Susan Kathryn Hefti's AMERICAN DAMES Named 2012 Julie Harris Playwriting Award Semi-Finalist by Beverly Hills Theatre Guild!!!

We are delighted to share with you all the latest news about Susan Kathryn Hefti's AMERICAN DAMES, or Waiting for Dolley which has just been selected as a Semi-Finalist for the 2012 Julie Harris Playwriting Award Contest hosted by the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild!

A really big thanks to the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild (BHTG) for its kind recognition of AMERICAN DAMES. And thanks to everybody who came out to the Stella Adler Studio's New Play Reading Festival to hear AMERICAN DAMES read in front of an audience for the very first time on April 11th!

Thanks again for your continued interest in the work of emerging American playwright Susan Kathryn Hefti. We'll be sure to keep you posted as AMERICAN DAMES, or Waiting for Dolley continues along its journey through the development process!

Susan Kathryn Hefti's AMERICAN DAMES is Huge Hit at Stella Adler Studio's Play Reading Festival!

Thanks to everyone who came out to hear the first-ever public reading of Susan Kathryn Hefti's AMERICAN DAMES, or...Waiting for Dolley in the 2012 Harold Clurman Playwrights Division's New Play Reading Festival at the Stella Adler Studio this past Wednesday, April 11th!

The evening was a huge success: We had a smashing turn-out and everybody was so pumped, the energy in the room was truly electric!

As we continue to move forward in the play development process, we’ll be sure to keep you posted on the progress of AMERICAN DAMES, or…Waiting for Dolley - the 2011-2012 Harold Clurman Playwright-in-Residence Competition Finalist - written by Susan Kathryn Hefti.

Thanks again for coming to hear the Stella Adler Studio and the Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater Company's reading of Susan Kathryn Hefti's AMERICAN DAMES, or...Waiting for Dolley! We hope to see you again soon! 

Waiting for…

Dolley Madison, circa 1815-17

Harold Clurman Finalist Susan Kathryn Hefti's New Play to Have Reading at The Stella Adler Studio

The Stella Adler Studio Playwrights Division - which is affiliated with NYU's Tisch School of the Arts - will produce the first of two readings of 2011-2012 Harold Clurman Playwright-in-Residence competition Finalist Susan Kathryn Hefti's newest full-length play AMERICAN DAMES (or...Waiting for Dolley) on Thursday, October 13, 2011 at The Studio.

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 The Stella Adler Studio's Playwrights Division - 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.    

To learn more about Susan Kathryn Hefti or to make a tax-deductible contribution to The Emerging American Artist's Fund, please visit her website or simply click on this link. Thank you for your continued interest in the work of this emerging American playwright.

We hope to see you all at the theater for the fully-staged public reading of AMERICAN DAMES (or...Waiting for Dolley) - and we'll be sure to post the details as soon as we set a date!