I jumped off the cliff and after 5 years I performed my solo show in April 2007! It was a tremendous experience. I only did 3 nights as a fundraiser for the Santa Monica Playhouse.
After I get the opening of "Throwing Rubies" (SEE BELOW) done, I plan on re-mounting the show for a longer run. So it will probably be in late June or early July!
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Below is the media for the April run:
Santa Monica Playhouse Benefit Series and Out Our Way Productions present:
Susan Damante in “Life…Death…and Entertainment”
WHAT: Susan Damante’s autobiographical solo show where life, death and music collide.
In her own words actress/writer/singer Susan Damante has faced “almost every possible thing a human can and risen up to victory.” Life…Death…and Entertainment is about her journey of overcoming adversity, facing fear, cheating death, gaining character through her misfortune and encouraging others along the way. Quoting Eleanor Roosevelt, Damante says “you gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face...” and Susan adds, “we all have songs that touch our lives during the most important moments… a little tune can illuminate the hard times make them tremendously entertaining!”
WHO: Written and performed by Susan Damante.
Damante studied under William Ball at The American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, with Atlantic Theater Acting Studios in New York and LA, Milton Katselas and currently with Jeffrey Tambor in Los Angeles. She has appeared in movies THE CANDIDATE with Robert Redford, THE STUDENT TEACHERS directed by Jonathan Kaplan’s (The Accused), THE WILDERNESS FAMILY (and its two sequels), as well as numerous TV series. Her most recent theatrical appearance was on the New York stage as Bev McHale in HER SONOMA STORY at the Neighborhood Playhouse. She also directed the original play, BRODIE AND RUTH and was producer/casting director of WILLOWBEE which was showcased at the HBO/US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado. As a talent manager she has coached and guided the successful entertainment careers of daughters, Vinessa Shaw (Eyes Wide Shut, Hocus Pocus, Melinda & Melinda) and Natalie Shaw (Under Suspicion, 413 Hope Street, Just One Night). A thirty-four year practicing Nichiren Buddhist with the SGI, she is thrilled to dedicate her solo play, which took five years to write and develop, to her mentor Daisaku Ikeda and to her mother Marjorie, who taught her true resilience.
To view Susan’s resume and reel go to: http://resumes.actorsaccess.com/susandamante
"Struggling against great difficulty enables us to develop ourselves tremendously. We can call forth and manifest those abilities lying dormant within us." - Daisaku Ikeda
