tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68787431306726738452024-03-14T06:59:56.481-04:00Susan Kathryn Hefti PlaywrightGalanthus Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426436183680461320noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878743130672673845.post-80096618673818276872014-02-26T09:36:00.000-05:002014-02-26T09:36:35.729-05:00Reg Douglas Directs Workshop of Susan Kathryn Hefti's THE POWER PLAY @ New York Theatre Workshop<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;">NYTW 2050 Directing Fellow,</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><a href="http://reginalddouglas.com/" style="color: orange;" target="_blank">Reg Douglas</a><span style="color: white;">, directed the premiere NY reading of </span><a href="https://kanjy.co/susankathrynhefti?utm_source=Combined+Key+List+1.21.14&utm_campaign=020e363d7f-Kanjy_no+profile_9_10_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_83962fc08b-020e363d7f-98336193" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Susan Kathryn Hefti's</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: white;">new play</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span><a href="https://kanjy.co/susankathrynhefti" style="font-family: garamond, serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;">THE POWER PLAY, </span><i>or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys</i></span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: garamond, serif;"> </span><span style="color: white; font-family: garamond, serif;">at</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: garamond, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.nytw.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">New York Theatre Workshop</span></a> </span><span style="color: white;">on February 20, 2014! </span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;">Under Reg's insightful direction, the wildly</span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"> talented cast -</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: garamond, serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.joespub.com/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,40/id,6001" style="font-family: garamond, serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Dawn Cantwell</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: garamond, serif;"> </span><span style="color: white; font-family: garamond, serif;">(PONG); </span><a href="http://www.rachelnapoleon.com/" style="font-family: garamond, serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Rachel Napoleon</span></a><span style="color: cyan; font-family: garamond, serif;"> </span><span style="color: white; font-family: garamond, serif;">(EDIE);</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: garamond, serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.matthewmacnelly.com/" style="font-family: garamond, serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Matt MacNelly</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: garamond, serif;"> </span><span style="color: white; font-family: garamond, serif;">(ABE) &</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: garamond, serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2428854/" style="font-family: garamond, serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Hubert Point-Du Jour</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: garamond, serif;"> </span><span style="color: white; font-family: garamond, serif;">(SAM) - brought to vivid life THE POWER PLAY characters before a packed house @ NYTW!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;">A BIG thanks to the cast; to our intrepid stage manager,</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><a href="http://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/453761-geoff-boronda" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Geoff Boronda</span></a><span style="color: white;">, and to our resourceful A</span></span><span style="color: white; font-family: garamond, serif;">ssistant Director </span><a href="http://www.larktheatre.org/who-we-are/board-advisors-staff/" style="font-family: garamond, serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">TJ Weaver</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: garamond, serif;"> </span><span style="color: white; font-family: garamond, serif;">for all their hard work, endless talent and boundless energy!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;">To learn more about </span><a href="https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/members/user_profile/SusanKathrynHefti" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Susan Kathryn Hefti's</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: white;">plays, or to make a </span><a href="https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">tax-deductible gift</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;">to support the continued</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: white;">development of h</span></span></i><i><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;">er work, please visit </span><a href="http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">The Emerging American Artist's Fund</span></a><span style="color: white;"> </span><span style="color: white;">by simply clicking on</span><span style="color: white;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943" style="font-family: garamond, serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">this link</span></a><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;">provided by her fiscal sponsor, the non-profit arts organization </span><a href="https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/members/user_profile/SusanKathrynHefti" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Fractured Atlas</span></a><span style="color: white;">. And thanks again</span></span><span style="color: white; font-family: garamond, serif;"> for your very generous support!</span></i></b></span></span></div>
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Galanthus Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426436183680461320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878743130672673845.post-91518858757507054252013-11-21T10:14:00.000-05:002013-11-21T10:14:37.538-05:00Another FANTASTIC Reading of Susan Kathryn Hefti's THE POWER PLAY @ the Lark!<div style="font-family: Garamond;">
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">A huge thanks to director</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><a href="http://reginalddouglas.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Reg Douglas</span></a><span style="color: white;">, the Lark's incomparable Suzy Fay, the entire cast & all the other wonderful people at the Lark -</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><a href="http://www.larktheatre.org/whats-happening/behind-the-scenes/" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">NYC's premiere play development center</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: white;">- for making the 2nd Roundtable Reading of</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><a href="http://www.dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=10243"><span style="color: orange;">Susan Kathryn Hefti's</span></a><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><span style="color: white;">new play, THE POWER PLAY, <i>or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys </i>a great success!