Thanks for a SUPER Reading of Susan Kathryn Hefti's New Play OFF THE BENCH at the Lark!

Many thanks to the Lark Play Development Center; its fearless leader John Clinton Eisner; the Lark's dramaturg extraordinaire Suzy Fay; the Lark's Megan McClain; director Vernice Miller and the amazing cast assembled for a super Reading of Susan Kathryn Hefti's new play, Off The Bench, or The Schedule, at the Lark on Tuesday, March 1, 2016!

Off The Bench explores the dramatic journey of a community of people with wildly disparate backgrounds, origins and ages who - due to their unfortunate circumstances - are forced to live together at Sunnydale, a fictional place along the Hudson River. 

As we begin the process of exploring and developing this new script, it was a huge help for playwright Susan Kathryn Hefti to have the opportunity to finally hear these colorful characters brought to vivid - and at times rather explosive - life by such an incredibly talented cast! 

A huge round of applause and many thanks to the generous ensemble of actors who donated their time, energy and talent to allow playwright Susan Kathryn Hefti the rich opportunity to hear her new script read aloud for the very first time: Sarah Wharton  (Holly); Jim Nugent (Norman); Clare Mahoney (Colleen); John Devaney (Thornton); Vernice Miller (Myrtle); Emily Kratter (Grace); Eva Kaminsky (Nurse Lizzie/Frances Pidgeon) and Jim Conroy (Louis/Richard/Johnny/Stage Directions).

Thank you all for so beautifully bringing Off The Bench to life! We are grateful to each and every one of you!

And thanks again to Suzy Fay, Vernice Miller and all the wonderful people at the Lark for giving playwright Susan Kathryn Hefti the invaluable opportunity to begin the development process in an environment wholly committed to nurturing artists and their new works!

And, as always, thanks to everybody for your continued interest in Susan Kathryn Hefti's work and for your very generous & loyal support!  

As we continue the journey that is Off The Bench, or The Schedule, we'll be sure to keep you all posted on its progress!

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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!

Susan Kathryn Hefti's THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys Nabs Another Nod!

We are delighted to announce that Susan Kathryn Hefti's play, The Power Play, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys - which some of you heard in its very first NYC public reading at NYTW last year - has been named Colonial Players' Promising Playwright Award 2015 Semi-Finalist! 

We love the characters in this play and would love, love, love to see them up on their feet, especially if it were possible to parachute in Matt MacNelly to fill Abe's BIG sneakers! Wouldn't that be a HUGE slice of awesome!

As we continue to develop The Power Play, a special thanks to the following theatre artists for their enduring support, encouragement and insights: the Lark PlayDevelopment Center's John Eisner & Suzy Fay; Capital Stage Company's Stephanie Gularte (now at American Stage) & Stephanie Tucker; the incomparable Reg Douglas; TJ Weaver; Geoff Boronda and all the talented actors who have provided the invaluable opportunity to hear The Power Play's characters brought to life in its various iterations. 

And, as always, thanks to all of you for coming along on this exciting new play development journey. We do hope you all get to see/hear The Power Play, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys before too long. 

We'll be sure to keep you all posted on the continued development of The Power Play & we hope to see you soon for a very happy occasion.

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

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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!

Thanks for Making the Premiere NY Reading of Susan Kathryn Hefti's THE POWER PLAY a HUGE SUCCESS!

Major props to the incredibly talented Reg Douglas for his brilliant direction of the premiere NY reading, on February 20, 2014, of Susan Kathryn Hefti's new play THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys at New York Theatre Workshop! 

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 make the evening a huge 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 in NYC!

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 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.

First-Ever Reading of Susan Kathryn Hefti's THE POWER PLAY: a Gigantical Success!

A HUGE thanks to Reg Douglas, Suzy Fay, the entire cast & all the wonderful people at the Lark - NYC's premiere play development center - whose talent and hard work made the first-ever reading of Susan Kathryn Hefti's new play, THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys a GIGANTICAL success! 

To hear the characters brought to life by such a talented cast - Zoe Winters (PONG), Jenni Putney (EDIE), Matt MacNelly (ABE), & Keith Leroyal (SAM) - provided fresh insights and a brand new perspective on the play's multilayered narrative which will help to inform the continued development of this exciting new theatrical work. 

And we do hope that before too long, you all get to see/hear THE POWER PLAY! 

In the meantime, 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 all posted on the continued development of THE POWER PLAY & thanks again for your interest in Susan Kathryn Hefti's work!