Mudge attended
Rhode Island College and trained at the conservatory program at
Trinity Repertory Company, where she received her Master of Fine Arts in Acting. Mudge made her screen debut in a 2003 episode of
Hack. She made her off-Broadway debut in 2003 at the
59E59 Theaters, in a production of
The Stendhal Syndrome by
Terrence McNally, starring
Richard Thomas and
Isabella Rossellini. Since then she has appeared on Broadway in
The Philanthropist with
Matthew Broderick and
Steven Weber, and off-Broadway as Lula in
Dutchman (play) with
Dulé Hill (
Drama Desk Awards Nomination: Outstanding Actress in a Play)
Fault Lines with
Josh Lucas and
Noah Emmerich;
The Geometry of Fire;
The Pavilion;
Only the End of the World with
Michael Emerson;
Ooorah! at the Atlantic Theatre Company;
The Big Meal at
Playwrights Horizons; and ''Don't Go Gentle'' with
Michael Cristofer. She played the part of Debra Whitehead in Season 1 of
Boss in 2011. In 2014 she portrayed "Gloria" in the Broadway production of
Rocky, an original role written specifically for the production; this was followed by a reunion with Fiasco Theatre in a re-mounted production of
Into the Woods in 2014 and 2015 for
Roundabout Theatre, reprising the role of "The Witch," for which she was nominated for a
Lucille Lortel Awards - Best Leading Actress in a Musical. This was followed by the
Manhattan Theatre Club production of "Of Good Stock" with
Alicia Silverstone. She married actor
Chris Henry Coffey in 2014. Since its inception in 2019, she has been involved in a number of productions with Molière in the Park. These include the inaugural event, The Misanthrope 2020, Tartuffe 2020, The Learned Ladies, and more. ==References==