What a panto season! Grateful for sold out shows, press of our dreams and mostly spreading our magical chaotic joy to the masses. Art is resistance-even if there are 💩jokes involved!
Also got to be the iconic wicked witch of the west (with my own flying Labubus aka the incredible @smarrow88 & @dhtothe3 ), bust out my MarHam impression, and sing an ingenious song written by @grspector & @lilyalioshatz - basically a play on “For Good” called “I’m still wet” 😜
Was also lucky enough to continue collaboration with the bestest folx in the universe, director @madealineonthewall + Stage manager extraordinaire @lyndseybarratt , phenomenal costume designer @maryellendv and the rest of these wildly talented cats and kittens: bb girl @regansimsss , lover @mattymattmastro , fantastic @poorplay3r , @yadug0 , @jndl1024 + @kendalllperry
Special thanks to @kanepresten who served as a production consultant for us and designed our new website !
Love and gratitude to our wonderful hosts at @the_parkside_lounge_nyc 🥰
And the biggest congratulations and kiss of all to the founder of the feast, my wonderful hubz- playwright and producer @robbensonuk
Same time next year? 😉
📸: @gallagherwalks , @itsm_russell & bestie @meglucky53
Times of London came to see us! Thank you for the lovely article @willpavia and gorgeous photos by James Gallagher! @gallagherwalks
Link to full article in bio!
Now get those tickets! We run through 12/20! for tix!
It’s tough being a female powerhouse in the work place. You better check your emotions at the door, B. 💪🏻
Rachel McPhee plays toxic girl boss extraordinaire, Bethany in Pencils Down!
We are currently in post production fundraising, link in bio if you are interested in making a tax deductible donation. 💅🏻
📸: @ginkgolens
Lucky Man doesn’t cover it… and also Reggie’s a super lucky kid. Also all the other people you are surrogate mother to, a lucky bunch indeed! We love you Rach xxx Happy American Mother’s Day folks!
It’s my mommy’s birthday today! Please send her some extra special love and light because she’s also getting a knee replacement today! I’m back in the land of my people playing nurse! That’s alot of exclamation points!
Here’s to a magical next spin around the sun to this fabulous, stylish, hilarious, fun, gorgeous, optimistic best shopping partner for life mama of mine. I’m so lucky to have a mom who raised me to believe I can literally do anything (to a de lu lu level 💅🏻). To know her is to love her as much as I do!
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2025, you were pretty damn good to me (despite living in a political hellscape). Here’s to more art, peace, resistance, joy, gratitude and pride in the things we accomplish in 2026…God bless us, everyone! ✨ 🤍 🪩
15 years ago, we got married in front of our Christmas tree! Cheers to the ultimate partner in crime, best husband and dad around, and my creative other half. Love you so much and the life we’ve built! ✨🥂💚🥰✨
First two gorgeous slides photographed by @gallagherwalks
Two weekends of our fave holiday! No family costume this year- just Dr. Facilier, a Racine Belle + a random wizard. Tricks and treats were enjoyed by all! 🍬🎃👻
Tickets are now on sale for our annual holiday panto, The Wizard of Oz at The Parkside Lounge, running November 22-December 20th. Follow the yellow line to hold space and be changed for good over the rainbow! 😜 🫧 🧹 🌈 ✨💚🩷
🎟️ in bio or at
written by: Robert K. Benson @robbensonuk
directed by: Madeline Wall @madealineonthewall
original music by: Lily Ali-Oshatz @lilyalioshatz & Gabriel Spector @grspector
music direction & accompaniment by: Kendall Perry @kendalllperry
costume design by : Maryellen DeVivo @maryellendv
production consultant: Kane Prestenback @kanepresten
stage managed by: Lyndsey Barratt @lyndseybarratt
starring: Matthew Mastromatteo @mattymattmastro , Regan Sims @regansimsss , Lily Ali-Oshatz, Jonathan Nathaniel Dingle- El @jndl1024 , Diego Velázquez @yadug0 , David Hernandez @dhtothe3 , Stephanie Marrow @smarrow88 , Rachel McPhee @rlmcphee and Blake Williams @poorplay3r
Featuring a special surprise guest at every performance! 👀
📸: Michael Russell @itsm_russell
PSA: Get you some friends who love you and your kid so much they’ll dress up and drive you to the Renn Faire at 7:30am on a Sunday morning (to get prime parking 💅🏻) to celebrate a sixth birthday! We are so lucky! And a fun time was had by all! ✨🥰🧚♀️🐉🦄⚔️👑🍺🍗 ✨
Six years ago today, Reggie Mark Benson arrived, surprising us 3 weeks early. Currently: Reggie’s imagination knows no bounds and he’s a huge film buff who also loves a bit of cosplay (lol). He loves puppets, monsters, muppets and aspires to be the next Jim Henson. He took his first theatre class this week and his current obsession is the character of Dr. Facillier in The Princess and the Frog (last year at this time it was Beetlejuice) . The thing I’m the most proud of about Reggie is that he’s learned to hold his own and make friends in any given circumstance (we went to 2 camps this summer and just started a new school). Looking forward to this next year ahead full of “Reggie coded” (as he would say) surprises! ✨ 🩵 ✨
Today is September 4, 2025. My name is Reggie. It’s my first day of Kindergarten. My teacher is Ms. Alyssa. I dream of being a puppeteer one day. I am excited to go to the park. My favorite color is light blue and my favorite snack is chocolate chips. 🥹🩵✨🍎📝
Happy first day, Reg! 💪🏻
