Lessons from a Jellyfish
Women Playwrights Series
Wednesday, April 9 at 7:00 PM
Sitnik Theatre : 715 Grand Avenue
by Harriet Heydemann
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Medical professionals don't know how to treat her. School teachers are at a loss. Even her mother can't see beyond her disabilities. Ariela is unsentimental, often hilarious, and at times, difficult, especially with her mother. Through faith, art, wit, a few psychic readings for good measure, and a computerized voice, Ariela becomes an artist and the master of comebacks, challenging those who love her to rethink what it means to create and connect.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
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Harriet Heydemann is a writer, playwright, poet, and student. She recently completed an MFA in Creative Writing at San Francisco State University. Her work is motivated by family histories and personal experiences. Her stories have appeared in Fourth River, Delacorte Review, Hippocampus, Brain, Child Magazine, and others. You can find her poetry in Driftwood Press and Intima. Her work was selected as a Semifinalist in the Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference. She is an alumna of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and the Community of Writers. She is presently working on a play and a novel. She lives with her husband, Gary, and their incorrigible dog, Rico, in a sleepy suburb of San Francisco.
