Reg Douglas Directs Workshop of Susan Kathryn Hefti's THE POWER PLAY @ New York Theatre Workshop

NYTW 2050 Directing Fellow, Reg Douglas, directed the premiere NY reading of Susan Kathryn Hefti's new play THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys at New York Theatre Workshop on February 20, 2014! 

Under Reg's insightful direction, the wildly talented cast - Dawn Cantwell (PONG); Rachel Napoleon (EDIE); Matt MacNelly (ABE) & Hubert Point-Du Jour (SAM) - brought to vivid life THE POWER PLAY characters before a packed house @ NYTW!

A BIG thanks to the cast; to our intrepid stage manager, Geoff Boronda, and to our resourceful Assistant Director TJ Weaver for all their hard work, endless talent and boundless energy!

And, as this was the very first time in the play's development process that an audience was invited into "the room," a huge thanks to everybody who came out to see/hear this exciting new play and helped to make the evening a dazzling success! 

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To learn more about Susan Kathryn Hefti's plays, or to make a tax-deductible gift to support the continued development of her work, please visit The Emerging American Artist's Fund by simply clicking on this link provided by her fiscal sponsor, the non-profit arts organization Fractured Atlas. And thanks again for your very generous support!

Another FANTASTIC Reading of Susan Kathryn Hefti's THE POWER PLAY @ the Lark!

A huge thanks to director Reg Douglas, the Lark's incomparable Suzy Fay, the entire cast & all the other wonderful people at the Lark - NYC's premiere play development center - for making the 2nd Roundtable Reading of Susan Kathryn Hefti's new play, THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys a great success! 

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 (PONG); Rachel Napolean (EDIE); Matt MacNelly (ABE); Edward O'Blenis (SAM) & Jamie Rezanour (STAGE DIRECTIONS): Their incredibly thoughtful reading will help inform the continued development of THE POWER PLAY; And we all hope that before too long, everybody gets to see/hear this exciting new play! 

A very special thanks to those foundations & friends who have so generously supported Susan Kathryn Hefti's work & to all who have so loyally followed her writings over the years! 

If you'd like to learn more about Susan Kathryn Hefti's plays, or make a year-end tax-deductible gift to support the continued development of her work, please visit The Emerging American Artist's Fund by simply clicking on this link provided by her fiscal sponsor, the non-profit arts organization Fractured Atlas. And thanks again for your very generous support!

We'll be sure to keep you all posted on the continued development of THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys and we hope to see you soon for a very happy occasion!

Susan Kathryn Hefti's new play THE POWER PLAY Gets 2nd Reading @ the Lark!

We are delighted to announce that Susan Kathryn Hefti's new play, THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys will have a second Roundtable Reading at the Lark Play Development Center in NYC this November!

A huge thanks to the Lark's incomparable Suzy Fay and its intrepid leader John Eisner for their continued support and encouragement on both this new piece and Susan Kathryn Hefti's overall development as an emerging American playwright. 

We also want to thank our lucky stars that the very talented and very busy Reg Douglas will be back directing this 2nd Roundtable Reading at the Lark! 

Roundtable Readings are closed to the public so that the playwright can focus solely on the text as she continues to explore and experiment with the true theatrical potential of her new play. 

Thanks again to Reg & everybody at the Lark! And thanks to all of you who have so loyally followed Susan Kathryn Hefti's writings over the years! 

If you'd like to learn more about Susan Kathryn Hefti's plays, or make a tax-deductible gift to support the continued development of her work, please visit The Emerging American Artist's Fund by simply clicking on this link provided by her fiscal sponsor, the non-profit arts organization Fractured Atlas. 

We'll be sure to keep you all posted on the continued development of Susan Kathryn Hefti's new play - THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys - and we hope that before too long, everybody will have the opportunity to see/hear this exciting new play! 

Thank you again for your continued interest in the work of emerging American playwright Susan Kathryn Hefti.

Susan Kathryn Hefti's new play THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys

Nanci Zoppi and Anthony D'Juan rehearsing THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys by Susan Kathryn Hefti for Capital Stage's PLAYWRIGHTS' REVOLUTION 2013. 

Susan Kathryn Hefti is busy working on her new play THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys.  

A coming of age story about four hopeful graduate students, THE POWER PLAY - which received its first public reading at Capital Stage Company's PLAYWRIGHTS REVOLUTION 2013 - 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 play 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.

