Monday, May 10, 2010

Katharine Henner, May Festival 2010 Playwright


Katharine Henner (www.katharinehenner.com) is a multi-disciplinary writer based in Brooklyn, New York. She is co-founder of Boomslang Theatre Company, co-author of Brooklyn Home Companion, and the resident writer of the film collective, the Goddamn Cobras. Currently in production this spring is her television pilot, "Supperclub Shakedown," which highlights the rooftop farmers, beekeepers, underground chefs, and arbiters of the local foods movement in collaboration with transmedia artists. Katharine received her Masters degree in Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Plays performed over the pond for various UK festivals and theatre companies include: Walk in the Would, Transito, M.A.R.Z.I.P.A.N., and also a staged reading of For Your Amusement directed by BAFTA award-winning director, Kfir Yefet. Plays performed in New York include: Amelia (A Monologue) for Coffee Black Productions, Speaking in Stomachs for the Bushwick Arts Festival, and two productions by Left Hip: The Ubi and also an earlier version of For Your Amusement. This performance tonight is dedicated to her visionary director, Bob Teague, and these inspiring actors/muses who have been an active part of the development process for many months. See you next at the full-length production!

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