Eleanor Reissa

Playwright, Director, Actor, Singer

This season eleanor performed her one woman show HIP HEYMISH AND HOT throughout the U.S. including Colorado, California, Connecticutt, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts; as well as abroad including Warsaw, Poland. She recently appeared at the 92nd Street Y at a gala evening honoring Maurice Sendak, with Merryl Streep, James Gandolfini, Tony Kushner and others.  Also this year she directed HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING at the White Plains Performing Arts Center as well as directing readings of her own plays at Primary Stages and Actors Studio with artists that included Lois Smith, David Margulies, and Jonathan Hadary.

Play Roster

STAGES OF EXIT
Individual members of a family come together after being alone when one of their parents passes on.   The deceased also comes to grips with life and death.  Sharp edged, honest and very wry.

THICKER THAN WATER
Rena has died and three members of her family, who have never met, come together for the reading of her will.  They learn the true meaning of family.  Selected by New Works Festival at Cleveland Playhouse and Stamford Center for the Performing Arts.

THE BABY PLAY
What does a single Jewish career woman do when her biological clock has stopped ticking?  How does she fulfill her future and give honor to the past?  She finds a way.

WISHFUL DREAMS
Winner of the Dorothy Silver Playwrighting Contest in 2000, this is the story of Debbie, who has just turned 40 and her mother, who is still turning.  Debbie, a slob, a loser becomes what she was meant to be.

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