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As a National Board Member of AFTRA (American Federation of Radio & Television Artists), I've been out to LA twice in the past few months, dealing the Exhibit A Primetime TV Contract. I continue to be impressed by the integrity of our leadership at AFTRA in the form of our dynamic president, Roberta Reardon, and our phenomenal Executive Director, Kim Roberts Hedgpeth, not to mention the wonderful Bob Edwards (who interviewed me on his XM Radio show last November).
They are making a real difference in the quality of life for performers in TV, Radio, Recording, and New Media. If anyone cares, I believe in this well-negotiated contract and voted YES on it. |
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I recently directed OKLAHOMA! at Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven, NJ....
"Oklahoma Kicks Off Surflight Season"
"The exclamation point has lost much of its former grammatical glory. But these dark days have ended,thanks to the Surflight Theatre: their boisterous production of 'Oklahoma!' thoroughly deserves its enthusiastic punctuation, and then some...Surflight Theatre’s “Oklahoma!” is heartfelt, endearing and, most of all, fun. It’s hard not to catch the contagious energy." - Alex Rudinski, The Islander (5/30/08)
"Oh, What A Beautiful Evening!"
"It’s a visual, swirling treat as the crowd moves like a flock of graceful birds off and on the stage...just perfect...“The Surrey with the Fringe on Top” number was cleverly staged, using the tablecloth hanging on the clothesline as the fringed top, sheltering Laurey and Curly on their imaginary ride to the evening social...The finale is glorious...the audience goes wild. And leaves singing." - Margaret T. Buchholz, The Beachcomber (6/6/08) |
The New York Times published part of my letter to the editor regarding double amputee paralympic champion runner, Oscar Pistorius.
For links about the story you can go to:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/sports/20inbox.html?_r=1&ref=sports&oref=slogin
Many thanks to Richard Sandomir for bringing this to my attention!
Letters to the Editor
Published: January 20, 2008
Support for Pistorius
To the Sports Editor:
As a high-thigh above-knee amputee actress who has tap danced in “Nunsense” and played a three-legged Grizabella in “Cats,” I take enormous umbrage at these dilettantes who have no way of knowing what it takes to run on two prostheses.
Oscar Pistorius has beaten incredible odds by his own determination and struggle to stand toe-to-toe with two-legged athletes. If the rules of the International Association of Athletics Federations are too archaic and lacking in vision that disabled athletes may someday compete with the so-called able bodied, then I strongly suggest that those rules be changed to meet the accomplishments of people with disabilities in the 21st century.
Anita Hollander
New York
The writer is the East Coast national chairwoman of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Performers with Disabilities.
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Margo Avery Anita Hollander Dacrl Acevedo. Kate
Kearney-Patch Krystal Marshall Deborah Jean Templin Kally
Duling, Joan Preston
Vagrant • Working
Woman • Hustler • Soccer
Mom • College Girl • Business
Woman • Teenager • Waitress
Playwright:
L. E. McCullough
Director:
Kathleen Bishop Stage Manager: Allison Hope *
Starring:
Dacyl Acevedo* Margo Avery* Kally Duling
Anita Hollander* Kate Kearney-Patch*
Krystal Marshall* Joan Preston* Deborah Jean Templin*
*Member , Actors Equity Association
A 3 Graces Theatre
Co. Production
Opened Saturday, September 29, 2007 to Rousing Acclaim!
Continuing Sundays, Mondays & Tuesday’s @ 7pm
Saturday’s @ 2pm thru October 16th
Tickets $15 • Telephone:212-279-4200 • www.ticketcentral.com |
Meet the Festival Family! This summer my husband, Paul Hamilton, performed
at the Tiny Theatre Festival in Brooklyn, I performed at the Shortened
Attention Span Festival in the Village, and our daughter, Holland Hamilton,
performed work she co-wrote at the Fresh Play Festival on Theatre
Row (right across the street!).
Holland graduated in June as Valedictorian of Professional Performing
Arts School here in Manhattan, and headed to Oberlin College at the
end of August. Paul and I celebrated our 20th anniversary last November
while doing a show together at Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven NJ.
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Photo by Scott Suchman |
This Fall I head to DC to do Still Standing again at the Washington
Navy Yard.
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