Check out my new non-profit:

www.readingopensminds.org

and click on the link to our page on the Pasadena Arts Council’s EMERGE Fiscal Sponsorship Program to make a tax-deductible donation for the fall (and future) programming!

Reading Opens Minds brings the Book Club experience to County Jails, Health Clinics and Half-Way Houses.

Book Clubs are a wonderful way to bond with peers through reading and discussing quality literature.  Reading ignites the imagination and participating in passionate discussions about what’s been read broadens the mind and allows for deeper social connection.

Presently, ROM is being considered for the Community Partners Incubator Project which would allow for fund-raising and other events under CP’s tax exempt status…

The Valentine’s Day Project

What makes relationships work?  Do we each have a soul-mate or are there any number of possible people with whom we can build a life? How have the recent advancements in communication (Facebook, Skype etc) effected our relationships?

Between this Valentine’s Day 2011 and Valentine’s Day 2012 I am on a quest to find out…

March 7, 2011

Women’s Book Club

Hosted by the Venice Family Clinic in cooperation with the Women’s Center of LA and sponsored by the wonderful people at LitWorld, Random House and Penguin Books, the first meeting of the Women’s Book Club is upon us!

This club is a place where women who perhaps wouldn’t ordinarily have the opportunity to read and discuss books – be it for reasons of time, finances, illness etc – can meet one Monday a month and share books and insights.

Our first text, “Break Any Woman Down” by Dana Johnson is generously donated by Random House!

Stay tuned for more….

Recently I served as a model for friend, and hair stylist extraordinaire, Romi Cortier in the  LA episode of the ENJOY Professional Hair Care show “ENJOY LIVE”.

Check out this video and see the Master at work!

I will be appearing as medical examiner Nancy Kohlhaas – my testimony is brief but the show is a Bruckheimer and very well written by Tom Donaghy.

Check out the trailer.

Don’t miss it!

Hey All,

Check out this very nice review of The Good Woman of Setzuan in the LA Times.

Be sure to come check the show out at the Open Fist Theater soon.

Like all good things, it wont last long!

In the event that you have not yet seen the show, or if you have seen it and would like to see it again, I wanted to point you to place where you can get discount tickets!

Check out http://www.goldstar.com/events/hollywood-ca/the-good-woman-of-setzuan.html for discounted ticket prices!

Tell your friends, and even people you won’t admit to chatting with on Facebook.

Your secret is safe with me.

See you at the show!

I would like to personally invite you to come and check out this truly thought provoking work. If you’re a fan of Brecht you will be thrilled by the staging of this show. If you are not as familiar with Brecht’s work, I encourage you to come check out The Good Woman, and see what you have been missing!

The show runs from June 4th – July 17th with performances every Friday and Saturday at 8 PM, and Sundays at 7 PM.

Visit The Open Fist Theater Company website for tickets and more info!

I will look forward to seeing you there!

I am understudying the role of Tess, played by Mireille Enos.  Other cast members are Josh Stamberg, Merritt Wever, David Arquette and Annette Benning…. Can’t wait to get into rehearsal to see how they have breathed life into the script – which is already quite fabulous, written by Joanna Murray-Smith.

For tickets and info click the Geffen link: http://www.geffenplayhouse.com/