Get It Together follows Mary Hewitt, an aspiring poet from Philadelphia on the cusp of her life, as she falls for and rages against Harold Kruger, her Main Line paramour she just can’t figure out. Set across two nights two years apart, the comedy follows the pair through heartbreak, grief, and anxious desire as they question: What the hell is wrong with my family? Do cheaters ever quit? And who will understand me, if not you?

The play, developed at Boston College and previously produced in Los Angeles (the Zephyr Theatre) and New York (the Flea Theater), comes home to the 2025 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Critics called previous iterations “incredibly funny and intensely relatable,” “stunningly authentic,” and "the birth of a modern classic."

WHAT?
We are campaigning to support this non-profit production of the play at the Arden's Hamilton Family Arts Center. The production team is headed by director Andie Lerner, producer Nick Hatcher, and playwright Michael Quinn.

We are setting our goal at $21,000. This amount covers the price for the theater rental, designers and materials, marketing, front of house and run-of-show staff, and a 10% contingency reserve.

WHERE?
The play opens in September in the Horan Studio Theatre, a 100-seat theater in Old City. The play, which is set in Wynnewood and North Philly, has never been performed in Philadelphia until this production. Additionally, the play will be featured as part of the 2025 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, an arts festival featuring local artists across various disciplines.

WHO?
Maddy Gillespie — "Mary"
Maddy Gillespie (she/her) is a Philly-based actor and teaching artist who is so thrilled and grateful to be playing the role of Mary in this production! Maddy’s recent credits include Ensemble u/s in Rent (The Arden Theatre), Piper in No Breakfast (Theatre by Development), Hal in Henry IV (Elsewhere Shakespeare Co.), and Tamar in ASIR (Rock Factory Films). Maddy would like to thank her friends, family and partner, Cam, for their unwavering love and support <3

John Fioravanti — "Harold"
John Fioravanti (he/him) is an actor from Philadelphia who could not be more excited to be play the role of Harold in Get It Together! A graduate from Temple University, his most recent credits are Tartuffe in Tartuffe (Temple University), Dr. Pendleton in Choir Boy (Temple University), and Brother Jeremiah in Something Rotten (Upper Darby Summer Stage). John is so thankful for his mom, dad, sister Samantha, and all his friends for their love and support!

Andie Lerner — Director
Andie Lerner is a New York-based multidisciplinary theatre artist and graduate of Marymount Manhattan College’s BFA Acting and Directing programs. She has produced multiple original works under the name Open Floor Plan, including a film version of Get It Together, that she also starred in, which screened at the Denver Fringe Festival and New York City Indie Theatre Film Festival.

In addition she served as the Next Generation Fellow and Associate Producer at the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center where she produced Prelude Festival, produced & co-curated the Segal Center Film Festival, and organized hundreds of other conversations, panels and events. She has also worked as an Associate Producer at Three Legged Dog Art & Technology Center coordinating rentals and Stage Managing in house productions.

She has collaborated with the following New York theaters as a Stage Manager and Director: Second Stage, Soho Playhouse, The Public Theater, Under the Radar, The Flea Theater, HERE Arts Center, Powerhouse Theater, The Barrow Group, The Tank, People’s Improv Theater and NY Fringe Festival.

Nick Hatcher — Director
Nick Hatcher (he/they) is a Philadelphia-based director, writer, and producer. Primarily focusing in directing and developing new work, he lives to make work that is engaging, accessible and disruptive. He is a graduate of the University of the Arts and is currently serving as the Artistic Assistant at the Arden Theatre Company.

Michael Quinn — Playwright
Michael is a writer and director born in Philadelphia. His play The River East was shortlisted for the Yale Drama Prize and a semifinalist for the 2026 Bay Area Playwrights Festival. His play Janie / Basil was shortlisted for the Druid Debuts 2024 at the Druid Theatre in Galway, Ireland, and his play Fentanyl was shortlisted for the 2025 Great Plains Theatre Commons New Play Festival. His poetry has been published in Rust + Moth, Chiron Review, and Keystone: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania from Penn State University Press. He is a graduate of Boston College, where he was the university’s 2019 Dever Fellow and won the McCarthy Award, First Place. He lives in Pennsylvania.