Call Fosse at the Minskoff

CALL FOSSE AT THE MINSKOFF

a new play. a true story.

written and performed by Mimi Quillin

directed by Michael Berresse

There are “legends” and then there are legends. In this entirely true, middle age coming-of-age story, dancer and actor Mimi Quillin brings audiences along with her into the inner sanctum of two of the greatest giants the theatre world has ever known: Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon. Written and performed by Quillin, and directed by Tony Award nominee Michael Berresse ([title of show]), in Call Fosse at the Minskoff, Quillin recounts her experience working with Fosse and Verdon on what would be their final collaboration, investigating the life-altering effects of proximity to true greatness, and revealing all the thrills and terrors of walking the high wire on the riskiest platform in entertainment.

CALL FOSSE AT THE MINSKOFF received its premiere engagement at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, Massachusetts on October 15-16, 2021.

CALL FOSSE AT THE MINSKOFF appeared as part of the 37th Powerhouse Theater Season at Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, New York) on July 20-23, 2023.

CALL FOSSE AT THE MINSKOFF will be performed at The White Heron Theatre Company on Nantucket (Massachusetts) on July 31-August 2, 2023. Get Tickets.

Mimi Quillin (Playwright and Performer) is a dancer, actor, and teacher. Her career started with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and the Milwaukee Ballet, changing to theatre dance with Lee Theodore’s American Dance Machine where she performed the iconic choreography of Carol Haney, Agnes De Mille, Pat Birch, Ron Field, and Ona White. Bob Fosse cast her in the 1986 Broadway revival of Sweet Charity where she also served as dance captain, assisting Fosse and Gwen Verdon in recreating the original 1966 choreography. Other credits include working with Graciela Danielle, Michael Shawn, and Wayne Cilento, the original Canadian and Broadway productions of Ragtime, Ain’t Broadway Grand, Jean Genet’s The Balcony, Carnal Knowledge, and A.R. Gurney’s Snowball. International credits include BBC Radio’s Custom of the County by Edith Wharton and Zero Hour by Ray Bradbury. Mimi is the author of two plays, Call Fosse at the Minskoff and Dégagé, and as a teacher and reconstructeur for the Verdon Fosse Legacy, she contributed several dances to FX’s Fosse/Verdon.

Michael Berresse (Director) is a Tony and Olivier Award nominated actor/dancer and OBIE award winning director. He has appeared in over 6,000 performances on Broadway alone including Kiss Me, Kate, The Light in the Piazza, A Chorus Line, Chicago, Damn Yankees, Guys & Dolls, Carousel and most recently The Cher Show. Select credits as director/choreographer include: [title of show] (On and Off-Broadway), Darling Grenadine (Roundabout), Now. Here. This. (Vineyard Theatre), The Golden Apple (Encores!), The Last Five Years (ACT), Analog And Vinyl (world premiere), A Christmas Story (Pittsburgh Public), Round And Round The Garden, Once, Next to Normal, Million Dollar Quartet, and Peter and the Starcatcher.