The Best of Everything- a new play based on the book by Rona Jaffe

11/12/2014

We're international! Coming up at Actors Workshop Theatre in British Columbia. http://events.tru.ca/event/2014/live-theatre-best-everything

A 2012 adaptation of Rona Jaffe's 1958 bestseller about ambitious secretaries working in the typing pool of a New York pulp fiction publishing company. These girls want thrilling careers and exciting adventures—and husbands and children and lingerie and casserole recipes. Today we call that "having…

07/26/2014

Next up--Rancho Cucamonga
http://www.lewisfamilyplayhouse.com/events/view.php?eventid=0000001509

This adaptation by Julie Kramer of Rona Jaffe's 1958 best-selling novel features some very ambitious secretaries looking for adventure... wherever they can get it. Between careers, families, marriages and fun there is so much to choose from...but is it possible for them to have the best of everythin…

04/28/2014

126 words per minute. No more, no less. "Use a flexible jaw with two happy smiling lips."

Question 1: Do you have "a natural flair for organizing the activities of others?"

04/08/2014

Mad Men is coming back, and so are mentions of the book.
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/04/mad_men_college_class_professor_teaches_an_entire_course_only_about_the.html

If you were an incoming freshman at my college this fall, you had dozens of courses available to usher you into the life of the mind. You could take Intro to Psych and figure out why your roommate is so weird. You could take Intro to Microeconomics, just to show...

11/08/2013

Nice mention of the novel on Vulture today.
http://www.vulture.com/2013/10/10-book-equivalents-of-tv-shows.html

Miss Mad Men? Pining for Portlandia? Bummed about Breaking Bad? Cheer yourself up with these book doppelgängers.

10/15/2013

09/18/2013

Hello Friends of the show! Check out our upcoming production at The Acting Ensemble in Indiana!

In case you missed it, here's our season for 2013-2014. You don't have to wait to long; It all starts next month!

06/25/2013

You've come a long way, baby.

06/14/2013

04/24/2013

From Elissa Schappell : "Women Writers take heed: you are being erased on Wikipedia. It would appear that in order to make room for male writers, women novelists (such as Amy Tan, Harper Lee, Donna Tartt and 300 others) have been moved off the "American Novelists" page and into the "American Women Novelists" category. When you google "American Novelists" the list that appears is almost exclusively men (3,387 men). The explanation on the pages is that the list of American Novelists is too long, therefore sub-categories are necessary.
Idea: What about, "American Novelists with Pen*ses" "American Novelists Who Are Vastly Over-Rated and Over-Paid" or "American Novelists Who Aren't Being Read But Should Be" (Here you'd find a lot of women, people of color...)

Want to see where you're sitting for eternity? Take a peek.

Thanks to Amanda Filipacchi for bringing this to my attention."

02/05/2013

Excited to see Emily Nussbaum's piece noting the inspiration of THE BEST OF EVERYTHING in GIRLS, "the latest in culture-rattling narratives about young women." Especially love the part about "when men write these stories [they] are generally called “comedians” or “novelists” or “Philip Roth.”

Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/television/2013/02/11/130211crte_television_nussbaum

12/26/2012

So honored to be included in Carey Purcell's Top Ten shows of 2012 on The Huffington Post! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carey-purcell/best-theater-2012_b_2356731.html

Throughout 2012, I had the privilege of seeing so many incredible performances while covering the New York theater beat. Here is a list of the top 10 performances I saw in 2012.