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October 2011
Debbie Gets Rave Reviews in "Scotch Kiss"
I just closed a workshop production of “Scotch Kiss” by Brandon Walker, with The Seeing Place Theater. This production was inspired by true events and developed through improvisation of the ensemble. I had a blast playing Cora, the functioning alcoholic eldest daughter of Addie and William Turner, a character I helped develop. Cora's life turns upside down after her Mom decides to end her marriage on the eve of her 60th wedding anniversary. With no where else to go, Addie moves in with Cora as everyone in the Turner family tries to cope with this new normal. Here’s what Backstage had to say about my performance:
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"...Friedlander successfully inhabits all of Cora's aspects: fed-up sister, obedient daughter, and burnt-out single mother. In her hands, Cora's seething anger simmers with every word, and Friedlander's strong dramatic timing keeps the slower scenes, of which there are many, moving."
- Suzy Evans, Backstage. |
August 2011
CUT – A Short film
I shot the short film, “Cut," produced by Bad Babies Film. In a supporting role, I played Dr. Isabel, a therapist trying to help a young actress, Maria, plagued by a childhood trauma. My efforts, though sincere, don't always work.
July 2011
Staged Reading in Brooklyn
Playing to a packed house, cast as a principle lead in a staged reading of the new play, “Last Things First,” by Bernadette Kane. I adored bringing to life, Claire, "an attractive, athletic, outgoing, divorced mother of two." Since her divorce, 5 years prior, she's focused exclusively on raising her two children. With the children older, and no longer requiring hands-on attention, Claire can finally shine the mirror on herself - and on her non-existent love life. One fateful week-end changes all that. As things would have it, hilarity, tragedy, and redemption are found in the most unlikely places. |
