I met with playwright Don Cummings to discuss the world premiere of Don’s play, The Water Tribe, a joint production of VS. Theatre Company and Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA at VS. Theatre. Don was born in Bronxville and grew up in Suffern, both in New York. He attended Tufts University and spent a semester studying in … Continue reading A CONVERSATION WITH PLAYWRIGHT/WRITER/ACTOR DON CUMMINGS
Registered Critic: Heidi Mastrogiovanni - Talkin' About Stuff She's Written 'n' Stuff
Heidi Mastrogiovanni is a graduate of Wesleyan University. She was chosen as one of ScreenwritingU’s 15 Most Recommended Screenwriters of 2013. Heidi is a member of the Writers Guild of America West and the Authors Guild. She contributes book reviews to the Washington Independent Review of Books and the New York Journal of Books.
A dedicated animal welfare advocate, Heidi lives in Los Angeles with her musician husband and their rescued senior dogs. She loves to read, hike, travel, and do a classic spit-take whenever something is really funny. Heidi is fluent in German and French, though she doesn’t understand why both these languages feel they need more than one definite article.
Heidi’s comedic novel Lala Pettibone’s Act Two (finalist for the Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Awards in the Humor category) and the sequel, Lala Pettibone: Standing Room Only, explore the themes present in all her work… It’s never too late to begin again, and it must be cocktail hour somewhere.
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