<i> </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;">It was an absolute joy to hear the new draft read aloud on Tuesday, November 19th by the awesomely talented cast that included Reyna de Courcy</span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"> (PONG); Rachel Napolean (EDIE); </span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;">Matt MacNelly (ABE);</span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"> Edward O'Blenis (SAM) & </span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;">Jamie Rezanour (STAGE DIRECTIONS): </span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;">Their incredibly thoughtful reading will </span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;">help inform the continued development of THE POWER PLAY; And we all hope that before too long, <i>everybody</i> gets to see/hear this exciting new play! </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;">A very special thanks to those foundations & friends who have so generously supported </span><a href="http://www.dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=10243"><span style="color: orange;">Susan Kathryn Hefti's</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: white;">work & </span></span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;">to all who have so loyally</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><a href="http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2010/05/blame-it-on-rothko/"><span style="color: orange;">followed her writings</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;">over the years! </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;">If you'd like to learn more about</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: garamond, serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=10243" style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Susan Kathryn Hefti's</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: garamond, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;">plays, or make a year-end</span></span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;"> tax-deductible gift to support the continued development of her work, please visit</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><a href="http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">The Emerging American Artist's Fund</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: white;">by simply clicking on</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943" style="font-family: garamond, serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">this link</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;">provided by her fiscal sponsor, the non-profit arts organization Fractured Atlas. </span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;">And thanks again for your very generous support!</span></span></span></span></div>
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Galanthus Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426436183680461320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878743130672673845.post-2155791024314157022013-11-02T10:47:00.000-04:002013-11-02T10:47:16.925-04:00Susan Kathryn Hefti's new play THE POWER PLAY Gets 2nd Reading @ the Lark!<div style="font-family: Garamond;">
<span style="font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">We are delighted to announce that </span><a href="http://www.dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=10243" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: orange;">Susan Kathryn Hefti's</span></a><span style="background-color: black; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">new play, THE POWER PLAY, </span><i style="background-color: black;">or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys </i><span style="background-color: black;">will have a second</span></span><span style="background-color: black; color: #222222;"> </span><a href="http://www.larktheatre.org/whats-happening/behind-the-scenes/" style="background-color: black;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Roundtable Reading</span></a><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> at the </span><a href="http://www.larktheatre.org/" style="background-color: black;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Lark Play Development Center</span></a><span style="background-color: black; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">in</span><span style="background-color: black; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">NYC this November!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">A huge thanks to the Lark's incomparable</span><span style="background-color: black; color: #222222;"> </span><a href="http://www.larktheatre.org/who-we-are/board-advisors-staff/" style="background-color: black;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Suzy Fay</span></a><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: white;">and its intrepid leader John Eisner for their continued support and encouragement on both this new piece and </span></span><span style="background-color: black;"><a href="http://www.dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=10243"><span style="color: orange;">Susan Kathryn Hefti's</span></a><span style="color: cyan;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">overall development as an emerging American playwright.</span><span style="background-color: black; color: #222222;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: black; color: #222222; font-family: garamond, serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">Thanks again to</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><a href="http://reginalddouglas.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Reg</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: white;">& everybody at the</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><a href="http://www.larktheatre.org/whats-happening/behind-the-scenes/" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Lark</span></a><span style="color: white;">! And thanks to all of you who have so loyally followed</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><a href="http://www.clydefitchreport.com/author/susan-kathryn-hefti/"><span style="color: orange;">Susan Kathryn Hefti's writings</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: white;">over the years!</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: garamond, serif;">If you'd like to learn more about</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: garamond, serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=10243" style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Susan Kathryn Hefti's</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: garamond, serif;"> </span><span style="color: white; font-family: garamond, serif;">plays, or make a</span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;"> tax-deductible gift to support the continued development of her work, please visit</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><a href="http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">The Emerging American Artist's Fund</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: white;">by simply clicking on</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943" style="font-family: garamond, serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">this link</span></a><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;">provided by her fiscal sponsor, the non-profit arts organization Fractured Atlas. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">We'll be sure to keep you all posted on the continued development of </span><a href="https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/members/user_profile/SusanKathrynHefti"><span style="color: orange;">Susan Kathryn Hefti's</span></a><span style="color: white;"> new play - THE POWER PLAY, <i>or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys</i> - and we hope that before too long, <i>everybody</i> will have the opportunity to see/hear this exciting new play! </span></span></div>
