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Cause Célèbre premiered on Sunday, December
9, 2007 at The Players and was a great success. Created by Food For Thought’s
Founding Artistic Director, Susan Charlotte, Cause Célèbre is devoted to
fostering an enhanced understanding of psychological, physical and social
issues. Each month a play(s) related
to a particular cause will be presented by our finest actors. The Board of Directors includes an
illustrious group of women of the theatre:
Marian Seldes, Joan Copeland and June Springer. Writer Ellen Violett
is a strong supporter. The first program was devoted to Nick Springer, who
contracted “Meningococcal Meningitis” when he was 14. Now a college student and U.S. Paralympic
Athlete, Nick attended the first show which focused on parent/child
relationships. This program included
Marian Seldes in Tennessee Williams’ “Steps Must Be Gentle,” Joan Copeland in
Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” (an excerpt), “On Thin Ice,” a new play
by Susan Charlotte directed by Antony Marsellis and Mel Brooks’ “Fathers and
Sons” with Bob Dishy and Judy Graubart.
KT Sullivan sang. Cause Célèbre has several purposes: 1—To
connect theatre with different causes 2—To
provide visibility for different causes 3—To
educate the public We are very excited about this unique tax exempt, not-for-profit company
and its far-reaching possibilities. In
order to ensure its success we ask for your help. You can buy tickets and/or offer a
donation. “When you have only two
pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the
other.” (Chinese Proverb) For reservations:
646-366-9340 |
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ABOUT CAUSE CÉLÈBRE |
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Board of Directors SUSAN CHARLOTTE is an Award-winning playwright who is the
recipient of the prestigious Joseph Kesselring Award. A prolific writer, she has written ten
full-length plays and forty one-acts.
Her plays have enjoyed productions for over twenty years including:
the recent Off-Broadway premiere of "The Shoemaker" starring Danny
Aiello and directed by Antony Marsellis, who also collaborated on the film
version entitled "Something Like That" along with Judith Light, Bob
Dishy, Laila Robins, Margaret Colin and John Shea; "Love Divided By/Times Three"
starring Marilyn Sokol which has an original score by Billy Goldenberg
("Ballroom"); and "The Hairdresser" starring Kathleen
Chalfant and Maria Tucci. Film credits
include: "Come On" which
premiered at the East Hampton Film Festival and "Love Divided By"
which has an original score by Philip Glass and was selected to open MoMA's
Titus II Theatre. TV credits include:
CBS--"The Comedy Zone" with Patty Duke and Paul Reiser and
daytime shows "Guiding Light" and "Loving." Fascinated by
the creative process, she wrote two acclaimed books--"Creativity"
and "Creativity In Film.". She further explored this impulse in her
work as a professor at JOAN COPELAND
made her Broadway debut in MARIAN SELDES
recently appeared at Primary Stages in Terrence McNally’s Dedication, or
the Stuff of Dreams. Her many Broadway credits include 45 Seconds From
Broadway, Deathtrap (Tony nomination), The Merchant, Equus, Father's
Day (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award), Before You Go, A Delicate
Balance (Tony Award), Tiny Alice, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here
Anymore, A Gift of Time, The Wall, The Chalk Garden, Ondine, The High Ground,
The Tower Beyond Tragedy, That Lady, Crime and Punishment, Medea. For
Lincoln Center Theater, she has appeared in Dinner at Eight, Ring Round
the Moon (Tony nominations) and Ivanov. Off-Broadway: Diff’rent,
The Ginger Man (Obie), Isadora Duncan (Obie), Painting
Churches (Outer Critics Circle Award), Richard II, Richard III, Mercy
Street, Dear Liar, A Bright Room Called Day, Three Tall Women, The
Torch-Bearers, The Butterfly Collection, The Play About the Baby, Helen, Play
Yourself and Beckett/Albee. Williamstown Theatre Festival: The
Royal Family, The Matchmaker, The Skin of our Teeth and the premiere of Dedication.
She received the Obie Award for Sustained Achievement and was inducted into
the Theatre Hall of Fame in 1996. She is the author of The Bright Lights:
A Theatre Life and Time Together, a novel. JUNE SPRINGER Bio Coming Soon! Resident
Directors CHRISTOPHER HART He began his theatrical career here in New York
as a producer, Off-Broadway, before being part of the team that produced the
Tony nominated Song and Dance, by
Andrew Lloyd Weber, starring Bernadette Peters, and the Tony nominated Blood Knot, by Athol Fugard. He moved to California to produce the TV
series based on his father Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's classic comedy You Can’t Take It With You, starring
Harry Morgan. While in LA he was artist director of The Malibu Stage Company,
and his productions were nominated and won numerous awards, including
Ovations, Robbies, Dramalogues, and LA Drama Critics Circle awards. He
directed regionally including The Geffen Playhouse in LA, and several
theaters in ANTONY MARSELLIS continues to move between the worlds of theatre,
film and television. He has directed numerous plays around the city and
country including Harold Pinter’s Night
School, Samuel Beckett’s Krapps
Last Tape and Happy Days, as
well as the stage version of his critically acclaimed films, Men of Manhattan and A Broken Sole. He has had the
privilege of collaborating on stage and screen with the finest of |
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