
BY HALLEY FEIFFER
DIRECTED BY BETHANY PITTS

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED
ON THE WAY TO THE
GYNAECOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY UNIT AT MEMORIAL SLOANE-KETTERING CANCER CENTRE OF NEW YORK CITY
Karla, a foul-mouthed twenty-something comedian, and Don, a middle-aged man embroiled in a nasty divorce, are brought together unexpectedly when their cancer stricken mothers become roommates in the hospital.
Together, this unlikely duo must negotiate some of life’s biggest challenges… while making some of the world’s most inappropriate jokes.
Can these two very lost people learn to laugh through their pain and lean on each other, when all they really want to do is run away?
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit... received its critically acclaimed world premiere Off-Broadway in 2016 at the MCC Theater at Lucille Lortel Theatre before its West Coast premiere at the Geffen Playhouse.
★★★★ EVENING STANDARD
★★★★ BRITISH THEATRE
★★★★ EVERYTHING THEATRE
★★★★ THEATRE BOX
★★★★ SPY IN THE STALLS
★★★★ POCKET SIZE THEATRE
★★★★ LONDONTHEATRE1
★★★★ LONDONIST
★★★★★ LONDON-OLIOS
★★★★ LONDON STUDENT
★★★★ LONDON PUB THEATRE
★★★★ CLOSEUP CULTURE
★★★★ FROST MAGAZINE



WRITER
HALLEY FEIFFER
DIRECTOR
BETHANY PITTS
SET & COSTUME DESIGNER
ISABELLA VAN BRAECKEL
LIGHTING DESIGNER
DOUG MACKIE
SOUND DESIGNER
JON MCLEOD
STAGE MANAGER
ROSIE MORGAN
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
SAMARA GANNON
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
RIDDLE ERRIDGE
MARKETING ASSISTANT
LAUREN HUMPHRIES
CASTING ASSISTANT
PAULA PIOTROWSKA
PRESS & PUBLIC RELATIONS
CHLOE NELKIN CONSULTING
PRODUCED BY ARSALAN SATTARI PRODUCTIONS
IN ASSOCIATION WITH NEIL MCPHERSON
AT FINBOROUGH THEATRE
★★★★ 'SPIKY! GALLOWS HUMOUR RULES' EVENING STANDARD
★★★★ 'VERY FUNNY AND VERY ADULT' BRITISH THEATRE
★★★★ 'CHARMING, FUNNY, THOUGHTFUL' EVERYTHING THEATRE
★★★★ 'EXCELLENT, FUNNY, POIGNANT PIECE' THEATRE BOX
★★★★ 'MOVING AND REALLY FUNNY' SPY IN THE STALLS
★★★★ 'A FANTASTIC SHOW' POCKET SIZE THEATRE
★★★★ 'TOTALLY ENTHRALS' LONDONTHEATRE1
★★★★ 'EXTREMELY GOOD' LONDONIST
★★★★ 'ECSTATICALLY INDELICATE HUMOUR' LONDON STUDENT
★★★★ 'THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE' LONDON PUB THEATRE
★★★★ 'HILARIOUS AND HEARTBREAKING' FROST MAGAZINE
★★★★ 'A SUPER PRODUCTION SKILFULLY DIRECTED'
CLOSEUP CULTURE
★★★★★ 'BRUTALLY HONEST, DEVASTATINGLY FUNNY'
LONDON-OLIOS