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POems by Susan
Read poems by Susan published in The Writing Disorder here.
Daniel Pitin. The Old Swimming Baths, 2009.
Oil and acrylic on canvas
“Want and Need”
Susan Jennifer Polese's poem "Want and Need" is featured in the international exhibition, Writing Off the Walls 2022, at The Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art. Her poem is inspired by the painting the Old Swimming Baths, 2009 by Czech painter Daniel Pitin.
Read the poem and listen to the audio recording of “Want and Need” by clicking here:
Plays by Susan
Goodnight, Annabelle
What if you could get another life, another chance? In 1965 Bea and Eileen are thrown together trying to get through their lives, one wants to be a famous singer while the other needs to make ends meet, while a shared life from the past comes back to them. Do we get a second chance at love? This one act appeared as part of Glass Ceiling Breakers 3 a festival of female identifying playwrights and filmmakers. Please write back if you have any questions.What if you could get another life, another chance? In 1965 Bea and Eileen are thrown together trying to get through their lives, one wants to be a famous singer while the other needs to make ends meet, while a shared life from the past comes back to them. Do we get a second chance at love? This one act appeared as part of Glass Ceiling Breakers 3 a festival of female identifying playwrights and filmmakers. Please write back if you have any questions.
Laurie Menzie and Adina Taubman star in Goodnight Annabelle.
Laurie Menzie as Bea.
Secret Sundays - The Monologues
Bethany Arts Council presented an online reading of “Secret Sundays - The Monologues” by Susan Jennifer Polese on October 10, 2020. Click here to watch it on Facebook.
Michelle Concha Herko and Adam LaFaci in Under the One-Time Sky.
Under the One-Time Sky
By Susan Jennifer Polese
Under swaying trees, two childhood friends careen into a past that has long been preserved in a tiny backyard. One has traveled the world. One has never left this town. Together, they will learn something today: How long can a moment stay with you? It may be just as long as you hide from it.
PLAY HISTORY
Under the One-Time Sky was selected as a finalist for "Best Play" in the 4th Annual Aery Theatre Company 20/20 One-Act Competition.
ON UNDER THE ONE-TIME SKY:
"Susan Jennifer Polese asks us to consider what responsibility memory plays in the border between childhood innocence and adulthood. Is saving a living being arbitrary? Perhaps by revisiting the trauma together we finally cast light?
— Catherine Filloux, an award-winning playwright who has been writing about human rights and social justice for over twenty years
Michelle Concha Herko and Justin Jorell in rehearsal for Suicide by Wife as part of the Glass Ceiling Breakers: A Festival of Women Playwrights.
Suicide by Wife
by Susan Jennifer Polese
An officer responding to a domestic violence call tries to explain to the victim how to get free of her abuser, while the victim shows the officer how we are all more trapped than we think.
PLAY HISTORY:
The play has been nominated for Planet Connections Festivity awards in these categories: Outstanding Production of a Staged Reading, Outstanding Playwriting of a Staged Reading, Outstanding Actress in a Staged Reading. Neil Pritchard won for Outstanding Actor in a Staged Reading.
Suicide by Wife has had a full production in Glass Ceiling Breakers: A Festival of Women Playwrights. The play is being used as a teaching tool to aid the public in understanding the complex issue of interpersonal violence.
Michelle Concha Herko and Justin Jorell star in Suicide by Wife.
ON suicide by Wife:
“Deeply disturbing and profound. Susan Jennifer Polese writes with unexpected witty humor, creating skilled dialogue, clear believability and theatricality. This important two-hander needs to be heard.”
— Catherine Filloux, an award-winning playwright who has been writing about human rights and social justice for over twenty years.
