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Abbi Jacobson, Billy Eichner, Heléne Yorke, Paige Gilbert, and more performed in Mathilde Dratwa's play benefiting the NYCLU.

By Andrew Gans

July 23, 2025

Heléne York, Billy Eichner, and Amanda Leigh Bell Michael Kushner

The July 21 reading of Mathilde Dratwa's A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein, performed in Playwrights Horizons' Judith O. Rubin Theater, raised $15,000 for the New York Civil Liberties Union.

Directed by Leslye Headland, the onstage cast featured Abbi Jacobson, Billy Eichner, Heléne Yorke, Paige Gilbert (who filled in last minute for two-time Tony winner Kara Young), and Amanda Leigh Bell, who read stage directions.

Attendees included playwrights Hansol Jung, Heidi Schreck, Sanaz Toossi, and Whitney White (who all had audience cameos), along with Busy Philipps, Jodi Balfour, Jen Tullock, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Jocelyn Bioh, Ngozi Anyanwu, Meghan Kennedy, Rebecca Henderson, Kaki King, and more.

Check out photos from the benefit evening in the gallery below:

Photos: Benefit Reading of A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein

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A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein Benefit 2025 Abbi Jacobson HR — Abbi Jacobson

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A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein Benefit 2025 Abbi Jacobson, Paige Gilbert, Heléne Yorke, Billy Eichner, and Amanda Leigh Bell HR — Abbi Jacobson, Paige Gilbert, Heléne Yorke, Billy Eichner, and Amanda Leigh Bell

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A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein Benefit 2025 Heléne York, Billy Eichner, and Amanda Leigh Bell HR — Heléne York, Billy Eichner, and Amanda Leigh Bell

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A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein Benefit 2025 Paige Gilbert HR — Paige Gilbert

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A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein Benefit 2025 Busy Philipps, Donna Lieberman, Heléne Yorke, Rebecca Henderson, and Jen Tullock HR — Busy Philipps, Donna Lieberman, Heléne Yorke, Rebecca Henderson, and Jen Tullock

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A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein Benefit 2025 Abbi Jacobson and Heléne Yorke HR — Abbi Jacobson and Heléne Yorke

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A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein Benefit 2025 Paige Gilbert, Heléne Yorke, Billy Eichner, Abbi Jacobson, and Amanda Leigh Bell HR — Paige Gilbert, Heléne Yorke, Billy Eichner, Abbi Jacobson, and Amanda Leigh Bell

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A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein Benefit 2025 Paige Gilbert HR — Paige Gilbert

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A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein Benefit 2025 Kaki King HR — Kaki King

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A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein Benefit 2025 Jen Tullock and Busy Phillips HR — Jen Tullock and Busy Phillips

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A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein Benefit 2025 Heidi Schreck, Jodi Balfour, and Busy Philipps HR — Heidi Schreck, Jodi Balfour, and Busy Philipps

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A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein Benefit 2025 Rachel Sussman and Donna Lieberman HR — Rachel Sussman and Donna Lieberman

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A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein Benefit 2025 Farrah Cukor and Billy Eichner HR — Farrah Cukor and Billy Eichner

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A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein Benefit 2025 Leslye Headland and Mathilde Dratwa HR — Leslye Headland and Mathilde Dratwa

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A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein Benefit 2025 Whitney White, Hansol Jung, Mathilde Dratwa, Sanaz Toossi, and Heidi Schreck HR — Whitney White, Hansol Jung, Mathilde Dratwa, Sanaz Toossi, and Heidi Schreck

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A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein Benefit 2025 Rachel Sussman, Leslye Headland, Mathilde Dratwa, George Strus, and Isabelle Mann HR — Rachel Sussman, Leslye Headland, Mathilde Dratwa, George Strus, and Isabelle Mann

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A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein Benefit 2025 Abbi Jacobson, Paige Gilbert, Heléne Yorke, and Billy Eichner HR — Abbi Jacobson, Paige Gilbert, Heléne Yorke, and Billy Eichner

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A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein, press notes state, is about "Mamet (who has, in real life, written a play about Weinstein); it’s about way too many dudes named David; but, first and foremost, it’s about three women—each with her own reasons to be pretty… angry."

“We have been enamored with Mathilde’s audacious, surprising, and moving play since we first read it,” producers George Strus and Rachel Sussman said in an earlier joint statement. “We are thrilled to have assembled this stellar cast under Leslye Headland’s leadership to support the unceasing work of the NYCLU at this crucial moment.”

Strus of Benson Drive Productions, Sussman of Soto Productions, and Isabelle Mann of Funroe Productions produced.

The NYCLU's mission is to defend and promote the fundamental principles and values embodied in the Bill of Rights, the U.S. Constitution, and the New York Constitution. Visit NYCLU.org.