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Hate Mail by Jack Heifner
A Red Carpet Benefit for the Stella Adler Theatre
"Hate Mail" tells the story of a lifelong correspondence between Daniel and Penny, two Beverly Hills brats, who can't stop writing vicious things to one another as they trade news and insults about their increasingly dysfunctional lives. Something of an homage to A.R. Gurney.
About the Playwright:
Jack Heifner's play, Vanities, ran off Broadway for 1785 performances and in September of 1979 it became the longest running play in off Broadway history. The original production co-starred Kathy Bates. Heifner began his relationship with the Stella Adler Theatre Company in the early 90's with the premiere of his play "Heartbreak," which ran for four months at the World Theatre and won five critics awards. Hate Mail was originally written as a benefit for the company and starred Mark Ruffalo and Kristina Loggia. Put in a drawer for almost two decades, the script suddenly found its way to a successful production in London. Productions in Milwaukee, Texas and Washington have followed.
Jack Heifner is the author of over thirty plays and musicals produced in New York Los Angeles and theatres around the world. A musical version of his play Vanities recently played in Pasadena, New York and Seattle. Mr. Heifner has written the book to six musicals, including Leader Of The Pack, which appeared on Broadway in the mid-eighties. He is currently working on a new musical about the life of Sammy Davis, Jr. Jack lives in New York, but spend part of the year in his native Texas where he's Playwright-in-Residence at Stephen F. Austin State University.
DIRECTED BY Academy Award Winner Milton Justice
Milton Justice's relationship with Jack Heifner goes back to their University days at SMU where they were in the improv troupe Ninth City. Relocating to New York after graduation, Milton began his theatre career on Broadway, producing the world premiere of Tennessee Williams' Vieux Carre. Justice would eventually produce Jack Heifner's off-Broadway hit, Vanities, as well as the Broadway production of Jack's play, Patio/Porch. Milton's Off Broadway credits also include Das Luscitania Songspiel written by and starring Sigourney Weaver and Christopher Durang - selected as one of the 10 best plays of the year by the New York Times. Milton began as a student of Stella Adler's in the late seventies. In 1988, she appointed him to teach at her Los Angeles Academy as well as selecting him the Artistic Director of the Stella Adler Theatre Company. His other teaching assignments have included four years as a Lecturer at Yale, five years at New York University, Unitec in Auckland, New Zealand and for a year he was the Dean of the Institute of Creative Arts in Seoul, Korea. For his work in film and television he has received an Academy Award, an Emmy Award and five Golden Globe nominations. His theatre work has earned him eight Los Angeles Theatre Critics'' Awards, two GLAAD nominations and two New York Drama Desk nominations. His most recent producing effort, Losing Chase, marked Kevin Bacon''s directorial debut, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and won a Golden Globe Award for Helen Mirren. As a film director, his web series, Meet the Consultants was nominated for a Producer's Guild Award. His short film, Finding Dad premiered at the Palm Springs Film Festival and is currently in development as a feature.
SHOW STARS
TIMOTHY MCNEIL A few of Timothy McNeil's playwriting credits include Supernova (directed by Lindsey Allbaugh, Critic's Choice in L.A. Times, nom. for Playwriting by LA Weekly),Anything (directed by David Fofi, LADCC Best Play of 2008, nom. for Best New Play Ovation Awards and Best Play GLAAD Awards), Los Muertos, (directed by David Fofi, Critic's Choice in L.A. Times), all with the Elephant Theater Company, Crane, Mississippi (directed by Kristin Hanggi, Critic's Choice in L.A. Times), Margaret, and Small Days (both directed by Mark Ruffalo). He has also been commissioned by the Center Theater Group and the Stella Adler Collective. Timothy has directed over 20 stage productions, including Hamlet, King Lear, Waiting for Godot and The Marriage of Bette and Boo (LA Weekly nom. for Best Play). As an actor, theatre credits include Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Anything, Los Muertos, Hamlet, Waiting for Godot, Margaret and many more. Film and television highlights include Forrest Gump, Contact, Starship Troopers, Sympathy for Delicious, Joan of Arcadia, ER, Stand Off, House MD, My Wife and Kids, Seinfeld and Murphy Brown. Tim has been on the faculty of the Stella Adler Academy of Acting, Los Angeles since 1999.
BONNIE MCNEIL Bonnie McNeil is an alumni of the Stella Adler Academy of Acting, Los Angeles where she studied under acclaimed teachers Stella Adler and Joanne Linville. Bonnie has appeared extensively on stage in Los Angeles and in 2011 she was nominated for a Los Angeles Drama Center Critic's award for Lead Performance for her role as Mabel in Tim McNeil's Supernova. Other theatre highlights include roles in Margaret, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Heartbreak, Entertaining Mr. Sloane and The Seagull. Her film credits include As High as the Sky, directed by Nikki Braendlin and currently running the festival circuit, Sympathy for Delicious, directed by Mark Ruffalo and I am Bad, directed by David Rackoff. Television credits include Beverly Hills 90210, The X-Files and Seinfeld.
Stella Adler Academy and Theatre
Stella Adler Academy of Acting & Theatre - Los Angeles is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to uplifting and enriching our collective humanity through the dramatic arts. Driven by the belief that growth as an actor and growth as a person are the same, our Academy & Theatre provides the tools, training, and discipline to nurture and support actors who are committed not only to the art form, but to a life of social engagement. In addition to our teaching center, we offer public programming and extensive community outreach, including free and low-cost performances for thousands of patrons as well as some of the city's most under-served children, families and senior citizens.
July 21st, 2013 7 o'clock
Stella Adler Theatre
6773 Hollywood Blvd, 2nd floor
Hollywood, CA 90028
Running Time: one hour
There will be no intermission
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6773 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles , CA 90028
United States
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