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HEATHENS
In March 2012, Theater for the New City will present the world premiere of Heather Hill’s play Heathens, directed by Stefanie Sertich. Set on an isolated farm in eastern Kentucky, Heathens is an unsettling comedy that makes the term “family values” take on new meanings. When a wandering laborer follows a woman home for the night, he finds a lot more than he bargained for in the home she shares with her sister and her Mamaw. The play explores mourning, faith, and the dangers of isolation as the characters do battle with themselves and each other. The cast includes Lauren Fox, Lisa Roberts Gillan, and Andy Powers. Edward Ross is the set designer, and Dan Jobbins is the lighting designer. Heather Hill
Heather Hill, a native of Kentucky, is a playwright, lyricist, librettist. Her plays have received readings and workshops at numerous theaters, including the Royal Court, the Orange Tree Playhouse in Richmond, England, the New Group, Primary Stages, the Vineyard Theater, the Kitchen Theater, the Belt, and the Horizon Theater in Atlanta. Her play Notes from the Confederacy was developed under the mentorship of A.R. Gurney and the Cherry Lane Theater. Her play Eulogy for Boris the Relic Hunter, commissioned by The Regional Theater Company, was included in RTC’s festival of shorts. Ms. Hill directed and co-wrote That Play, a one-man Macbeth, which enjoyed a sold out run at the Midtown International Fringe Festival. Bruce Weber of the New York Times wrote of That Play, “He and his co-adapter and director, Heather Hill, have hit on an effective story-telling formula.” Ms. Hill went on to direct That Play at the Kitchen Theater in Ithaca as well as the Belt in New York. Ms. Hill is the recipient of two Hopwood Drama Awards as well as a grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women. In addition, she is a two-time finalist for the Princess Grace Award and a finalist for the Manhattan Theatre Club Fellowship. She received her M.F.A from Columbia University where she was a Presidential Scholar. She is a member of the BMI Musical Theater Workshop. Stefanie Sertich
Stefanie Sertich is a director and choreographer, living in Brooklyn, NY. She is in her first year as an Assistant Professor at LaGuardia Community College in Queens. She will be directing Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Waterfront Playhouse, Key West FL) in February 2011 and the world premiere of Heathens, by Heather Hill in March 2011 ( Theatre for the New City, New York City). Last fall, she directed Picnic at Western Oregon University where she was a guest artist and faculty member. In spring 2010, she directed the world premiere of Eduardo Machado’s Havana Journal, 2004 at Theater for the New City. Other NY directing credits include: Like You Like It (The Broadway Workshop), Animal Farm (The Neighborhood Playhouse), The Dome (Prospect Theatre), Museum Pieces (Prospect Theatre), Do Gooder (The Public- NYU MFA workshop), The Useless Man (INTAR New Works Lab). Regional: Animal Farm (The New Rep in Boston), Electra, (Classic Greek Theatre of Oregon- Winner KC/ACTF Directing Award), Kimberly Akimbo (Salem Rep Theatre). Asst. directing includes Artfuckers (dir. Eduardo Machado, DR2) West Moon Street (dir. Davis McCallum, Prospect Theatre) Napoli Millionaria! (dir. Libby Appel, Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Summer Stock: Cole Porter’s You Never Know and Annie (Millbrook Playhouse). Stef has directed pilot workshops for ITheatrics and Disney Theatricals which include Disney’s High School Musical JR., Disney’s Aladdin Kids, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast JR, and The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley. Stef also assistant directed the National Tour of A Year with Frog and Toad and The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley (dir. Tim McDonald). Stef was a F.A.I.R recipient in directing at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2005, Alternate Winner for the SSDC Directing Fellowship (Region VII), KC/ACTF, 2005, Meritorious Achievement Award for Direction of Electra, KC/ACTF, 2005, Runner-Up, SSDC Directing Fellowship (Region VII), KC/ACTF 2004. BA Acting (Western Michigan University), MFA Directing (University of Portland). |
COMMUNITY SPACE THEATER Wednesday - Sunday, March 1 - 18 Wednesday - Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm Additional Performances Saturday, March 3 at 3pm All Tickets $10/TDF Vouchers Accepted
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