To learn more about Susan's plays or to support her work, please visit her profile pages @ Fractured Atlas & Dramatists Guild.

Susan Kathryn Hefti's THE POWER PLAY is a Huge Hit @ PLAYWRIGHTS REVOLUTION in California!

A BIG thanks to Artistic Director Stephanie Gularte, Literary Manager Stephanie Tucker, the entire cast & all the terrific people at Capital Stage whose talent and hard work made the first-ever public reading of Susan Kathryn Hefti's new play, THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys a HUGE success! 

As Capital Stage is renown for producing bold & exciting new work (most recently staging Katori Hall's Olivier Award-winning The Mountaintop and Kristoffer Diaz' Pulitzer Prize Finalist & Obie-winning The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity), we were thrilled when the theater announced that Susan Kathryn Hefti's THE POWER PLAY had been selected for PLAYWRIGHTS REVOLUTION 2013. 

Thanks again to Stephanie (both Stephanies!) and everybody else at Capital Stage for the great care and artistry with which they have embraced THE POWER PLAY. 

If you'd like to learn more about Susan Kathryn Hefti's plays, or make a tax-deductible gift to support the continued development of her work, please visit The Emerging American Artist's Fund by simply clicking on this link provided by her fiscal sponsor, the non-profit arts organization Fractured Atlas. And thanks again for your very generous support!

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!

Thanks again for your continued interest in Susan Kathryn Hefti's

work!

  

Susan 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!

We are thrilled to announce that Susan Kathryn Hefti's new play THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys has been selected for Capital Stage Company's annual New Works Festival PLAYWRIGHTS REVOLUTION 2013 in Sacramento, California where the play will receive a stage reading this August!

THE POWER PLAY is in very good company as Capital Stage does some very exciting work, most recently producing Katori Hall's The Mountaintop & Kristoffer Diaz' The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity! 

To learn more about how you can get tickets to PLAYWRIGHTS REVOLUTION 2013 at Capital Stage in Sacramento, California, please simply click on this link!

And if you'd like to learn more about Susan Kathryn Hefti's plays, or make a tax-deductible gift to support the continued development of her work, please visit The Emerging American Artist's Fund by simply clicking on this link provided by her fiscal sponsor, the non-profit arts organization Fractured Atlas. And thank you for your very generous support!

We'll be sure to keep you posted on the continued development of THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys and we hope to see you soon!

Thanks again for your continued interest in the work of emerging American playwright Susan Kathryn Hefti! 

Susan Kathryn Hefti's THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys Gets Reading at the Lark!

We are thrilled to announce that Susan Kathryn Hefti's new play, THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys will have a Roundtable Reading at the Lark Play Development Center in NYC on July 23rd!

An odyssey through the lives of four hopeful graduate students, THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys, 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 play 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.

The Roundtable reading of THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys  will be directed by the awesomely talented Reginald Douglas! And Pong - a character aptly described as a "badass" by the actress who will be reading her - will be given voice by the fiercely talented Reyna de Courcy!

A huge thanks to the Lark's intrepid leader John Eisner and his merry band of theatre professionals including Suzy Fay, Michael Robertson, et al - all of whom made this glorious opportunity possible for Susan Kathryn Hefti's new play, THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys ! 

Roundtable Readings at the Lark are the perfect way to begin the process of developing a brand new play as these script sessions provide the playwright an opportunity to hear her new play read aloud with the support of professional actors and a professional director under the nurturing guidance of Lark staff members. Please note that at the Lark, Roundtable readings are closed to the public so that the playwright can focus solely on the text as she begins to explore and experiment with the true theatrical potential of her new play.

  

If you are not familiar with the amazing work they do at the Lark, please take a moment & click on this link to learn more about NYC's premiere play development center. It's a totally awesome place that all theater lovers should generously support! In fact, if you'd like to make a tax-deductible gift to the Lark, please click on this link

And if you'd like to make a tax-deductible gift to the continued development of the playwright's work, please click on this link. And, thanks!!!

We'll be sure to keep you all posted on the continued development of Susan Kathryn Hefti's  THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys. And we hope that before too long, there will be an opportunity for everybody to hear/see this new play! 

In the meantime, stay cool & please keep in touch!

And thank you all again for your continued interest in the work of emerging American playwright Susan Kathryn Hefti.