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

Nanci Zoppi & Anthony D'Juan rehearsing Susan Kathryn Hefti's THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys

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 THE POWER PLAY had been selected for PLAYWRIGHTS REVOLUTION. 

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 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!

Capital Stage Company's Artistic Director to Helm Staged Reading of Susan Kathryn Hefti's THE POWER PLAY in Annual New Works Festival PLAYWRIGHTS REVOLUTION 2013!

Capital Stage Company Founding Artistic Director,
Stephanie Gularte, to direct Susan Kathryn Hefti's
THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys
for PLAYWRIGHTS REVOLUTION

We are delighted to announce that Capital Stage Company's very talented Artistic Director, Stephanie Gularte, will be directing the first-ever public reading of emerging American playwright Susan Kathryn Hefti's new play, THE POWER PLAY, or Smart Bombs & Other Sexy Toys, for the theatre's annual New Works Festival PLAYWRIGHTS REVOLUTION 2013! 

As Capital Stage Company does some very exciting work - most recently producing Katori Hall's The Mountaintop & Kristoffer Diaz' The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity - it's a great honor to have THE POWER PLAY included in this year's festival! 

For more information about tickets to the festival, please click on this link or simply call the Capital Stage box office at 916.995.5464!

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 & we hope to see you soon for a very happy occasion!

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

Susan Kathryn Hefti's THE POWER PLAY is Selected for PLAYWRIGHTS REVOLUTION 2013 at Capital Stage in California!

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's annual New Play 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! 

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.