ending was forever memorable." - Hubbard, TX
“If you're as successful as you were with the Literary Guild, you'll be a smash hit!” Cary Knapp: Authors Talk Director, Literary Guild, St. Simons Island, GA
Brunswick Actors Theatre, Brunswick, GA, Spring 2022