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Galanthus Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426436183680461320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878743130672673845.post-91707361059090679622013-10-17T10:57:00.000-04:002013-10-17T10:57:34.698-04:00Susan Kathryn Hefti's new play THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Nanci Zoppi and Anthony D'Juan rehearsing THE POWER PLAY, </span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys</span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"> by Susan Kathryn Hefti for Capital Stage's PLAYWRIGHTS' REVOLUTION 2013. </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">Susan Kathryn Hefti is busy working on her new play </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151849329248377&set=a.131923398376.99440.117340118376&type=1&theater"><span style="color: orange;">THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys</span></a><span style="color: white;">. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">A coming of age story about four hopeful graduate students, THE POWER PLAY - <i>which received its first public reading at Capital Stage Company's</i></span><i><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151849329248377&set=a.131923398376.99440.117340118376&type=1&theater" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;">PLAYWRIGHTS REVOLUTION 2013</span></a></i><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> - </span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;">explores the nature of power, seduction and betrayal in the context of U.S. military policies: Threading the personal through the eye of a pointedly political needle, the <span class="il">play</span> wrestles with moral questions evoked by the increased reliance on unmanned drone strikes, the targeted assassination of the American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and the 2009 troop surge into Afghanistan.</span></span></span></span><br />
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Galanthus Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426436183680461320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878743130672673845.post-75052501228064217722013-08-27T11:45:00.000-04:002013-08-27T14:12:46.470-04:00Susan Kathryn Hefti's THE POWER PLAY is a Huge Hit @ PLAYWRIGHTS REVOLUTION in California!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUVOUdNjz0FA0y_pz-tWqB_ok00uDN6lP5EzpCu5AsZXNg6q1uhXX0EtG90V4cIx1hT_hzFzUQrA2ezkgtNTpQ1mFsZuAs27DW-FFb3ZYBrDyGN_UimOTf1bB-7Fj7PMAQLi9-FPWDnHLd/s1600/SKH+Color+Headshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUVOUdNjz0FA0y_pz-tWqB_ok00uDN6lP5EzpCu5AsZXNg6q1uhXX0EtG90V4cIx1hT_hzFzUQrA2ezkgtNTpQ1mFsZuAs27DW-FFb3ZYBrDyGN_UimOTf1bB-7Fj7PMAQLi9-FPWDnHLd/s320/SKH+Color+Headshot.jpg" width="211" /></a><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;">A BIG thanks to Artistic Director Stephanie Gularte, Literary Manager Stephanie Tucker, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151849329248377&set=a.131923398376.99440.117340118376&type=1&theater" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">the entire cast</span></a> & all the terrific people at <a href="http://www.capstage.org/specialProgramsPlaywrightsRevolution.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Capital Stage</span></a> whose talent and hard work made the first-ever public reading of <a href="http://www.dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=10243"><span style="color: orange;">Susan Kathryn Hefti's</span></a> new play, <a href="http://www.capstage.org/specialProgramsPlaywrightsRevolution.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">THE POWER PLAY</span></a>, <i>or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys </i>a HUGE success!<i> </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: garamond, serif;">As Capital Stage is renown for producing <a href="http://www.capstage.org/thePlaysProductionHistory.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">bold & exciting new work</span></a> (most recently staging Katori Hall's Olivier Award-winning <i>The Mountaintop</i> and Kristoffer Diaz' Pulitzer Prize Finalist & Obie-winning <i>The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity),</i> we were</span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"> thrilled</span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"> when the theater announced that <a href="http://www.dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=10243"><span style="color: orange;">Susan Kathryn Hefti's</span></a> THE POWER PLAY had been selected for PLAYWRIGHTS REVOLUTION 2013. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: garamond, serif;">Thanks again to Stephanie (both Stephanies!) and everybody else at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151849329248377&set=a.131923398376.99440.117340118376&type=1&theater" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Capital Stage</span></a> for the great care and artistry with which they have embraced THE POWER PLAY. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;">If you'd like to learn more about</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><a href="https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/members/user_profile/SusanKathrynHefti"><span style="color: orange;">Susan Kathryn Hefti's</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: white;">plays, or make a</span></span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;"> tax-deductible gift to support the continued development of her work, please visit </span><a href="http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">The Emerging American Artist's Fund</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: white;">by simply clicking on</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943" style="font-family: garamond, serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">this link</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;">provided by her fiscal sponsor, the non-profit arts organization</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><a href="https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/members/user_profile/SusanKathrynHefti" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Fractured Atlas</span></a><span style="color: white;">. And thanks again for your <i>very</i> generous support!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: garamond, serif;">We'll be sure to keep you posted on the continued development of THE POWER PLAY & we hope you all get to see this exciting new play sometime soon!</span><br />
