About the Play:

My Thing of Love is a full-length dramatic comedy by Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros. A suburban marriage is threatened when the wife finds out about her husband's affair, in Alexandra Gersten's dark comedy.

My Thing of Love is a dark comedy about a marital triangle in which the wife tries to save the marriage, the husband seeks self understanding and the waif like mistress craves attention. Often hilarious, the play returns in the end to the serious issue of infidelity and its effect on a family.

My Thing of Love premiered in 1995 at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago to glowing reviews, and transferred to the Martin Beck Theatre on Broadway in New York City.

Cast: 2 female, 2 male

What people say:

"The kind of play that makes us want to go to the theatre... Offers an emotional and intellectual charge that no other form can touch." — The Chicago Tribune

"Churns with passionate energy... Has a screwball passion that is genuinely theatrical." — The Chicago Sun Times

"A funny yet searing contemporary study of infidelity and marital breakdown." — Variety

About the Playwright:

Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros is an American playwright and actor. Her plays include The Argument, Omnium Gatherum (co-written, Pulitzer finalist), and The Airport Play. She is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.