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After getting to spotlight My Entertainment Idol, Actress Nancy McKeon, in 2024 when she made her Off Broadway debut in Michael Griffo's play Pen Pals, I am thrilled to be able to catch up with her as she steps back into the role of Bernie to kick-off the 2025 run of this hit show!

In this NEW interview, Nancy once again answered my call, but this time around she shares:

• How Pen Pals has elevated her as an actress
• What she misses most about her Pen Pals character Bernie in between productions
• Who from The Facts of Life became a father figure to her
• The dramatic way she met her husband on the set of A Mother's Gift
• So much more

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Connect with Pen Pals: Website, Facebook, Instagram

Pen Pals is the extraordinary story of two friends that unfolds over decades. With a rotating cast of renowned actors, no two performances will ever be the same.

Bernie and Mags live in two different countries, they’ve never met, and yet they’re best friends. Because they’ve been pen pals for over fifty years. Since they were teenagers, they’ve shared every aspect of their lives with each other. The trivial bits, the most intimate details, all the happiness, all the heartache. They’ve told each other things they wouldn’t dare tell another soul. Even though Bernie lives in New Jersey and Mags is from England, the women are closer to each other than anyone else in the world.

Come witness the journey of their lifetime. In their own words.

Pen Pals will run at the Daryl Roth DR2 Theater, with a rotating cast of stars, from August 15, 2025-December 21, 2025.

Nancy McKeon will be playing Bernie from August 15-31, 2025. Click Here for tickets!

More Nancy McKeon Interviews:

2024 (Watch Here): From The Facts of Life to Pen Pals 

Nancy McKeon

More on Nancy McKeon:

An actress, director, and producer best known for playing the role of Jo Polniaczek on the beloved long-running 1980s sitcom, The Facts of Life. She starred in and produced the sitcom Can’t Hurry Love and starred with Jean Smart in the sitcom Style & Substance. She portrayed Inspector Jinny Exstead on the Lifetime police drama The Division from 2001 to 2004. She also directed two episodes. 

Nancy starred in numerous made-for-TV movies in the 1980s and 1990s, some including A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story, in which she portrayed the title role of Tracey Thurman, and Firefighter portraying the first female firefighter in Los Angeles County. Strange Voices, she portrayed a woman with schizophrenia. Love, Honor and Obey; The Last Mafia Marriage, mini series with Eric Roberts.

She produced many of these movies through her film company, Forest Hills Entertainment. In 1999, she wrote and directed her own short film, A Wakening. The film won two film festival awards.