SEVEN

Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K. Mack, Ruth Margraff, Anna Deavere Smith and Susan Yankowitz

Documentary  Theatre     
SEVEN WOMEN / SEVEN PLAYWRIGHTS:

"Riveting, explosive, and inspiring drama…starkly emotive…reaffirm[s] the belief that one person could indeed make a difference."—Huffington Post.

"It was impossible not to be inspired by the widely varying examples of courage that the project corralled." —Washington Post.

"[A] coherent testimony of fundamental, frightening and shameful oppression of women all over the world—in the name of traditional economical, political and physical male power…It is an overwhelming experience to hear these women through the actors: brief, unsentimental, universal and personal. One cries. And becomes a little wiser." —Dagens Nyheter (Sweden).

THE STORY: A collaboration of seven award-winning women playwrights, SEVEN is based on personal interviews with seven women leaders of the Vital Voices Global Partnership network who have triumphed over huge obstacles to create major changes in human rights in their home countries. In the seven interwoven stories we see the commonality of challenge and of bravery, and in the individual monologues that follow, we experience each fascinating whole true story.
For news, info, and video, see:  www.sevenplay.org

UPCOMING:

The Hudson Theatre, New York, March 12-14
The first annual Women in the World summit sponsored by Tina Brown's Daily Beast will present a staged reading of SEVEN, introduced by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, directed by Julie Taymor and starring Meryl Streep, and the gifted top-line actresses Shohreh Aghdashloo (The House of Sand and Fog), Tony-nominated Julyana Soelistyo (Golden Child), Lauren Vélez (Dexter), and Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife)

The Avon Foundation presents SEVEN in India for the
Vital Voices' India Summit, September 2010

Translation of SEVEN into Spanish

Tour through Argentina, November, 2010.

WORKSHOPS, PRODUCTIONS:
Royal Aeronautical Society, London, England
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Harman Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC
The Culture Project, New York, NY
Theatre at the Envision Retreat at Bard College, New York, NY
Voice and Vision, New York, NY
Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen, CO
Forum for Women on the Economy and Society, Deauville, France
Translated into Swedish by Hedda Sjogren for Home Not Home festival, Sweden
University of Lund, Lund, Sweden
Folkteatern, Gothenburg, Sweden
Elverket/Powerstation, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, Sweden
Riksteatern, Hallunda, Stockholm, Sweden
Diane von Furstenberg Studio, New York, NY

DPS publication, 11/15/09

DPS publication, 11/15/09

JOURNEYS

A Monologue: No More Silence
PRODUCTIONS:
La Mama e.t.c., New York, NY

SWEETIE - in development

A musical
Book, Lyrics & Music
READINGS, WORKSHOPS:
Tribeca Performing Arts Center
Gene Frankel Theatre
Manhattan Theatre Club
Theatre Building, Chicago

RAINBOW JUNCTION - in development

Libretto; Music by Curtis McKonly
An Operetta for Young Audiences
WORKSHOPS, PRODUCTIONS:
Tribeca Peforming Arts Center
National Childrens Theatre Award Production, Kansas City, KS
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Town Hall, New York, NY
Los Angeles Theatre Center, LA
WCBS-TV Christmas Special

ON THE HOME FRONT

A Play
WORKSHOPS, PRODUCTIONS:
University of Alabama Theatre, Birmingham
New Playwrights, Washington, DC
Empire State Institute for the Performing Arts, Albany, NY
Theatre Chicago, IL
Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY
The Playwrights Company, San Francisco, CA
Urban Stages, New York, NY

FRAGMENTS

Screenplay
a film by Stan Salfas productions:
Cork International Film Festival, Best of Fest
Humboldt International Film Festival, Best of Fest
USA Film Fest, Best of Fest
Translated into Italian for Il Giornale

REVEREND JENKINS & HIS ALMOST ALL COLORED ORPHANAGE BAND

Libretto
Music by Luther Henderson
Directed by Vernel Bagnereis
PRODUCTIONS:
Le Petit Theatre de Vieux Carre, New Orleans, LA
The Womens Project and Productions, New York, NY

ALL AMERICAN & SURVIVAL

Two one act plays
PRODUCTIONS:
First Stages, Los Angeles, CA

HOLY PLACES

A Play
PRODUCTIONS:
Soho Rep, New York, NY
The Women’s Project and Productions, New York, NY
Victory Gardens, Chicago, IL