#Heather Litteer

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In The Cut (2003)

Director - Jane Campion, Cinematography - Dion Beebe

"I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees."

[tartsky]

Mar 31 // The Wild Project

Organized by Heather Litteer with performances by Yoshiko Chuma, Pamela Enz, Mary Jane Fahey, Puma Perl, Ann Stephensen, Cary Curan, Anni Rossi, Alex Tatarsky 

http://www.thewildproject.org/performances/on-the-verge/

[jimrmoore]

First Ever Rock & Roll Circus Benefit ~ Thursday 4/29

First Ever Rock & Roll Circus Benefit ~ Thursday 4/29

What an amazing LINEUP! Tickets are on sale now for our 2021 Spring Virtual Gala on Thursday, April 29th at 7pm, ET! A Night of High-Voltage Entertainment Produced in Cooperation with @jessemalin, @theboweryelectric and @rollinglivestudios!The gala will feature a line-up of East Village and Coney Island personalities performing songs, spoken word, burlesque, and sideshow feats.Tickets are $20.…

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[thedustyrebel]

Night of 1000 Stevies

Heather Litteer and Jesse Malin performing at the Jackie Factory NYC​’s 27th annual Night of 1000 Stevies​—the largest and most beloved celebration of rock icon Stevie Nicks.

More photos: Night of 1000 Stevies, Stevie Nicks

Full album from Night of 1000 Stevies 27: Garbo on TheDustyRebel Facebook page.

[jonathantoubin]

SATURDAY! i’ll be spinning records at BOWERY BALLROOM for the killer HOWIE PYRO benefit JESSE MALIN put together! in addition to JESSE’s band, THE LUNACHICKS, MURPHY’s LAW, BEN STILLER and KRIS ROEBLING’s noise band CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, TOILET BOYS, L7’s SUZI GARDNER, TOMMY STINSON, LENNY KAYE, FRANK FERRER of G’nR, PETE STAHL of SCREAM, ROBERT GORDON, SHILPA RAY, RICHARD BACCHUS, TISH and SNOOKY of SIC FUCKS, LEAH HENNESSEY, DIANE & THE GENTLE MEN, LYNNE VON PANG, TOM CLARK, SAM HARISS, MARTI BEAUT, BOB BERT, HEATHER LITTEER, and more are all gettin’ in the act! hosted by JOEY ARIAS! legends galore coming out to raise funds for our friend and hero who just got a new liver and will need our help with his recovery! definitely get yr ticket now while you can! also if you can’t attend, follow the link in my bio to contribute directly to his gofundme! (at The Bowery Ballroom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXMjouElHoE/?utm_medium=tumblr

[aldohernandez]

thee incomparable Heather Litteer tossing tambourines at #nightofathousandstevies #nots https://www.instagram.com/p/BxF7M0qF0mN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ekoruzwze4mb

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“I think there has been a growth in Trump fatigue,” says Tony Stinkmetal, who admits that he himself shares it — which is why it’s surprising that he has created a show called “SlashR” that’s  been promoted as an “outrageous, sexy, and bloody political satire that massacres Trump and the current era of American politics.” It is one of at least three Trump-related satires currently on New York stages with brief or sporadic runs.

The First Annual Trump Family Special

poster for SlashR, which takes place on November 9 ,2016

“The Brothers Trump” from Trump Family Reunion

In SlashR, Trump supporter and TV personality Kimberly Renard (Heather Litteer) hooks up with Trump-friendly Russian operative Misha Stalinsky (David Ilku).

Ivanka and Jared from Me The People: Fire and Fury Edition

“The Twitter Bird” from “Me The People”

In “SlashR,” which ends at the Gene Frankel Theater September 15, Stinkmetal found a way to reconcile his own fatigue with Trump in his mash-up of political satire and 1970s slasher movie spoof. “The thing to do was to leave him out of it. His name is never mentioned in the play. It is a story of a cop hunting a serial killer whose first murder happens to be on November 9, 2016. The police detective uncovers a big web of secrets; there’s a connection with the worldwide rise of fascism and the stupidity and violence that gave us the election results.”  The script reflects the author’s pox-on-both-their-houses worldview, with a script that features a character named Reeta disclosing to Detective Anne Oakley a worldwide conspiracy to program the populace to accept the status quo, including slogans like Love Trumps Hate: “She’s only the love candidate,” Reeta says, referring (again not by name) to Hillary, “when she’s standing next to the most hateful Cheese Doodle in history.”

In what may be a tangible sign of Trump fatigue, “Me The People,” a musical parody of The Trump White House that ran for five months Off-Broadway in 2017, albeit to mixed reviews, has returned in a new edition (“Fire and Fury Edition”) for only a handful of performances at Laurie Beechman Theater; the remaining dates are September 18, October 16, October 30, and November 6 (Election Day.) The show adds satirical lyrics to well-known songs, eg. Hotel Mar-a-Lago (Hotel California), Twitter Bird(Rockin’ Robin), Freedom of the Press (The Sounds of Silence).

I posed a few questions to the creative team, which is led by book writer and lyricist Nancy Holson: “Aren’t people getting their (over)dose of Trump in the news; why create something for the stage? Who will be the audience?”

A spokesman for the show replied: “Well, this production is actually partnering with candidates running in the midterm election for special fundraiser performances and also get out the vote initiates with political organizations.”

