The Last Flapper

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by William Luce

September 19-21, 2025

St. Paul, Minnesota

Based on her real letters and stories, this dynamic one-woman show is the definitive portrait of Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald: the glamorous, fun-loving and tragic Zelda. Set in an insane asylum on the last day of Zelda’s life, the play unfolds as a mesmerizing, hypnotic session.

"A cry of the heart that relentlessly delivers the truth..." The New York Times

Starring Broadway actor, Monette Magrath as Zelda Fitzgerald!

On Broadway, Monette most recently stood by for Mary-Louise Parker in her Tony winning role in "The Sound Inside". She also appeared with Bryan Cranston in "All the Way" (Tony Award winner: Best New Play). Off-Broadway, she appeared in The Attic Theatre Company’s "On the Verge...Or the Geography of Yearning". Her regional credits include creating roles in the World Premieres of "Silent Sky" (South Coast Rep), "The Night is a Child" (Milwaukee Rep), "The Ice-Breaker" (Laguna Playhouse), and "Under My Skin" (Pasadena Playhouse). She also appeared in "And A Nightingale Sang"...  and "The Rainmaker" (both for The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey), "Disgraced" (Philadelphia Theater Company), "Stick Fly" (McCarter Theatre Center), "Book of Days" (Arena Stage), "Sex With Strangers" (Cleveland Play House), "Private Lives" (Geva Theatre Center), "The Great Gatsby" (Arizona Theatre Company), "The Laramie Project" (Laguna Playhouse), "All My Sons" (La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts) and "Desire Under the Elms" (A Noise Within). At the Pasadena Playhouse, she appeared in "Mauritius", "Enchanted April", "Private Lives", "As You Like It", "The Constant Wife", and "Les Liaisons Dangereuses". Film credits include Steven Spielberg‘s "The Post", "Miss Dial", "Jake’s Closet", and "The Other Sister". Television appearances include "The Young and the Restless" and recurring roles on "Redhanded" and Showtime’s "Weeds". Ms. Magrath is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and now lives in Marine On Saint Croix with her husband, actor David Andrew Macdonald, and their daughter. www.MonetteMagrath.com

  “The Last Flapper” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com