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Judith Ivey, “The Birthday Party” at ACT, 2017

This interview with Judith Ivey was recorded December 20, 2017 in a rehearsal room in the offices of ACT at 30 Grant Avenue in San Francisco, and first posted on January 5, 2018.

Judith Ivey and Richard Wolinsky.

Judith Ivey, two-time Tony winning actress, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky.

Judith Ivey appeared in Harold Pinter’s classic play The Birthday Party, directed by Carey Perloff, at ACT’s Geary Theatre January 10, through February 4, 2018. Judith Ivey has appeared in several Broadway productions, including the role of Amanda in The Glass Menagerie and Sally Durant in Sondheim’s Follies, and is the winner of two Tony Awards for her work. She’s appeared in numerous films and television shows, from The Devil’s Advocate and Flags of Our Fathers to a season’s stint on Designing Women and guest starring roles in dozens of programs.

In The Birthday Party, she portrayed Meg, half of a couple who run a boarding house where the events of the play occur.