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! 

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Dolley Madison, circa 1815-17

Susan Kathryn Hefti's AMERICAN DAMES Selected for Play Reading Festival in NYC!

We are delighted to announce that Susan Kathryn Hefti's AMERICAN DAMES (or...Waiting for Dolley), the 2011-2012 Harold Clurman Playwright-in-Residence Competition Finalist, has been selected for The Stella Adler Studio's 2012 New Play Reading Festival!

As part of the festival, the Playwrights Division 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!

For reservations and details about this very special play reading, please visit The Stella Adler Studio's Facebook Events Page.

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!

Susan Kathryn Hefti Named Finalist For 2011-2012 Harold Clurman Playwright-in-Residence Competition

Susan Kathryn Hefti has been named Finalist for the 2011-2012 Harold Clurman Playwright-in-Residence competition at The Stella Adler Studio.

The Studio's Playwrights Division - which is affiliated with NYU's Tisch School of the Arts - will produce two readings of Hefti’s newest full-length play American Dames (or…Waiting For Dolley) which explores the ever-changing social, political and cultural landscape that is America.

The staged reading of Susan Kathryn Hefti's American Dames (or...Waiting For Dolley) will be open to the public so we'll be sure to keep you posted on the dates.

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 The Emerging American Artist's Fund at Fractured Atlas.