DCM26 - Headliner DCM26 - UCB Mainstage Livestream
About This Event
Edi Patterson, known for Fran in Knives Out, Jen Abbott on Vice Principals, and Judy Gemstone on HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones, brings her screen-honed timing to a live set titled PLAYGIRL. Headlining DCM26, Patterson performs on the UCB Theatre mainstage in a streamed program that emphasizes precise character choices and plainspoken escalation derived from her work as a writer and performer.
About PLAYGIRL
Now at UCB Theatre, PLAYGIRL is a comedy show that borrows the title’s cultural charge from the once-notorious magazine while shifting the focus to performance and voice. Built around Edi Patterson’s sensibility as an actress and writer, it draws on the character work that has defined her screen roles and retools it for a live room. In New York, the piece reads as part of the city’s ongoing conversation about gender, gaze, and who gets framed as spectacle. Its sharpest move is treating that history as material rather than nostalgia.
About the Artist
Edi Patterson
Edi Patterson is an American actor and writer whose work is rooted in comedy across film, television, and live performance. She is known for roles including Fran in *Knives Out*, Jen Abbott on *Vice Principals*, and Judy Gemstone on HBO’s *The Righteous Gemstones*.