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Current Work
7 STORIES germinated in the spring of 2002 when Susan Wands read an article in the New York Times where Nicholas Hytner was quoted as saying, “It is a much quoted maxim that there are only seven stories. They are, apparently, Orpheus, Achilles, Cinderella, Tristan & Isolde, Circe, Romeo & Juliet and Faust”. After reading this, she approached Mary Micari, whose work as a writer and performer she has always admired, and proposed that they write their own versions of these seven basic plots.
In July of 2002, 7 STORIES was first presented. It is an evening of dramatic and comic scenes for a cast of seven. Based on the fabled "seven basic plots" of classical literature, it offers actors and directors a very wide range of characters and situations, from the ancient to the ultra-contemporary, from the sublime to the ridiculous. |
Short Bio
Susan Wands wrote and performed for The Rumble in the Red Room, an off-off Broadway original theatre venue from 1995-1997, creating over 60 works. She adapted Jane Austen’s Juvenilia into The Carriage Proposal, which was performed at various NYC locations, among them Hartley House, Polaris Theatre and at the Museum of the City of New York. Lady Under Parasol, a play written about Dorland Robinson, a child protégé painter, was workshopped at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Susan’s adaptation of Pride and Prejudice was performed by the Cornish Institute in Seattle, Washington where she graduated from the University of Washington. As a theatre artist, she has been in many productions, last season at the Studio Arena Theatre she played Blanche in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE.
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Artist Location
New York, NY
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Type of artist
Writer, Performer, Other
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General Themes
Comedy/Humor/Satire, History, Feminism/Gender Issues, Sexuality, Mass Media/Pop Culture |
Keywords
purpose of life,
relationships,
conflict,
love,
hate,
morality,
goodness, evil |
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