{"id":355,"date":"2009-04-24T09:35:54","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T17:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heartsoffireproject.org\/?p=355"},"modified":"2009-04-24T09:35:54","modified_gmt":"2009-04-24T17:35:54","slug":"special-event-may-2-santa-barbara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heartsoffireproject.org\/?p=355","title":{"rendered":"Special Event, May 2, Santa Barbara"},"content":{"rendered":"
http:\/\/www.heartsoffireproject.org<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Gloria Steinem<\/em><\/strong> says, “Ellen says I’m the ‘grandmother’ of this play, but I’m not crazy enough to think that it was my planting of a seed when in fact it is her enormous talent… She has a gift for being serious and funny, making you laugh and understand at the same time. The first time I saw it, I brought two friends who were visiting New York City from Kenya – a mother and a daughter – to see it, and they loved it too; it’s universal.”<\/em><\/p>\n Nora Dunn, <\/em><\/strong>SNL Alum <\/strong>says, “Ms. Snortland has written a show with great tenderness, surprise, and revelation. \u00a0She delivers a poignant and completely original insight into the mother\/daughter relationship that is deeply moving, and often profound.”<\/em><\/p>\n Ken Gruberman<\/em><\/strong>, Grammy award winner says, “I liked Ellen’s play so much that I married her!”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Nominated for a 2009 Pulitzer Prize in Drama<\/span><\/em>,<\/span> “Now That She’s Gone” was first produced by EMP Theatricals, LLC, at the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival<\/p>\n “Now That She’s Gone” is a play that explores Ellen Snortland’s often hilarious, irreverent and sometimes torturous relationship with her Norwegian-American mother. Now That She’s Gone has been described as a Lily Tomlin \/ Garrison Keillor \/ Eve Ensler hybrid… passionate, poignant and funny in turns. A memoir piece with Eleanor Roosevelt, sex, drugs and lutefisk, the play and performance have received rave reviews and standing ovations in California, New York, and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n For more information about Ms. Snortland, please visit:<\/p>\nTickets can be purchased by going to the above website and clicking on the EVENT TICKETS link along the top of the page; tickets will be at Will Call. Tickets may also be purchased at the box office on day of event<\/span> (cash or check ONLY)<\/h5>\n
For more information about tickets or volunteering, contact Bob Ballard at 805-646-5773, or email him at bobb@heartsoffire.tv<\/h5>\n