ALL MY DISTANCES ARE FAR Opens in August at Theatre 40

Theatre 40 of Beverly Hills announce that acclaimed playwright and actress, Leda Siskind will direct the cast of seven in her World Premiere of "ALL MY DISTANCES ARE FAR" - A historic docudrama about the tussles with multi-cultural teens struggling in society at the end of their school year, as they prepare to fit-in to our already complicated and dysfunctional culture. Opening at Theatre 40 on August 1st, 2016 - The Production will run on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday through August 31st, 2016 @ 8:00PM.

ABOUT ALL MY DISTANCES ARE FAR

What happens to a foster teen when she ages out of the system? What happens to an adolescent boy with Asperger's when he falls in love? What happens to a straight-A student who is being sexually molested? All these characters and others confide to the psychotherapist who sees them at their urban high school. Through each of their monologues, the audience becomes the silent confidant - as well as the witness to the therapist herself - as each teenager grapples with his or her struggle by the end of the school year.

Leda Siskind - (Playwright / Director) BIO

As a playwright, director, and professional actor, with credits on Broadway, off-Broadway, and Los Angeles theatre, Siskind has also been a licensed psychotherapist for over twenty years. Theatre 40 audiences will remember Leda as Edith in the American premiere of Two Sisters. Other Theatre 40 performances include Night Watch and Kin, as well as the Odyssey Theatre's production of Kvetch. She has appeared on Broadway with Derek Jacobi in The Suicide and Off-Broadway in such varied productions as Hamlet, Under Milkwood, and the one-woman show of Why I Live At the P.O. The Liar's Punishment, her one-act play, was chosen by The Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness for a benefit performance at the Pierson Playhouse in May. All My Distances Are Far was given a Theatre 40 reading last spring and Leda is immensely grateful to David Hunt Stafford for his support in bringing it to production. Leda holds a BFA from Cal Arts, an MFA from UCR, and studied with Stella Adler. Distances is dedicated to the memory of Michael Wolf.

ALL MY DISTANCES ARE FAR - Opens August 1, 2016, at Theatre Forty. Located at 241 So. Moreno Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Performances will be Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at 8:00PM. Tickets are $25.00 and can be purchased at: https://theatre40.org

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