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Galanthus Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426436183680461320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878743130672673845.post-21629310863699014692013-08-07T12:35:00.000-04:002013-08-07T12:35:12.454-04:00Susan Kathryn Hefti's New Play THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys is Selected for Capital Stage's Annual New Works Festival PLAYWRIGHTS REVOLUTION 2013!<span style="background-color: #666666; font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;">We are thrilled to announce that Susan Kathryn Hefti's new play THE POWER PLAY, </span><i style="color: white;">or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys</i><span style="color: white;"> has been selected for Capital Stage Company's annual New Works Festival </span><a href="http://sacramento.broadwayworld.com/article/PLAYWRIGHTS-REVOLUTION-2013-to-Play-Capital-Stage-815-17-20130802" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: orange;">PLAYWRIGHTS REVOLUTION 2013</span></a></span><span style="color: white; font-family: garamond, serif;"> in Sacramento, California where the play will receive a stage reading this August!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;">And if you'd like to learn more about </span><a href="http://www.dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=10243" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: orange;">Susan Kathryn Hefti's</span></a><span style="color: white;"> plays, or make a</span></span><span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;"> </span><i style="color: white;">tax-deductible</i><span style="color: white;"> gift to support the continued development of her work, please visit </span><a href="http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">The Emerging American Artist's Fund</span></a><span style="color: white;"> by simply clicking on </span><span style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: orange;">this link</span></a> </span></span><span style="color: white; font-family: garamond, serif;">provided by her fiscal sponsor, the non-profit arts organization Fractured Atlas. And thank you for your very generous support!</span></span></div>
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Galanthus Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426436183680461320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878743130672673845.post-86479546913712227232013-07-03T07:50:00.002-04:002013-07-12T08:31:54.205-04:00Susan Kathryn Hefti's THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys Gets Reading at the Lark!<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;">We are thrilled to announce that</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=10243" style="background-color: black;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Susan Kathryn Hefti</span></a><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: orange;">'s</span><span style="color: white; font-family: garamond, serif;"> new play, THE POWER PLAY, </span><i style="color: white; font-family: garamond, serif;">or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys </i><span style="color: white; font-family: garamond, serif;">will have a </span></span><a href="http://www.larktheatre.org/whats-happening/behind-the-scenes/" style="background-color: black; font-family: garamond, serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Roundtable Reading</span></a><span style="background-color: black; font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;"> at the </span></span><a href="http://www.larktheatre.org/" style="background-color: black; font-family: garamond, serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Lark Play Development Center</span></a><span style="background-color: black; font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;"> in NYC on July 23rd!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="color: white;">And if you'd like to make a tax-deductible gift to the continued development of the playwright's work, please click on </span><a href="https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">this link</span></a><span style="color: #222222;">. </span><span style="color: white;">And, thanks!!!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Fresh off the proverbial printer, the latest draft of playwright <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=10243" target="_blank">Susan Kathryn Hefti's</a> </span></span>AMERICAN DAMES, <i>or Waiting for Dolley </i>was read aloud for the<i> very first time </i>on Sunday, August 19, 2012 as part of the 22nd Annual Long Beach Playhouse (LBP) New Works Festival in Long Beach, California!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Set on the Fourth of July, 2011, just months before the 10th Anniversary of the terrorist attacks, Martha, Abigail, Betsy & Molly try desperately to wrap their 18th century brains around the ever-changing American landscape as they wait anxiously for Dolley's arrival: But will she ever come? Could the American Dames even be real? Could they possibly still be<i> alive?</i> Could it really be that the Dames have somehow been living on a historic continuum on Manhattan's tony Upper East Side all these years? Or are these spirited, opinionated patriots just ghosts from America's past?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the universe that is AMERICAN DAMES, these and other such existential questions may not have any easy answers. But this brand new draft of the play (which not even <i>the playwright</i> has yet heard!) inspired a very spirited (<i>pun intended</i>) post-reading discussion about the play and its themes on the American identity!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: garamond, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We applaud the Long Beach Playhouse Theatre for nurturing new work & for providing a safe environment in which emerging American playwrights can explore & experiment as they continue to develop & write their plays! </span></span></div>
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Galanthus Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426436183680461320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878743130672673845.post-62320892805980513402012-07-17T13:57:00.006-04:002012-07-17T14:41:40.733-04:00Susan Kathryn Hefti's AMERICAN DAMES Scores 3rd Award!<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: medium;">Susan Kathryn Hefti's newest full-length play - AMERICAN DAMES, <em>or Waiting for Dolley - </em>has been selected as one of four Finalists for the </span><a href="http://lbplayhouse.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: medium;">Long Beach Playhouse's</span></a><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: medium;"> 22nd Annual New Works Festival!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We are delighted to share with you all the latest news about </span><a href="http://www.dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=10243"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;">Susan Kathryn Hefti's</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> AMERICAN DAMES, <em>or Waiting for Dolley </em>which has just been selected as a Semi-Finalist for the 2012 Julie Harris Playwriting Award Contest hosted by the </span></span><a href="http://www.beverlyhillstheaterguild.com/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange; font-family: garamond,serif; font-size: large;">Beverly Hills Theatre Guild</span></a><span style="font-family: garamond,serif; font-size: large;">! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A really big thanks to the </span><a href="http://www.beverlyhillstheaterguild.com/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Beverly Hills Theatre Guild</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> (BHTG) for its kind recognition of AMERICAN DAMES. And thanks to everybody who </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-size: large;">came out to the </span><a href="http://susankathrynheftiplaywright.blogspot.com/2012/04/susan-kathryn-heftis-american-dames-is.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Stella Adler Studio's New Play Reading Festival</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> to hear AMERICAN DAMES read in front of an audience for the <em>very first time</em> on April 11th! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: medium;"></span> </div>Galanthus Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426436183680461320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878743130672673845.post-19698671056029530792012-04-25T12:33:00.002-04:002012-04-25T12:44:15.151-04:00Thanks for Supporting 'The Emerging American Artist's Fund'!<div>
