Jen Danby-Led SHARON TATE IN HEAVEN Gets Special Performance in Long Beach

This American Blonde Actress and Mississippi Mud Productions announce a special, one-day-only Saturday, June 25th, performance of the critically acclaimed SHARON TATE IN HEAVEN at Arts in the Plaza in Long Beach, NY.

This is a special version of the show uniquely created for the outdoor setting of the Plaza. It is written and performed by Jen Danby, This American Blonde Actress, and developed by research into videos, virtual explorations, books, pictures, interviews, films, conversations, and environmental explorations. Free to the public, and attendees can voluntarily donate to Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, Florida.

"A Wonderful First-Person Trip Down Celluloid Memory Lane...captivating performance...charismatic" - BroadwayWorld LA 2016

"Million Dollar Baby" Sharon Tate had a career that rocketed her from television to starring roles in six films within six years, including playing the aspiring actress Jennifer North in VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (1967), costarring Patty Duke and Barbara Parkins, which earned Miss Tate a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Female Newcomer. Her last film, the comedy romp 12 +1 CHAIRS, was shot in Italy with Orson Welles. Comparisons between Sharon, Carole Lombard and Catherine Deneuve that Sharon herself felt an affinity with were part of the magic of this new 20 something sensation. She quickly ascended into international stardom as an actress, model, and style icon, and she was also a blissfully happy wife and mother-to-be living her American Dream with the love of her life, her husband, famous director Roman Polanski. When Sharon was killed along with four others at her home she shared with Roman on Cielo Drive in Benedict Canyon on August 9, 1969 while he was away in London writing a script for her and Jack Nicholson, it changed the world. Roman and Sharon had been dubbed the "Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford" of the Mod Hip generation, and Polanski described his years with Sharon as "the only time of true happiness in my life." SHARON TATE IN HEAVEN is an imaginary space for Sharon to confess her feelings for this TV interview. Featured in THE NEW YORK TIMES alongside TV's MAD MEN and the book SHARON TATE: RECOLLECTION by her sister Debra Tate, this play is part of the evidence of Sharon's trending allure with a "new generation crushing on Sharon Tate." SHARON TATE IN HEAVEN takes you on a ride as it celebrates this actress, model, and style icon, and it is a love story.

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SHARON TATE IN HEAVEN
Saturday June 25 @12pm
Arts in the Plaza
Kennedy Plaza
Long Beach, Long Island, NY

JEN DANBY (Sharon Tate) Stars as Sharon Tate in the just-released film for New Media, SHARON TATE IN HEAVEN SUPER 8, based on her play version. With Mud: Sharon Tate in SHARON TATE IN HEAVEN in New York, Lido Beach, Los Angeles at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute James Dean Soundstage, Key West, Miami, and Daytona Beach; Sharon in part 2 of her Sharon Tate Trilogy CHARLIE AND SHARON that debuted this spring in NYC with Daniel Delano as Charles Manson; and in the part 3, SHARON AND ROMAN, about Miss Tate and Roman Polanski, in development. Other Mud work includes: Nina in SEAGULL69; Jane in VIEUX CARRÉ; Maggie in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF; Marilyn Monroe in her original solo piece THE BLONDE BOMBSHELL PROJECT: MARILYN MONROE; Catharine in SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER; Vivien in the solo piece VIVIEN LEIGH: THE LAST PRESS CONFERENCE; Helena in LUST, all under Austin Pendleton's direction; Blanche Dubois, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at Mud Actors Lab (dir. Mr. Pendleton) and The Cherry Pit (co-directors Brian Lady and Mr. Pendleton); Vivien in ORSON'S SHADOW (dir. Lauren Reinhard); and Blanche DuBois for a charity staged reading of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE with Geoffrey Owens as Stanley Kowalski, directed by Peter Zinn, produced by Mississippi Mud as a fundraising event for the Martin Luther King Center in Long Beach NY. Select stage: HEDDA GABLER; VALPARAISO; THE RIMERS OF ELDRITCH (dir. Amy Wright, HB Studio). Film/TV/New Media: The Wooster Group "Dailies" as Paula in PAULA and BAD PICTURES opposite Jim Fletcher (GATZ); TRUE HOLLYWOOD SITTER; RUN #3; ALL MY CHILDREN; LOVE MONKEY. Directing credits: VIEUX CARRÉ (NYC, with Mud, in an AEA run); WHAT OF THE NIGHT? by Maria Irene Fornes; HB Studio, and MOONY'S KID DON'T CRY (Lido Beach). Founder & Artistic Director of Mississippi Mud and founder of This American Blonde Actress as actress, director, producer, teacher/acting coach. www.thisamericanblondeactress.com | www.facebook.com/ThisAmericanBlondeActress | twitter.com/american_blonde.

