Join Us for A Conversation with Marsha Mason on July 25th!

Marsha Mason

Join us at Ten Chimneys for A Conversation with Marsha Mason on Friday, July 25th at 7 pm.  It will be an evening of fun and conversation with Marsha sharing stories of her life and career, and you get to ask questions at the end!

Marsha Mason, actor and theater director, has been nominated four times for Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in Cinderella Liberty, The Goodbye Girl with Richard Dreyfus, Chapter Two and Only When I Laugh.  The first two won her Golden Globe Awards.

Marsha’s extensive career on stage includes appearing in such plays as Cactus Flower, The Deer Park, Richard III, The Prisoner of Second Avenue (for which she also earned a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album), The Night of the Iguana, Steel Magnolias, and Lost in Yonkers among many others. She recently briefly stepped in for Mia Farrow in The Roommate (who had COVID-19).  In addition to the movies for which she was nominated for Academy Awards, Marsha appeared on the big screen in Blume in Love, The Cheap Detective, Max Dugan Returns, Heartbreak Ridge with Clint Eastwood, and more.  On television, she received an Emmy nomination for her reoccurring role in Frasier, and also among others, appeared in Love of Life, Seinfeld, One Life to Live, Lipstick Jungle, Army Wives, The Middle, Madam Secretary, The Good Wife, and the Netflix series Grace and Frankie.  

As a director, Marsha helmed productions of Chapter Two, Steel Magnolias, the first female version of An Act of God, The Man Who Came to Dinner plus more.

She was married to playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon for many years.  They met when she was cast in his play, The Good Doctor, which was a musical comedy and series of short plays based on works of Russian writer Anton Chekov.  Neil wrote a number of plays and movies Marsha starred in, including the well-known The Goodbye Girl. 

She attended Webster University, receiving a Doctor of Fine Arts in Speech and Drama. Marsha became a racecar driver after discussing racing with Paul Newman and raced for seven years.  When living in New Mexico, she had a farm that grew organic herbs which were regionally sold wholesale.  She also began a wellness company called “Resting in the River.”  Marsha is a practitioner of Transcendental Meditation.

Ticket prices for A Conversation with Marsha Mason are premier $150, Gold $75, and Silver $50.

In addition, on Saturday, July 26th, at 7 pm, we will hold the Concluding Presentation with all the 2025 Lunt-Fontanne Fellows and Marsha, providing a special look at the work they explored during their week with us.  This again will be held at Ten Chimneys and ticket prices are Premier $150, Gold $75, and Silver $50.

Please call 262-968-4110 for information and reservations, or make your reservations online via our website.