Broadway and television star Kate Skinner is set to star in Help! I’m Trapped In A One-Woman Show, written by Mark Hampton with Skinner, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025. The production will run at 10 Dome in Pleasance Dome from 14–25 August at 13:25.
Alone in the world—as only a widow can be—Skinner’s one-woman show is a humorous and moving journey through love, loss, and the surreal world of online dating at 70. In a landscape where “Man 67 seeks woman under 30,” her stories are wickedly funny, sharply insightful, and deeply poignant. Throughout, the presence of her late husband, Ron McLarty—American actor, playwright, and novelist—remains a guiding light.
Kate Skinner’s extensive career spans over 100 plays, numerous television appearances, and voiceover work. Her Broadway credits include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Graduate, and Uncle Vanya. On screen, she has appeared in The Watcher (Netflix), Law & Order (NBC), and Unforgettable (CBS).
Speaking about the show, Skinner shared:
“Several years after my beloved husband died I began to dip my toe into the world of online dating and began sharing my stories from the front lines of the dating world at age 70. My friends found these stories hilarious even though the situations I endured often were not remotely funny. They encouraged me to make them into a play and so I asked my old friend, Mark Hampton to write something with me. And mercifully he agreed and we embarked on the journey of creating a new piece without knowing exactly what it might be. And it blossomed into something we hope touches people in addition to making them laugh. Life continues to surprise even at 70!”
Mark Hampton added:
“Kate wanted to do a one-person show about a particular part of her life. I had created several solo pieces before and it left me searching for a support group for writers who shared the experience. ‘Hello, I’m Mark and I write one-person shows.’ Saying it out loud is the first step to recovery. I ‘picked up’ again initially out of friendship. But more importantly, it was to be a piece about the loss of a life partner and rebooting a life. An experience we shared. From very different vantage points, but loss is loss. I got to talk about it through her and she got to talk about it through me, and we both love to talk and we make each other laugh. I believe very strongly that our ability to find humour in any situation is the reason we’re both still standing.”
Help! I’m Trapped In A One-Woman Show is directed by Michael Edwards and produced by Kate Skinner in association with The Alchemist Arts Collective.