In their Kickstarter campaign, producer Amy Holson-Schwartz elaborated: “Getting Me The People back on its feet is our way to participate in the conversation. We’re resisting the best way theatre people know how, through song, movement, and comedy!” One of their aims, she wrote back in March, was “to provide the entertainment at events supporting anti-Trump candidates in the 2018 electoral cycle at cost. In addition, we’re looking forward to volunteering our time to perform at protest rallies and marches. This is as much about making our voices heard as it is about producing a show.”

  The 1st Annual Trump Family Special,  which is running  Thursdays at 9:30 p.m., from September 13th  thru December 6th at the Triad Theatre, features Gina Gershon as Melania Trump. In defense of the show, its creator Danny Salles says: “Comedy has always been necessary to keep politics in perspective – ever since the first jester sat at the feet of the first king.  And in these times when opinions are so polarized and angry, comedy lightens the conversation to allow for common ground to be found.  And that’s when change happens.”

The show, based on the “ridiculous” premise that the family is performing a musical special for the new Trump TV network, uses original music, rather than just putting spoof lyrics on hit songs, and it focuses on the family’s lesser known members, Salles said, taking liberties to create personalities for these characters that the originals may or may not possess.  “The result is that the comedy is lighter, and we’re able to toss in political barbs without feeling so pointed as to be tiresome.”

There is one more step the show is taking to sidestep Trump fatigue — similar to Tony Stinkmetal’s show. “Since one plot point of the show is whether or not Trump will arrive to his own special, audiences aren’t faced with an entire evening of yet another orange-faced Trump impersonator.”

Trump Fatigue? These 3 Shows Hope Not "I think there has been a growth in Trump fatigue," says Tony Stinkmetal, who admits that he himself shares it -- which is why it’s surprising that he has created a show called “

[vileart]

Lemonade Dramaturgy: Heather Litteer @ Dramaturgy 2017

Lemonade written and starring Heather Litteer will be at the Assembly Rooms Drawing Room on George Street @ 4.30pm for the month of August for tickets go to www.edfringe.com 

Is performance still a good space for the public discussion of ideas? 

Yes,Absolutely! Performance is a place to gather as a community as a tribe or as a collective. To express who we are to tell stories about our life what inspires us. To gather together to fight back against political outrage, racial inequality, woman rights and more and more. To have a laugh in a room full of strangers.

To give hope when you think you are alone to hear

another persons story and to be able to relate on a myriad of levels weather it be emotional or to hash up some memories of your experience in this life.  For centuries theatre and performance had been part of culture and in the center of towns just like we are here in Edinburgh for the Fringe. Performance is is equally relevant today maybe even more with the climate of the political world and the all the violence that is world wide.  It's a platform for the people by the people. Let's get it on!

How did you become interested in making performance?

I suppose you could say the playing dress up in mother's closet for hours and hours was my first introduction to performance. She was ultimate glamour to me. I would pretend to be different movie stars . Making shows with my childhood Best Friends and neighborhood  kids to Grease and Saturday Night Fever & makings  dances to Michael Jackson, ABBA and The Bee Gee's. Eventually snagging my first leading role playing "Ladies First"  "Free to Be You and Me" by Marlo Thomas  in the 2nd grade about a little that always wants to go first so eventually she gets eaten by tigers! 

Is there any particular approach to the making of the show?

The show started as a poem  and just started to unfold as a full scale show. I just started piecing things together about all the different jobs I had had over the years and the different film roles. How I always felt typecast and adding my phone calls with my very Steal Magnolia Mother and her southern traditions back dropped with my NYC and she really wanted me to come back home to Momma. I was a bit of a , well let's say Wildflower!  

Does the show fit with your usual productions? 

I have been an working with experimental performance ensemble Big Art Group  and collaborating as team for over a decade we pusheing the boundaries of theatre, film and visual arts we are  very transgressive and also using real time film technique. 

These experience with Caden Manson and Jemma Nelson at the helm have taught me more than I could ever dream of and touring the world with an amazing collective of rock star artists!  But  Lemonade is stripped down it is  all my own it comes straight from me from my heart and from my specific New York experience of being a woman, a daughter, an actress as well as  from the south. 

My deep southern fried relationship with my mother and how our values collide. It is truly a woman's journey about falling down 12 times and picking your self up 13.  Lemonade my first full length solo show. It's real and about my life. 

Although I am from the South so a "Lil Embellishing is always in order".  That's a line from Lemonade. 

What do you hope that the audience will experience?

I want my audience to come with me on a journey 

To Feel.To Know that we are only human the human animal and TO BE Empowered that against any and all odds you can push the envelope froward to take back the power if you feel you have been marginalized especially woman, Sexual Empowerment. To learn to forgive you self.  To love yourself .To inspire woman and tell a story and inspire each other.  

As Woman, As Human. As Empowerment.

What strategies did you consider towards shaping this audience experience?

 Let's go and A roller coaster ride!  Really, I am just inviting you into my life ,into my bedroom, my mother's home, my wild and uncut New York party girl experience and that famous sex scene. I want you to be with me every step of the way. I give you myself and my heart on my sleeve or on a platter you choose. 

This is just one woman's story but it is for all of us who have experienced great love and great loss.   For the girl on the other side. For the girl who feels she has no name. We all truly have our own story and our own life experience.  

ACTION! SCENE! ROLLING! and CUT! To be Continued...  

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Brett Lindell

Heather Litteer for Vaczine Magazine. Photo by Brett Lindell For Vaczine Magazine by Walt Cessna art directed by Frank Gargiulo.

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Day 2

[madworldofmisshathaway]

Episode 8: "I'll Be Horny for Christmas" Heather Litteer as Mrs. Beauregard. December, 2012.