<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: medium;"><img src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTUqySzODAaSNU0ejviTCbP7tUoT8kAR7A4Z_hGMgQ-3jScBnztmw" /> <span style="font-size: large;">Thanks to everybody for your very generous contributions to </span><a href="http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">The Emerging American Artist's Fund</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> which benefits <em>exclusively</em> the continued development of </span><a href="http://www.dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=10243"><span style="color: orange; font-family: garamond,serif; font-size: large;">emerging American playwright Susan Kathryn Hefti's work as a theater artist</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">. </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: large;">Your unwavering support is an essential ingredient in the play development process!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;">And it is thanks to generous individuals and foundations like <em>you</em> that the arts in America continue to flourish: </span><span style="font-family: Garamond;">Your generous contributions help provide the time to</span><span style="font-family: Garamond;"> write & develop plays, and your continued support remains a meaningful part of that process.</span></span><br />
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</div>Galanthus Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426436183680461320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878743130672673845.post-29069664339002445452012-04-17T11:18:00.001-04:002012-04-17T11:23:49.200-04:00Susan Kathryn Hefti's AMERICAN DAMES is Huge Hit at Stella Adler Studio's Play Reading Festival!<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thanks to
everyone who came out to hear the first-ever public reading of </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="http://www.dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=10243" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Susan Kathryn Hefti's</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> AMERICAN DAMES, <i>or...Waiting for Dolley</i> in the 2012 </span><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="http://www.stellaadler.com/cultural-center/playwrights-division/"><span style="color: orange;">Harold
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<span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
<span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">As part of the festival, the </span><a href="http://www.stellaadler.com/cultural-center/playwrights-division/"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Playwrights Division</span></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> <span style="color: white;">of The Stella Adler Studio of Acting and the Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater will be producing the first-ever staged reading of AMERICAN DAMES this spring!</span></span></span></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For reservations and details about this very special play reading, please visit</span><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Georgia;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/334320476606650/" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Stella Adler Studio's Facebook Events Page</span></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: white;"><span>.</span> </span></span><br /></span>Galanthus Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426436183680461320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878743130672673845.post-52465627653383666492011-10-06T22:23:00.003-04:002011-10-06T22:28:00.101-04:00Harold Clurman Finalist Susan Kathryn Hefti's New Play to Have Reading at The Stella Adler Studio<span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The Stella Adler Studio </span><a href="http://www.stellaadler.com/cultural-center/playwrights-division/"><span style="color: orange;">Playwrights Division</span></a> </span><span style="color: white;">- which is affiliated with NYU's Tisch School of the Arts - will produce the first of two readings of 2011-2012</span><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.stellaadler.com/cultural-center/playwrights-division/" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Harold Clurman Playwright-in-Residence</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">competition Finalist Susan Kathryn Hefti's newest full-length play AMERICAN DAMES <em>(or...Waiting for Dolley)</em> on Thursday, October 13, 2011 at The Studio.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">As the initial step in the play development process, this first reading will be closed to the public. The second reading - a fully-staged reading produced by </span><a href="http://www.stellaadler.com/cultural-center/playwrights-division/"><span style="color: orange;">The Stella Adler Studio's Playwrights Division</span></a> <span style="color: white;">- will be open to the public and we hope to see you all there. As soon as the fully-staged reading is scheduled, we'll be sure to post the date so you can mark your calendars in advance.</span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">To learn more about Susan Kathryn Hefti or to make a tax-deductible contribution to </span><a href="http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The Emerging American Artist's Fund</span></a><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">, please visit her </span><a href="http://susankathrynheftiplaywright.blogspot.com/2010/08/susan-kathryn-hefti-playwright.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">website</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> <span style="color: white;">or simply click on </span></span><a href="http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">this link</span></a><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">. Thank you for your continued interest in the work of this emerging American playwright.</span><br />
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<div><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">We hope to see you all at the theater for the fully-staged public reading of AMERICAN DAMES <em>(or...Waiting for Dolley)</em> - and we'll be sure to post the details as soon as we set a date!</span></div>Galanthus Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426436183680461320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878743130672673845.post-61349825577201632652011-09-24T11:50:00.002-04:002011-09-24T12:14:31.015-04:00Susan Kathryn Hefti Named Finalist For 2011-2012 Harold Clurman Playwright-in-Residence Competition<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: large;">Susan Kathryn Hefti has been named Finalist for the 2011-2012 Harold Clurman Playwright-in-Residence competition at </span><a href="http://www.stellaadler.com/cultural-center/playwrights-division/"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Times; font-size: large;">The Stella Adler Studio</span></a>. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: large;">The Studio's <a href="http://www.stellaadler.com/cultural-center/playwrights-division/"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Times; font-size: large;">Playwrights Division</span></a> - which is affiliated with NYU's Tisch School of the Arts - will produce two readings of Hefti’s newest full-length play <em>American Dames (or…Waiting </em>For<em> Dolley) </em>which explores the ever-changing social, political and cultural landscape that is America.