Susan Charlotte


Susan Charlotte is an American playwright, screenwriter and author.
Best known as a playwright, Charlotte was the inaugural recipient of the Joseph Kesselring Prize. She is the author of such plays as The Shoemaker, Love Divided By/Times Three and Did You Know My Husband? She is also a screenwriter whose films include: A Broken Sole and Come On. Charlotte has written for CBS, PBS and Lifetime TV. She is the author of two critically acclaimed books. She is the founding artistic director of the award-winning theatre company Food For Thought Productions and the non-profit theatre company Cause Celebre Productions. She has also been a Film and Theatre professor at Columbia University, CUNY, and NYU.

Career

Theatre

She has written fifteen full-length plays and fifty one-acts. Her plays, which have been produced for over thirty years, include: the 2011 Off-Broadway premiere of The Shoemaker starring Danny Aiello and directed by Antony Marsellis, who also directed the film version entitled Something Like That with Danny Aiello. Her play The Hairdresser, which has enjoyed multiple productions, starred Kathleen Chalfant, Maria Tucci, Louise Lasser and Steven Schetzner.
She also founded a school for writers, Prism Playhouse Inc. and two theatre companies—Food For Thought Productions where she premiered plays by Tennessee Williams, Tony Kushner and Lynn Redgrave and the not-for-profit theatre, Cause Celebre Productions.

Film

Her film credits include: A Broken Sole, which was theatrically released in 2007 and directed by Antony Marsellis, starred Danny Aiello, Margaret Colin, Bob Dishy, Judith Light, Laila Robins, and John Shea. Come On, premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival in 2000. Love Divided By with original music by Philip Glass, was chosen to open MoMA's Titus II theatre.

Television

Her TV credits include: CBS' "Comedy Zone", which starred Patty Duke and Paul Reiser, the daytime series "Loving", "Guiding Light", and PBS' "Did You Know My Husband?" with Carole Shelley and Louise Lasser.
In addition, She has written for Lifetime TV.

Books

She has written two critically acclaimed books, "Creativity: Conversations with 28 Who Excel" and "Creativity in Film: Conversations with 14 Who Excel".

Awards

She is the recipient of the inaugural Joseph Kesselring Prize. Her theatre company Food For Thought Productions was the recipient of the National Arts Club Gold Medal of Honor for Achievement in the Dramatic Arts.

List of works

Full-Length Plays Include

The ShoemakerPrism BluesDelicate ChoicesIt Takes One Litre of Petrol and Twenty MinutesBefore It HappenedLove Divided By/Times ThreeSublet
  • ''The Round Table''

One-Act Plays Include

  • Love Divided ByFolded HandsTango FinishThe ShoemakerThe CabbieThe Dyslexic LoverThe HairdresserCome OnThe TypistThe Neon Sign ManI Can Imagine/I Can't ImagineThe Squeegee ManLife in a Paper BagThe Pirates Between a Local and an ExpressWhat She Didn't Say
  • ''The Cleaning Girl''

Theatrical Adaptations Include

When The Women Come Out To Dance by Elmore LeonardSparks by Elmore LeonardThe Rocking Horse Winner by D.H. LawrenceYouth by Joseph ConradThe Wall by Jean-Paul SartreThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte PerkinsThe Lottery by Shirley Jackson

Films Include

A Broken SoleSomething Like ThatCome On
  • ''Out of Your Hands''

Television Include