Even if you’re not in New York, you’ll be motivated by our profiles of extraordinary women—stories that empower, uplift, and, by their example, may motivate you to embrace new challenges wherever life takes you.
Shubhangi Kuchibhotla, who graduated from the University of Maryland with a dual degree in BFA Acting and a BA in Business Technology Administration, has a passion for stories that should be shared. She lands that opportunity in her debut performance in Arena Stage’s Right to Be Forgotten. The premise of
“A perfume is like a piece of clothing, a message, a way of presenting oneself, a costume…” Paloma Picasso Last June, Joanne Halev made her successful New York Cabaret debut with Like a Perfumed Woman, its title a double entendre. The entertaining show is built around scent ineluctably affecting memory.
The conversation with Susan Isaacs, popular and successful novelist with 13 novels to her credit, two of which became Hollywood movies, is as honest as one can get. When asked about how her latest, It Takes One To Know One, came about, and specifically what it’s like to have the
Leah Michalos is a busy woman. For her management company, Leah is currently working on Beau, a new musical by Douglas Lyons and Ethan D. Pakchar, developed in residence at The Directors Company, which recently debuted to critical acclaim at the Adirondack Theatre Festival. Beau will play a one-night-only performance
Ute Lemper moves like a dancer. As she gracefully folds herself into a chair, one can almost see attention and intellect snap to order. The multifaceted artist was raised in Munster, Germany, by music-loving parents. She successively took dance, voice, and briefly, piano lessons. “I can only find my emotions
Jennifer Joy Pawlitschek, playwright and performer, combines science into her art, garnering her an invitation to perform at a NASA conference on astrobiology. Her solo show The Physics of Love has toured all over the country. In her new show, The Chaos Theory of Now, she uses science’s chaos theory
To say she has a song in her heart vastly minimizes Linda Amiel Burns’ occupation with/ devotion to popular tunes and songwriters. It seems, in fact, to have ruled her life. (Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart “With a Song in My Heart”) Dual influences fostered her predilection. The first was performing in
Lois Robbins remembers her first kiss – and more. The 50+ actor wrote and performs L.O.V.E.R., which boldly recounts her relationships and sexual experiences from the tumultuous teen years to the present day. A stage and film actress, Lois was inspired to write after taking a climbing trip to conquer a longtime fear
Shubhangi Kuchibhotla, who graduated from the University of Maryland with a dual degree in BFA Acting and a BA in Business Technology Administration, has a passion for stories that should be shared. She lands that opportunity in her debut performance in Arena Stage’s Right to Be Forgotten. The premise of the show centers around the right to be forgotten law and whether or not U.S. citizens deserve the right to have information delisted from the
“A perfume is like a piece of clothing, a message, a way of presenting oneself, a costume…” Paloma Picasso Last June, Joanne Halev made her successful New York Cabaret debut with Like a Perfumed Woman, its title a double entendre. The entertaining show is built around scent ineluctably affecting memory. Apparently olfactory sense bypasses memory itself, connecting directly to emotions felt when memories were made. Halev just stepped down from a long term position as
The conversation with Susan Isaacs, popular and successful novelist with 13 novels to her credit, two of which became Hollywood movies, is as honest as one can get. When asked about how her latest, It Takes One To Know One, came about, and specifically what it’s like to have the blank screen in front of you, she says, “My hands flew on the keyboard, I loved the plot, the narrator was interesting and lively. Very
Leah Michalos is a busy woman. For her management company, Leah is currently working on Beau, a new musical by Douglas Lyons and Ethan D. Pakchar, developed in residence at The Directors Company, which recently debuted to critical acclaim at the Adirondack Theatre Festival. Beau will play a one-night-only performance at Joe’s Pub at The Public on October 28th in conjunction with the show’s album release. For The Director’s Company, Leah is also currently working
Ute Lemper moves like a dancer. As she gracefully folds herself into a chair, one can almost see attention and intellect snap to order. The multifaceted artist was raised in Munster, Germany, by music-loving parents. She successively took dance, voice, and briefly, piano lessons. “I can only find my emotions reflected in this universe called music.” Like many teenagers, Lemper turned up the volume on her record player and sang along. Her choices featured Sarah
Jennifer Joy Pawlitschek, playwright and performer, combines science into her art, garnering her an invitation to perform at a NASA conference on astrobiology. Her solo show The Physics of Love has toured all over the country. In her new show, The Chaos Theory of Now, she uses science’s chaos theory to illuminate our uncertain times. Inspired in part by her own far-right Republican farm family, Jennifer portrays a diversity of wild characters, including a Trump-voting
To say she has a song in her heart vastly minimizes Linda Amiel Burns’ occupation with/ devotion to popular tunes and songwriters. It seems, in fact, to have ruled her life. (Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart “With a Song in My Heart”) Dual influences fostered her predilection. The first was performing in such as Horn & Hardart Children’s Hour and The Bonnie Maid Hour till the age of 12, followed by high school and college theater as
Lois Robbins remembers her first kiss – and more. The 50+ actor wrote and performs L.O.V.E.R., which boldly recounts her relationships and sexual experiences from the tumultuous teen years to the present day. A stage and film actress, Lois was inspired to write after taking a climbing trip to conquer a longtime fear of heights and also being faced with a serious medical diagnosis. She began writing a book, which she called “historical fiction.” But a chance reading with a