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: large;">The staged reading of Susan Kathryn Hefti's <em>American Dames (or...Waiting For Dolley) </em>will be open to the public so we'll be sure to keep you posted on the dates.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: large;">In the meantime, for more information about Susan Kathryn Hefti or to make a tax-deductible contribution to help support the development of this American artist's work, please visit <a href="http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943"><span style="color: orange;">The Emerging American Artist's Fund </span></a>at<span style="color: orange;"> </span><a href="http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943"><span style="color: orange;">Fractured Atlas.</span></a> </span>Galanthus Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426436183680461320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878743130672673845.post-52281867415687871182011-08-12T11:04:00.013-04:002011-10-07T12:18:37.012-04:00Now You Can Make a Tax-Deductible Contribution to Support the Work of American Playwright Susan Kathryn Hefti<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOa9jl8KPetm51QqaIJznApL-5r5Q1694GBFGxhlNnnAUkd73stKwdLhjQQNR5E41x1KAj3SasT3lvdEdmkK1Gh8sP3Rpz4YyhrKjoDPUE7ctrEFe6l1TL70OZhs8ZCXwfmXOIvaG6GsnF/s1600/Emerging+American+Artist%2527s+Fund+-+Galanthus+Breaking+Through+the+Frozen+Ground.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOa9jl8KPetm51QqaIJznApL-5r5Q1694GBFGxhlNnnAUkd73stKwdLhjQQNR5E41x1KAj3SasT3lvdEdmkK1Gh8sP3Rpz4YyhrKjoDPUE7ctrEFe6l1TL70OZhs8ZCXwfmXOIvaG6GsnF/s1600/Emerging+American+Artist%2527s+Fund+-+Galanthus+Breaking+Through+the+Frozen+Ground.jpg" /></a><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Thanks to the non-profit arts service organization </span><a href="http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Fractured Atlas</span></a><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">, you can now make a tax-deductible contribution to support the continued works of emerging American Playwright </span><a href="http://susankathrynheftiplaywright.blogspot.com/2010/08/susan-kathryn-hefti-playwright.html"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Susan Kathryn Hefti</span></a><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">. Tax-deductible contributions to</span> </span></span><a href="http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The Emerging American Artist's Fund</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">- which benefits exclusively the continued development of works by emerging American Playwright</span> </span></span></span><a href="http://susankathrynheftiplaywright.blogspot.com/2010/08/susan-kathryn-hefti-playwright.html"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Susan Kathryn Hefti</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #f3f3f3;">- can be made online by simply clicking on</span> </span><a href="http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: orange;">this link</span>.</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</span><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">To read more about the works of emerging American Playwright </span><a href="http://susankathrynheftiplaywright.blogspot.com/2010/08/susan-kathryn-hefti-playwright.html"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Susan Kathryn Hefti</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">, please visit her online bio by simply clicking on</span> </span></span><a href="http://susankathrynheftiplaywright.blogspot.com/2010/08/susan-kathryn-hefti-playwright.html"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">this link</span></a><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Thank you for your continued interest and for your generous support!</span>Galanthus Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426436183680461320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878743130672673845.post-40229050422499845822010-11-13T15:14:00.009-05:002011-08-07T10:29:41.836-04:00The New York Observer's George Gurley Talks with American Playwright Susan Kathryn Hefti About Her Hit Comedy 'Dear Prudence'Over a casual lunch on the Upper East Side, The New York Observer's George Gurley talked with <a href="http://susankathrynheftiplaywright.blogspot.com/2010/08/susan-kathryn-hefti-playwright.html"><span style="color: orange;">American Playwright Susan Kathryn Hefti</span></a> about the world premiere of her hit comedy <em><a href="http://susankathrynheftiplaywright.blogspot.com/2010/10/dear-prudence-heats-up-paris-stage-this.html"><span style="color: orange;">Dear Prudence</span></a></em>.<br />
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Their conversation was then translated into The New York Observer's own special dialect (longtime NYO readers will need no supertitles) and memorialized in the paper's legendary <a href="http://www.observer.com/2003/03/eight-day-week-56/"><span style="color: orange;">Eight Day Week</span></a> column:<br />
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<a href="http://www.observer.com/node/47331"><span style="color: orange;">The New York Observer's</span></a> conversation with Hefti had her phone ringing off the hook for months!Galanthus Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426436183680461320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878743130672673845.post-51391668167944613532010-10-30T08:51:00.001-04:002011-06-30T09:56:17.990-04:00Susan Kathryn Hefti's 'Dear Prudence' Heats Up The Paris Stage This Fall!<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: white;">Ooh là là! Things are really heating up on the Paris stage this fall: On October 14, 2010,</span> </span><a href="http://susankathrynheftiplaywright.blogspot.com/2010/08/susan-kathryn-hefti-playwright.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Susan Kathryn Hefti's</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;"> <span style="color: white;">hit comedy </span></span><a href="http://204.2.109.187/gcn214/sexaholic.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Dear Prudence</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;"> <span style="color: white;">- which enjoyed an extended run Off-Broadway in 2003 - was back on the boards again in the city of lights!</span></span><span style="color: white;"> </span><br />
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<div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: white;">Translated and produced by the popular French actress </span><a href="http://myriamblanckaert.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Myriam Blanckaert</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: white;">- <em>best known to American audiences for her memorable role as Evelyn the Paris Bookstore owner in the final episodes of <a href="http://www.tv.com/sex-and-the-city/an-american-girl-in-paris-part-deux/episode/291121/summary.html"><span style="color: orange;">Sex and the City</span></a> </em>- <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/CherePrudence"><span style="color: orange;">Chere Prudence</span></a></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: white;">, a playfully bawdy farce about a lovable nymphomaniac named Prudence, proved a perfect match for the Parisian audience in this exciting staged reading at</span> </span><a href="http://www.comedie-bastille.com/historique.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">La Comédie Bastille</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: white;">this fall!</span></span></span><br />
