Past Projects

Mary Guillermin’s late husband, John Guillermin, film director, saw death as a final end. She traces the story of his post-death change of attitude and how she truly feels a two-way love on the other side of death.  Mary explores the dying process and the question of life after death gleaned from being present at the death of her mother and husband. She shares insights into how her mother’s buried grief and depression impacted Mary’s own life-long struggle with depression. Her show includes a strange tale of intense grief, frozen for millennia – a past life story that suddenly intruded into Mary’s present-day life and brought her a searing grief she had not previously felt in this incarnation. Come hear Mary’s narration, woven in with her poetry and art, of how these experiences changed her life.

SPECIAL NOTE: BFF 2023 Binge Fringe Festival of Free Theatre is presented through generous grants from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission, and Playhouse PALS.

Any protocols in effect on the date of the performance will be observed. Masking is no longer required. SMP will have extras if you’d like. Just ask.

Questions? Contact the Santa Monica Playhouse at 1-310-394-9779 x1 or theatre@SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com

LIVESTREAM the show here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IySJcokMivw

“LOVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF DEATH” in the BINGE FRINGE FESTIVAL!