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BETH KANDER
Nationality: USA
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Beth Kander is a playwright, author, and nonprofit professional who divides her time between Chicago, Illinois, and Jackson, Mississippi. She is a past Mississippi Arts Commission Literary Arts Fellow, Charles M. Getchell New Play Award winner, and is currently in the accelerated comedy writing program at Second City Training Center. She holds degrees from Brandeis University and the University of Michigan, and once accidentally spent 5 years working in film production/advertising. She lives with her hilarious husband, copywriter and comedian Danny Dauphin. Follow her creative endeavors on Facebook (www.facebook.com/ByBethKander), Twitter @ByBethKander, or via her website (www.bethkander.com).
Research: Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)
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Running Mates Scrambled See Jane Quit UnshelvedRunning Mates
Synopsis:
Sam Storm has been the beloved mayor of Anderson, Georgia for the past twenty years. Loved by the community and his doting wife, Sam's name is usually the only one on the ballot come election time, but when an embarrassing video of him is leaked his seat in office is threatened. Sam has some real competition when the last person he ever expected to run against him puts her name on the ballot, his wife Sophia. Now it's down and dirty as husband and wife duke it out. Can their marriage withstand the political fisticuffs? And what happens when an unexpected third candidate enters the race? This fast-paced political comedy brings new meaning to the phrase "family politics."
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Play/Comedy 90 min
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Synopsis:
Sara is wisecracking, single, broke, and secular. Neshama is serious, married, infertile, and Orthodox. When fate, God, and Sara's Episcopalian roommate bring these two Jewish women together, each must question what really matters, what they really want and what they're willing to do to get it. As Sara considers donating her eggs and Neshama ponders accepting them, both women find themselves unexpectedly scrambled. Winner of the 2012 Charles M. Getchell New Play Award.
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Play/Drama 105 min
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Jane's life turns upside down on the worst possible day: the day she decides to quit smoking! When this 30-year old waitress announces to her friends and family that she's quitting "for real," they're supportive. In fact, they're a little too supportive. Each has an explosive announcement of their own to share, from a looming divorce to an impending sexual crisis, but nobody wants to be responsible for Jane falling off the non-smoking wagon. As they trip over themselves to keep their secrets secret, who would suspect that Jane is keeping the biggest secret of all? Will Jane quit quitting? This delightful southern comedy proves that you can quit smoking, but you can't quit your crazy family!
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Downtown Arts Center, Lexington, KY Mar 2010
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Bluegrass C&T College Theatre Program
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Play/Comedy 95 min
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Synopsis:
The Hollingsworth family is, at first glance, perfectly normal maybe a bit more literature-centric and a bit more formal than average, but nothing revolutionary. Audrey is the head librarian at the local library, her husband Bill is an English professor, and their son Rye is trying to make it as a writer. When Audrey is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, the calm family picture begins to blur. Before her illness, Audrey had always protected her son and husband; now, as she sinks into the past, she reveals long-buried family secrets.
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