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When They Go and You Do Not: Dramatic Solo Play by Susan Merson

Fountain Theatre (5060 Fountain Ave Los Angeles, CA 90029)
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The newest solo work by actress/playwright/author Susan Merson focuses on a widow named Wendy who has to regain the elements of living following the death of her husband. This involves giving up old habits, letting go of what was, accepting new lovers and a new beginning as she finds the richness in her loss and the ways in which we all make it to the next step. Merson has performed in eight solo pieces including Reflections of a China Doll and the award-winning Family Secrets. She is also the author of Your Name Here: An Actor Writers Guide to Solo Performance.

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The last date listed for When They Go and You Do Not was Wednesday October 19, 2011 / 8:00pm.

Fountain Theatre
5060 Fountain Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90029
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It was obvious that a lot of effort was put into this performance. However, while I can certainly empathize with the plight of the character (who may in fact have been the person who wrote and performed this piece), it was like listening to a dramatic read of the pages of her diary -- if she needed to get this off her chest, writing it should have been sufficient. For me there was no value to hear about someone reiterate going through the stages of grief. Not my cup of tea and not a play I'd recommend. Certainly no entertainment value. Sorry
Written on Oct 12 2011

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Exellent one-woman performance by susan Merson. thorouhly enjoyed it.
Written on Oct 20 2011

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A beautiful piece about love and loss... filled with humor throughout, as Wendy, the wife, comes to terms with the passing of her husband Evan. Ms. Merson transports the viewer from Big Sur to Paris to her own home as she deals with the heartache and reaches an understanding of her own meaning and existence. Highly recommended.
Written on Oct 18 2011

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A truly beautiful and touching story about loss and the power of human resiliency.
Written on Oct 16 2011

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http://www.susanmerson.com/reclamation.htm

Description

Actress/writer Susan Merson started her NY career in the Broadway cast of Zefirelli’s Saturday Sunday Monday. She went on to co found the Lion Theatre Company working with Garland Wright for over ten years, helping to create the existing Theatre Row complex and appearing in the original production of Vanities where she performed the role of Mary which she created over 900 times.

A move to LA in the 80’s introduced her to film and television where she has appeared as an actress the leading dramas and comedies over a twenty year period.  Some of her film appearances are in Lost in Younkers (Aunt Gert), Things to do in Denver When You’re Dead, Phenomenon and Terminator 3.

Involved as actress/writer with new plays and playwrights since the early 70's she has several solo pieces to her credit (as writer/ performer) (Reflections of a China Doll, Clarice Cohan’s Tribal Tales of Love, (JWTP Commission), The Loves of Shirley Abramowitz) as well as full length and one act plays that have been performed nationally. She won a Best Actress Award in performance with colleague Sherry Glaser's solo piece, Family Secrets.  She has also written Your Name Here: An Actor Writers Guide to Solo Performance which continues to sell on Amazon.

She served as Resident Playwright for the Jewish Women's Theatre Project in Los Angeles, California for three seasons. Her JWTP commission, A Bounty of Lace, about sex and violence in the midst of war, won several awards including the ATHE Religion in Theatre Award in 2009.  Hair: A Reminiscence was a Heineman Award finalist. Screenplay Swimming Upstream is under option to Jimola Productions. Susan has served as the Producing Director of the Jewish Women's Theatre Project, Artistic Director of the Streisand Festival, Associate Producer at the Fountain Theatre and co founder and chief moderator (20 years) of the LA Writers Bloc, established with award winning writers Jane Anderson and Donald Margulies. Susan received her MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College in Vermont in July 2003. She teaches Playwriting at Cal State Fullerton.

Her novel Dreaming in Daylight came out in 2009. Other fiction has been published in Nice Jewish Girls, edited by Marlene Marks, Penguin; Jews in America, Hugh Lauter Levin; Lilith Magazine, Democrats Soul and additional journals.