[Scpg] Snortland's "Now That She's Gone" in Santa Barbara -- one performance only

[Joan Stevens]

Hey all, this isn't permacultural specifically but it is about family, humor, community and recognizing patterns of culture and character.  and she's my friend and a fierce supporter of the rights of women and children globally, an incredibly talented woman, and a whole lot of fun.  Everyone I've sent to her show has LOVED it!
Joan

"People cannot discover new lands until they have the courage to lose sight of the shore" Andre Gide

--- On Tue, 4/14/09, Ellen Snortland <ellensnortland at mac.com> wrote:

From: Ellen Snortland <ellensnortland at mac.com>
Subject: Snortland's "Now That She's Gone" in Santa Barbara -- one performance only
To: "Ellen Snortland" <ellensnortland at mac.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 12:47 PM


Hello friends, Here’s an e-flier that you can pass along if you’d be so kind. This is a benefit for Hearts of Fire Project.

I hope you’re well. Warm regards, Ellen


Presented by the non-profit Hearts of Fire Project

Now That She’s Gone 

Written & Performed By
Ellen Snortland
“With a name like Snortland, she’d better be good.”

Gloria Steinem says, “Ellen says I’m the ‘grandmother’ of this play, but I’m 
not crazy enough to think that it was my planting of a seed when in fact it 
is her enormous talent… She has a gift for being serious and funny, making 
you laugh and understand at the same time. The first time I saw it, I 
brought two friends who were visiting New York City from Kenya — a mother 
and a daughter — to see it, and they loved it too; it’s universal.”

Nora Dunn, SNL Alum says, “Ms. Snortland has written a show with great 
tenderness, surprise, and revelation.  She delivers a poignant and 
completely original insight into the mother/daughter relationship that is 
deeply moving, and often profound.”

Ken Gruberman, Grammy award winner says, “I liked Ellen’s play so much that 
I married her!”

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Saturday, May 2nd 2009

2:00 pm curtain; doors open at noon for reception
Victoria Hall Theater
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

General admission: $20 to benefit Hearts of Fire Project 
http://www.heartsoffireproject.org

Tickets can be purchased by going to the above website and clicking on the 
EVENT TICKETS link along the top of the page; tickets will be at Will Call. 
Tickets may also be purchased at the box office.

For more information about tickets or volunteering, contact Bob Ballard at 
805-646-5773, or email him at bobb at heartsoffire.tv

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Nominated for a 2009 Pulitzer Prize in Drama, “Now That She’s Gone” was 
first produced by EMP Theatricals, LLC, at the 2008 New York International 
Fringe Festival.

Now That She's Gone is a play that explores Ellen Snortland's often 
hilarious, irreverent and sometimes torturous relationship with her 
Norwegian-American mother. Now That She's Gone has been described as a Lily 
Tomlin / Garrison Keillor / Eve Ensler hybrid… passionate, poignant and 
funny in turns. A memoir piece with Eleanor Roosevelt, sex, drugs and 
lutefisk, the play and performance have received rave reviews and standing 
ovations in California, New York, and Washington, D.C.

For more information about Ms. Snortland, please visit:
http://www.snortland.com

To view the trailer for her upcoming documentary, please visit:
www.beautybitesbeast.org



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