28th Annual New York State Foster Care and Adoption Conference, Albany: “Who Do You Think You Are?"
May 11th, 2017
The Good Adoptee is included in Indie Theater Now’s Best Plays 2017 Anthology, Plays and Playwrights 2017.
7-Week 9-City Connecticut Tour
to Benefit Access Connecticut
Oct - Dec 2016
CONCERNED UNITED BIRTHPARENTS • CUB Retreat
October 29, 2016
Adoption Summit in Lake Ozark
October 17, 2016
We are thrilled and honoured to partner with Origins Canada. A portion of the proceeds of our London Fringe run of THE GOOD ADOPTEE was donated to this incredible organization. Origins Canada is a 100% volunteer-run non-profit organization serving people across Canada who have been separated from family members by adoption.
Please check out the amazing work they are doing: www.OriginsCanada.org
Theatrical Production and Talk Back
Adoption Network Cleveland’s
Inaugural Annual Adoption Gathering
March 18-20, 2016
World Premiere and Sold Out Run in the United Solo Theatre Festival 2015 • Theatre Row • NYC
Winner • Best Autobiographical Script Award • Suzanne Bachner
Winner • Best Actress Award • Anna Bridgforth
The show was presented during National Adoption Awareness Month and JMTC Theatre partnered with Advocating Legislation for the Adoption Reform Movement (ALARM) to raise both funds and awareness. A portion of the proceeds was donated to this not-for-profit organization and in conjunction with the performances, signatures were collected for the Petition calling for an Executive Order to restore Original Birth Certificates to All Adult Adoptees.
Can you imagine not knowing your own identity?
The Good Adoptee is award-winning playwright Suzanne Bachner’s true story of her intrepid and relentless search for her birth parents in the face of New York State's sealed records. Suzanne must overcome both external and internal challenges: an officious social worker, her loyalty to her beloved Mom and Dad, the temptation to become her own Identity Thief and an outrageous Jersey reality show genealogist. The play is anti-secrecy, anti-closed records, pro-adoptee rights and pro-all parents. Once she opens Pandora’s Box, can she find a way to integrate her dual identities and still remain the Good Adoptee?
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