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!

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 Hefti's new play! 

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 THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys. And hopefully 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 for your continued interest in the work of emerging American playwright Susan Kathryn Hefti.

Susan Kathryn Hefti's AMERICAN DAMES Named 2012 Long Beach Playhouse New Works Festival Finalist

We are thrilled to announce that Susan Kathryn Hefti's newest full-length play AMERICAN DAMES, or Waiting for Dolley has been named Finalist in the Long Beach Playhouse Theatre's 22nd Annual New Works Festival! 

  

As a 2012 Finalist, AMERICAN DAMES will receive a Mainstage Reading at the Long Beach Playhouse Theatre on August 19, 2012 at 2PM. The LBPH Festival & Reading are open to the public. Please check the theatre's website for details & directions: Long Beach Playhouse Theatre.  

 

Thank you for your interest in the work of emerging American playwright Susan Kathryn Hefti and in the continued development of her new play AMERICAN DAMES, or Waiting for Dolley: We'll be sure to keep you posted!

 

For more information about the playwright's work, please visit her Dramatists Guild Profile Page by simply clicking on this link: Susan Kathryn Hefti.

 

Thanks & we hope to see you at the theatre sometime soon!

AMERICAN DAMES is 2012 Julie Harris Playwriting Award Semi-Finalist

Emerging Playwright Susan Kathryn Hefti

We are delighted to announce that Susan Kathryn Hefti's new play AMERICAN DAMES, or Waiting for Dolley has been selected as a Semi-Finalist for the 2012 Julie Harris Playwriting Award Contest hosted by the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild (BHTG)!

Thrilled that the BHTG chose AMERICAN DAMES for this tremendous honor, Hefti hopes the recognition will lead to even more opportunities for the further development of her new play.

Thanks again 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!

We'll be sure to keep you all posted on the continued development of AMERICAN DAMES, or Waiting for Dolley  and we hope to see you soon!

To learn more about the work of this

emerging American playwright, please visit Susan Kathryn Hefti's online bio here.  

 

A Big Thanks From 'The Emerging American Artist's Fund'!

Thanks to everybody for your very generous contributions to The Emerging American Artist's Fund which benefits exclusively the continued development of emerging American playwright Susan Kathryn Hefti's work as a theater artist. Your unwavering support is an essential ingredient in the play development process!

And it is thanks to generous individuals and foundations like you that the arts in America continue to flourish: Your generous contributions help provide the time to write & develop plays, and your continued support remains a meaningful part of that process.

Thanks to the non-profit arts service organization Fractured Atlas, all donations to The Emerging American Artist's Fund are fully tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law and can be conveniently made online by simply clicking on this link.

Every gift, no matter the amount, helps to support the continued development of this emerging American theater artist's work. And we are so very grateful to you all for your continued generosity and enthusiastic encouragement!

The Emerging American Artist's Fund is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the purposes of The Emerging American Artist's Fund must be made payable to 'Fractured Atlas' and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

To read more about the works of emerging American playwright Susan Kathryn Hefti, please visit her online bio by simply clicking on this link.

Thank you all again for your continued loyalty and very generous support!

Susan Kathryn Hefti's AMERICAN DAMES is a Big Hit @ Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater's 2012 Play-Reading Festival!

Standing-Room-Only for Emerging Playwright Susan Kathryn Hefti's

AMERICAN DAMES, or Waiting for Dolley at Stella Adler Studio

Thanks to everyone who came out to hear the first-ever public reading of Susan Kathryn Hefti's AMERICAN DAMES, or...Waiting for Dolley - the 2011-2012 Harold Clurman Playwright-in-Residence Competition Finalist - 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 with a smashing turn-out and an audience so pumped, the energy in the room was truly electric!

And we're so very grateful for all the wonderful theater lovers who made the time to come out to hear this brand new play, AMERICAN DAMES, or...Waiting for Dolley, in this very special reading produced by the Stella Adler Studio and the Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater Company!

 

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 being there at the starting line! We hope to see you all again for the next leg of this very exciting journey!

Waiting for…

Dolley Madison, circa 1815-17

Susan Kathryn Hefti's AMERICAN DAMES picked for Stella Adler's 2012 Play Reading Festival!

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 details and play synopsis, please visit The Stella Adler Studio's Facebook Events Page.