Annie Korzen Famous Actress

Annie was the recurring Doris Klompus on Seinfeld. She is well-known in the spoken word circuit in Los Angeles and New York, and she teaches storytelling. Annie has had the honor of touring with The Moth Mainstage throughout the U. S. and can be heard on The Moth Radio Hour. She has performed her solo shows on three continents. Annie is the author of Bargain Junkie: Living the Good Life on the Cheap, and has done humorous essays for NPR’s Morning Edition, The NY Times, LA Times, LA Jewish Journal, AARP, and many more. She has been interviewed by Oprah Winfrey and Tavis Smiley, and the late Roger Ebert loved her on www.OldJewsTellingJokes.com. Annie is some- times happily married to Danish film producer Benni Korzen (Oscar-winning Babette’s Feast.) Annie is proud to be an artist-in-residenceat Jewish Women’s Theatre, and will be forever grateful for the gentle guid- ance Ronda Spinak, JWT Artistic Director, has given her in developing these stories. Anything else you want to know about Annie will be mentioned in the show. If you still have a question, just ask her afterwards. She has no secrets. www.AnnieKorzen.com.

SUSAN MORGENSTERN (Director) began directing in college, by staging musical theatre concert readings while co-teaching American Musical Comedy with Tom Lehrer at UC Santa Cruz. She went on to teach and direct at the renowned Stage Door Manor, a performing-arts camp in upstate New York. Los Angeles productions include: at Theatre West – selections from David Ives’ All in the Timing, the musicals Just Too Cool, book by Mary Garripoli, music by Phil Orem, Saturday Night at Grossinger’s, book by Stephen Cole, music by Claibe Richardson, as well as Barbara Nell Beery’s play, The Socialization
of Ruthie Shapiro; at the Falcon Theatre – Leap, by Arnold Margolin, Surviving Sex, by David Landsberg, and the hit comedy, The Psychic, by Sam Bobrick. At the Whitefire Theatre, she directed Richard Martin Hirsch’s Memorizing Rome. Susan directed Happy Days, a New Musical, book by Garry Marshall, music/ lyrics by Paul Williams, at Cabrillo Music Theatre’s 1800 seat auditorium. For the Skylight Theatre, she directed an INKubator series fully staged presentation of Ghost-s, a Musical About a Musical, book by Kincaid Jones, music by Brian Woodbury, as well as an extended run production of Meryl Cohn’s comedy Reasons to Live. Most recently, she co-authored and directed I’m Not Famous: A Musical Journey with Barbara Minkus, which is enjoying an extended run at the Santa Monica Playhouse. Susan works as a consultant show director at Disneyland Parks and Resorts, Anaheim, where she has the privilege of working with Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and all their pals. She has directed numerous JWT salon shows, and is especially proud to be Producing Director, working closely with a tremendous group of brilliant, creative women.

DAN MCNAY (Lighting Design) designs and builds custom light fixtures for Home Decor. He has been involved in concert, dance, theatrical and corporate events contributing lighting, set, sound, design and technical direction. He’s worked projects in the music and other industries such as; Barbara Streisand / Sheryl Crow / Keiko Matsui / Boeing. He enjoys small, intimate and immersive works. His work can be seen on Facebook at Daniel R McNay and Ray Daniels Designs. 4yourLD@gmail.com.

ANDREW FROMER (NEXT Marketing), a Los Angeles native, grew up as an active member in the Jewish community through Stephen Wise Temple. He attended Windward School in Mar Vista, where his acting career began in plays and musicals. After completing his BFA in theater at UC Santa Barbara and an exciting year of living in Israel, Andrew took a dive into filmmaking and has since branched into production by helping prepare for distribution two feature films he has acted in: AMP Creative’s Highway to Havasu (dir. Jeff Janke) and Mockingbird Pictures’ The Sweet Life (dir. Rob Spera). Andrew also edits, directs, and hosts his own podcast on the entertainment industry, SideKickBack Radio, which can be found at www.sidekickback.com.