a conversation with mlp, mary-louise parker, in just a moment. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs ation from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >>> please welcome mary-louise parker to this program. we were chatting already. for the past two years you've been playing georgie in the broadway play "heisenberg." the work by simon stevens. currently running at the mark taper here in los angeles. if you cannot make it to l.a. to see her in the theater production, you can watch her next month in the new stephen king series, "mr. mercedes," on the audience network. i am honored to have -- may i call you mlp? >> sure. >> mlp on this program. i've always wanted to say that, like i'm a friend of yours. mlp. yeah. i would say when you came on set, i haven't seen the play yet. i'm dying to see it. from what i've heard about it from friends who have seen it, they give you and your co-star high marks because it's hard to command, to hold command of an audience when there's just two people. not a whole lot of bells and whistles and -- >> yeah. >> what's that experience like? >> well, i feel like the