Together Off-Broadway: A Tribute to Ethel Merman and Mary Martin
Conceived and Compiled by Meredith Beck & Sarah J. Gafgen

About The Performers

Together Off-Broadway is a musical journey celebrating the life and friendship of Ethel Merman and Mary Martin, it’s inspired by their famous Ford Concert and will include the wonderful music from that concert as well as fun facts about these incredible ladies and true stories of friendship by Sarah and Meredith. The show includes favorites from Annie Get Your Gun, South Pacific, Gypsy, Hello Dolly! and so many more.

SARAH J. GAFGEN is a Philadelphia based actress, director and teaching artist and a graduate of Dickinson College. Sarah has appeared on stage at The Walnut Street Theatre, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Media Theatre, Hedgerow Theatre and Montgomery Theatre, among others. Some favorite roles include: Emma Goldman (Ragtime), Edith (Pirates of Penzance), Annie Oakley (Annie Get Your Gun), Agnes Gooch (Mame), and Joanne (Vanities). sarahjgafgen.com.

MEREDITH BECK is a Philadelphia-based actress and voice teacher. She holds a B.F.A. from Ithaca College. Meredith has appeared on stage at The Bucks County Playhouse, Merry-Go-Round, Media Theatre, Hedgerow Theatre, and Kimmel Center, among others. She has been a part of 11th Hour Theaters Next Step Concert Series as; Rapunzel (Into The Woods), Martha (Factory Girls), and Alice Russell (LIZZIE) – a role which she will reprise this winter for 11th Hours Mainstage. Additional favorite roles include: Nellie Forbush (South Pacific), Marian Paroo (The Music Man), Rita White (Educating Rita), and Martha Jefferson (1776). Meredith is the flautist and a lead singers of Irish band, The Galway Girls. She is currently playing Gloria Hawkins in Boeing-Boeing, at Hedgerow. Visit meredithbeck.com.