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RENATA HINRICHS
Nationality: USA
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Literary Agent: Kivo Bernstein Talent
Renata Hinrichs is a Midwestern girl. She was born in Dubuque, Iowa, and moved five times before the age of twelve, ending up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She came to New York City to become a dancer after receiving a scholarship from the Harkness Ballet School. Her first solo show, A Witness in my House, based on the story of Etty Hillesum, was accepted to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and was performed at the Hudson Guild Theater in New York. Her play, Random Acts, just won the Best Storytelling Script award from the United Solo Festival. She trained as an actor at the T.Schrieber Studio and The Barrow Group School with Seth Barrish and Lee Brock. Other acting teachers include Bob Krakower, Tim Phillips, and Tony Spiridakis. She has studied writing and playwriting with Lisa Kron, Roderick Menzies, Maia Danziger, and Seth Barrish. She is a founding member of BIG DANCE THEATER, co-directed by Annie B Parsons and Paul Lazar, having performed in New York, London, and the Georgian Republic, as well as at The American Dance Festival and The Yard, winning an OBIE award for best ensemble performance for A Simple Heart. She is currently a member of FAB Women of the Barrow Group, where she first performed and developed Random Acts. Other acting credits include the lead role in the short film, Happy Now, which won first prize at both the Cannes Film Festival and the Deauville Film Festival in 2004. Theater credits: Dorsett Theater Festival, Boise Contemporary Theater, The Barrow Group, EST, Soho Rep, Ohio Theater. TV: DeadBeat
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Random Acts Witness in my House, ARandom Acts
Synopsis:
What happens when a young girl is left to fend for herself on the streets of the South Side of Chicago in the late 1960s?
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Solo Flights - FAB Women of the Barrow Group Mar 2013
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based on the story of Etty Hillesum
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