Mierka Girten

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"I’ve been waiting for you...I hope my new website gives you a taste of what I do. If not, let’s meet for a martini and I’ll show you more." —Mierka Girten, Actor

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"Mierka Girten, whose buttoned up, quiet personality masks a suppressed, thundering rage." —Nina Metz, New City

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"…it’s her vinegary sense of humor and unblinking self-awareness that make this show more than just a feel-good, carpe-diem homily." —Kerry Reid, Chicago Reader

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"By crafting such a vocally intense and physically exhausting show (she plays 15 characters), she obviously has no intention of letting MS rule her life." —Lucia Maurio, Chicago Theatre

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"…Sylvia’s very placidity makes her seem the most troubled of the three, especially in Mierka Girten’s understated, mesmerizing performance." —Justin Hayford, Chicago Reader

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"Girten has guts…lots of guts and lots of heart…and a wicked funny bone…she and her show have become Chicago treasures." —Randy Hardwick, ChicagoCritic.com