Turning Page is a new American play written by actress
Angelica Page
Angelica Sue Page (née Torn; February 17, 1964) is an American actress, director, producer and screenwriter. She is the only daughter of actors Rip Torn and Geraldine Page. Credited as Angelica Torn in her early career, she legally and professio ...
based on her relationship as the only daughter of legendary
Academy Award winning actress
Geraldine Page
Geraldine Sue Page (November 22, 1924June 13, 1987) was an American actress. With a career which spanned four decades across film, stage, and television, Page was the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Acade ...
. It was developed at the
Actors Studio
The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre directors and playwrights at 432 West 44th Street between Ninth and Tenth avenues in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded ...
with a book on the same subject to follow and mentored by
Patricia Bosworth. The solo play had its first public workshop production
Off-Broadway
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ...
in
New York City at The
Cherry Lane Studio Theater. It ran beginning October 11, 2012 for 18 performances with direction by
Tony Award nominated
Wilson Milam (
The Lieutenant of Inishmore).
Art critic
Rene Ricard before his death called the production "a religious experience".
Turning Page has had a subsequent workshop production in
Los Angeles where it was praised in the
Los Angeles Times.
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American plays