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</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: white;">Special thanks again <em>(Merci! Merci!) </em>to Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr. for taking a chance on </span><a href="http://susankathrynheftiplaywright.blogspot.com/2010/08/susan-kathryn-hefti-playwright.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">an unknown playwright</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: white;">by hosting the original Backer's Reading for </span><a href="http://204.2.109.187/gcn214/sexaholic.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Dear Prudence</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: white;">in his living room, raising all the money for the original NYC production in just one night!</span></span><br />
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</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: white;">As</span> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/CherePrudence"><span style="color: orange;">Chere Prudence</span></a></span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: white;">continues to wind its way from page to stage - in preparation for a Paris production - we'll keep you all posted on her very exciting progress! </span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: white;"> </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: white;">Congratulations again to Myriam and the rest of her marvelous cast on the very exciting staged reading of <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/CherePrudence"><span style="color: orange;">Chere Prudence</span></a></span><span style="color: black;"> <span style="color: white;">in</span> <a href="http://www.comedie-bastille.com/historique.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Paris</span></a></span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: white;">on October 14th</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: white;">:</span> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5WVkl_f7_E" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: orange;">C'est si bon</span></em></a><span style="color: white;"><em>!</em> </span></span></span></div>Galanthus Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426436183680461320noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878743130672673845.post-13428419100254762482010-09-08T10:22:00.000-04:002010-09-08T10:22:23.851-04:00Playwright Susan Kathryn Hefti Nominated to 2010 Nantucket Screenwriters ColonyNominated to the 2010 Nantucket Screenwriters Colony by acclaimed filmmaker <a href="http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/01/15/sundance-interview-with-teeth-director-mitchell-lichtenstein/">Mitchell Lichtenstein</a> - best known for his films TEETH and HAPPY TEARS - <a href="http://susankathrynheftiplaywright.blogspot.com/2010/08/susan-kathryn-hefti-playwright.html">Susan Kathryn Hefti</a> is the author of the screenplays THE POLKA DOT TEA PARTY and SUM LUV KITCHEN. <br />
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With Canadian filmmaker <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1508334/">Chris Smets</a>, Susan Kathryn Hefti - an American Playwright and active member of the Dramatists Guild - co-authored the screenplay BAD DATES a dark comedy about dating and mating in NYC based on Hefti's original story idea.Galanthus Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426436183680461320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878743130672673845.post-22693068862851142402010-08-27T22:25:00.002-04:002011-06-30T09:59:48.754-04:00Susan Kathryn Hefti's Hit Comedy 'Dear Prudence' Goes to Paris!On June 8, 2010, <a href="http://susankathrynheftiplaywright.blogspot.com/2010/08/susan-kathryn-hefti-playwright.html"><span style="color: orange;">Susan Kathryn Hefti's</span></a> hit comedy <a href="http://204.2.109.187/gcn214/sexaholic.html"><span style="color: orange;">Dear Prudence</span></a> - <em>which enjoyed an extended run <a href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/78624-Nymphomania-in-New-York-Dear-Prudence-Begins-at-Rattlestick-March-27-April-20"><span style="color: orange;">Off-Broadway</span></a> in 2003</em> - <em>wowed </em>a brand new audience in an exciting staged reading at <a href="http://www.lemelodamelie.com/"><span style="color: orange;">Théâtre Mélo d'Amelie</span> </a>in Paris - in preparation for an upcoming French production!<br />
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Adapted for the French audience by <a href="http://myriamblanckaert.com/"><span style="color: orange;">Myriam Blanckaert</span></a> - <em>a popular French actress best know to American audiences for her portrayal of Evelyne the Paris Bookstore owner in the final episodes of Sex and The City</em> - <em>Chere Prudence</em> hit all the right notes with the Parisian audience and had them laughing out loud through the play!<br />
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So keep your passports handy and your calendars clear: We all may be headed for <a href="http://www.lemelodamelie.com/"><span style="color: orange;">Paris</span></a> before too long!<br />
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Special thanks <em>(Merci! Merci!)</em> to Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr. - a man who truly does have the midas touch - for taking a chance on <a href="http://susankathrynhefti.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: orange;">a little known playwright</span></a> when - <em>in the middle of a blizzard that blanketed Manhattan</em> - he threw open his doors and hosted the original Backer's Reading for <em>Dear Prudence</em> in the warmth and glow of his living room- raising all the money for the original NYC production in just one snowy evening!<br />
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We'll be sure to keep you all posted on the exciting progress of <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/CherePrudence"><span style="color: orange;">Chere Prudence</span></a>! <br />
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In the meantime, congratulations to Myriam Blanckaert and her spirited troupe of Parisian actors on the successful staged reading of <em>Chere Prudence</em> in <a href="http://www.lemelodamelie.com/"><span style="color: orange;">Paris</span></a> this summer: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5WVkl_f7_E"><span style="color: orange;">C'est si bon</span></a>! <br />
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Or as Paris Hilton used to say...<a href="http://204.2.109.187/gcn214/sexaholic.html"><span style="color: orange;">that's hot</span></a>! Galanthus Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426436183680461320noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878743130672673845.post-68685450769568042232010-08-27T21:56:00.029-04:002013-08-20T16:21:24.490-04:00Susan Kathryn Hefti Playwright<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">An emerging American playwright, <a href="http://www.dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=10243"><span style="color: orange;">Susan Kathryn Hefti's</span></a> plays have been developed or produced at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater NYC; The Lark Play Development Center NYC; The Harold Clurman Playwrights Division at The Stella Adler Studio NYC; St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery Theatre NYC; Capital Stage Company CA; Long Beach Playhouse Theatre CA and in Paris at </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Théâtre Mélo
