Susan Jennifer Polese, Playwright

Susan Jennifer Polese, LPC, LCMH, NCC, is an American, journalist, editor, psychotherapist and award-winning playwright whose work is seen regionally and at such venues as La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, HERE Performing Arts Center, The Midtown International Theatre Festival, and Planet Connections Festivity in Manhattan, NY. Trained in New York at The Wonderhorse Theatre, Herbert Berghof Studio, and Hunter College, she has taught playwriting through Purchase College, Axial Theatre Collaborative and is facilitating “Playwriting in Paradise” at Key West Fringe Theatre, Key West, Florida. Her work is fueled through social justice and is often performed as fundraisers/awareness enhancers for non-profits. Susan is a member of The International Centre for Women Playwrights and Theatre Without Borders. She attended La Mama’s International Playwright Retreat in Umbria, Italy and was a resident-artist at Bethany Arts Community, 2020. Susan is a member of the Dramatist Guild and New York Women in Television & Film.  Her plays are published in Alexander Street Contemporary World Drama Collection. Her poems are published in The Writing Disorder.

SUSAN JENNIFER POLESE PLAYS AVAILABLE FOR PRODUCTION

Each works with a minimal set. Each are dramas which also feature comedy.

GOODNIGHT, ANNABELLE

UNDER THE ONE-TIME SKY – 2 characters

SUICIDE BY WIFE –  3 or 4 characters

SECRET SUNDAYS –  6 characters

SECRET SUNDAYS -The Monologues

A VOICE TO CREATIVITY:

Social Justice & Advocacy

There is a long history of advocacy around and fighting for Social Justice through live theatre. To learn more visit these websites:

Theatre Without Borders

Planet Connections Theatre Festivity

365 Women a Year: A Playwriting Project