AUSTIN PENDLETON (director) has directed CHARLIE AND SHARON; SEAGULL69; CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF; VIEUX CARRÉ; SUDDENLY; LAST SUMMER; and A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE with Mississippi Mud; as well as THE BLONDE BOMBSHELL PROJECT: MARILYN MONROE a solo show world premiere written by and starring actress Jen Danby. Mr. Pendleton has worked as an actor with Mud in the roles of Dr. Dorn in SEAGULL69 and Dr. Sugar in SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER. He acts and directs with Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago and has been a member of the Ensemble for many years. He has directed three Chekhov productions at Classic Stage Company: UNCLE VANYA, THREE SISTERS (for which he won an Obie), and IVANOV, featuring, between them, such actors as Maggie Gylenhall, Peter Sarsgaard, and Ethan Hawke, and is now directing HAMLET at CSC. He has acted in many movies including SHE'S FUNNY THAT WAY (2014) with Owen Wilson and directed by Peter Bogdanovitch, and in recurring roles on such TV series as HOMOCIDE and OZ, as well as on Broadway in, most recently, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, with Natalie Portman and Linda Lavin, in a script revised by Wendy Kesselman, in whose musical, THE BLACK MONK, he played the title role. He has written three plays: ORSON'S SHADOW, produced at Mud after its off-Broadway run which lasted the year of 2005, at the Barrow St. Theatre, directed by David Cromer; UNCLE BOB, which has been produced in NY, around the country and internationally; and BOOTH, which starred Frank Langella in its productions in New York, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven; as well as the libretto for A MINISTER'S WIFE, music by Josh Schmidt and lyrics by Jan Tranen, commissioned and produced by Chicago's Writers' Theatre in 2009, and at Lincoln Center in 2011. All these works have been published. He directed Elizabeth Taylor on Broadway in Lillian Hellman's THE LITTLE FOXES. Most recent New York productions include THE LAST WILL (in which he also appeared), by Robert Brustein, at the Abingdon Theatre, BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY by Stephen Adly Guirgis at the Atlantic Theatre Company, and STRAIGHT WHITE MEN (as actor) written and directed by Jean Young Lee, at The Public Theatre. He teaches acting at HB Studio, in New York.

LISA RAYMOND (Production Manager): Managing Director, Marketing/Media Head - Mississippi Mud Productions. As a multi-media artist Lisa can often be found behind a computer or a camera. She works in the visual arts areas of website and graphic design, video, photography, and also consults on social networking. Clients have included MoMA, Brooklyn Museum, Sotheby's, Christie's, the NFL, Elite, and Ford Models. laraymonddesigns.com

Arts In The Plaza is Long Beach's Weekly Arts Festival! Featuring handcrafted art by Long Island artists, live music, cultural performances and our Kids Art Station. Arts In The Plaza takes place every Saturday from Memorial Day weekend through Halloween from 10 am - 3 pm in Kennedy Plaza, Long Beach. www.artsintheplaza.com

Mississippi Mud Productions is a Made in the USA theatre and film company, working with artists from around the world. Mississippi Mud Productions is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit 501(c)(3). www.mississippimudproductions.com