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Susan's newest play THE POWER PLAY, <i>or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys</i> received a Roundtable Reading at the Lark Play Development Center NYC in July and a staged reading in August as it was selected to be part of Capital Stage Company's annual New Works Festival <a href="http://www.capstage.org/specialProgramsPlaywrightsRevolution.html"><span style="color: orange;">PLAYWRIGHTS REVOLUTION 2013</span></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">AMERICAN DAMES, <i>or Waiting for Dolley</i> (2012 Long Beach Playhouse New Works Festival Finalist; 2011-2012 Harold Clurman Playwright-in-Residence Finalist & Beverly Hills Theatre Guild's 2012 Julie Harris Playwright Award Semi-Finalist) enjoyed readings at both the 2012 Harold Clurman Playwrights Division's New Play Reading Festival in NYC and the 2012 Long Beach Playhouse Theatre's New Works Festival in Long Beach, California. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Inspired by the tragic death of one of her Yale students, Hefti's play KEEPIN' COOL was selected 2004<i> </i><a href="http://www.pgfusa.com/"><span style="color: orange;">Princess Grace Award</span></a> Semi-Finalist.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In 2006 Hefti's one-act history play A DEFIANT SOUL was presented at the St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery Theater (<em>directed by <a href="http://www.swarthmore.edu/x18853.xml"><span style="color: orange;">Vernice Miller</span></a></em>) as part of a city-wide event entitled 5 Dutch Days. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Set in 1661, A DEFIANT SOUL brings to life the dramatic battle of wills between New Amsterdam‘s Dutch Director-General Petrus Stuyvesant and the English Quaker John Bowne whose dangerous and singular act of civil disobedience led directly to the establishment of religious freedom in the new world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Written in verse, A DEFIANT SOUL was later adapted to be used as a teaching tool in the NYC school system - in workshops led by theatre artist <a href="http://www.swarthmore.edu/x18853.xml"><span style="color: orange;">Vernice Miller</span></a> - where it has been widely performed by students exploring early NYC history and the establishment of religious freedom in America.</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The success of that play also brought Hefti a commission from the City of NY; to write the narrative for the related exhibit on the 1657 document protesting religious intolerance in New Amsterdam. The exhibit, <a href="http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2010/03/exhibit-on-flushing-remonstrance-bill-of-rights-precursor-returns-sat-apr-10/"><span style="color: orange;">The Flushing Remonstrance: <i>Who Shall Plead For Us?</i></span></a>, was designed to travel around the country following its celebrated 2009 NYC debut. Enjoying an encore return to NYC in April 2010, the exhibition was again extended due to popular demand. Following a 2012 installation in Pennsylvania, the exhibition is expected to travel on to the American midwest.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A proud member of the Dramatists Guild, The Playwrights' Center and <a href="http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943"><span style="color: orange;">Fractured Atlas</span></a>, Susan <a href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/78624-Nymphomania-in-New-York-Dear-Prudence-Begins-at-Rattlestick-March-27-April-20"><span style="color: orange;">debut</span></a> work for the stage was launched by the highly successful 2003 world premiere of her play <a href="http://204.2.109.187/gcn214/sexaholic.html"><span style="color: orange;">Dear Prudence</span></a> which enjoyed an extended run at <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Rattlestick Playwrights Theater</span>. The impressive success of <a href="http://susankathrynheftiplaywright.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-york-observer-talks-with-american.html"><span style="color: orange;">Dear Prudence</span></a> also led Tony Award winning Arielle Tepper Productions to select Hefti as Guest Speaker for the 2003 Syracuse University Tepper Theater Program in Manhattan. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hailed by Gay City News as </span><a href="http://204.2.109.187/gcn214/sexaholic.html" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: orange;">"a light, wonderful play that will have you laughing all the way through"</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, </span><em style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dear Prudence</em><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> wowed a whole new audience in 2010 with two exciting staged readings in Paris ( </span><a href="http://www.lemelodamelie.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Théâtre Mélo d'Amelie</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> and </span><a href="http://www.comedie-bastille.com/historique.php" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: orange;">La Comédie Bastille</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">)! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hefti began her professional writing career as a journalist specializing in environmental news before transitioning into writing for the stage. In 2009, Susan was invited to dust off her reporter's notebook and write a regular column for </span><a href="http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2010/07/extension-of-carnegie-hill-historic-district-arrives-on-cb8-plate/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: orange;">The Clyde Fitch Report</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. Happy to use the opportunity to explore another issue close to her heart, Hefti dubbed the online series, </span><a href="http://www.clydefitchreport.com/author/susan-kathryn-hefti/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: orange;">The Preservation Diaries</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A 2004 recipient of a PEN American Center Writers Grant, Hefti has taught at several Universities including Brown and Yale.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For more information about<span style="color: orange;"> </span><a href="http://www.dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=10243"><span style="color: orange;">Susan Kathryn Hefti</span></a> or to make a tax-deductible gift to help support the continued development of this American artist's work, please visit <a href="http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943"><span style="color: orange;">The </span><span style="color: orange;">Emerging American Artist's Fund</span></a> by simply clicking on <a href="http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943"><span style="color: orange;">this link.</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943"><span style="color: orange;">The Emerging American Artist's Fund</span></a> is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the purposes of <a href="http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4943"><span style="color: orange;">The Emerging American Artist's Fund</span></a> must be made payable to 'Fractured Atlas' and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.</span>Galanthus Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426436183680461320noreply@blogger.com0