Cambridge, Mass — The American Repertory Theater is pleased to welcome actress Amy Brenneman back onto the Loeb Stage, with her autobiographical show Mouth Wide Open, created with longtime collaborator Sabrina Peck. The limited run is presented May 24 through 29, with performances Tuesday-Friday at 7:30pm, Saturday at 2:00pm and 7:30pm, and Sunday at 2:00pm.
my family life
Unlike her character on Private Practice, this 46-year-old mom doesn’t analyze every detail of her life. Instead, Amy and directory-husband Brad Silberling live in the moment, embracing each one with kids Charlotte, 10, and Bodhi, 5.
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL
GOSPEL BRUNCH an event of the
”I HAVE A DREAM”®
FOUNDATION - LOS ANGELES
Honoring Michael Wright
Executive Vice Presient for TBS, TNT
and Turner Classic Movies
Hosted by Amy Brenneman
The celebration will take place
Sunday, March 6th, from 1-3pm HOUSE OF BLUES
8430 Sunsent Blvd., West Hollywood
and will feature a fabulous Southern-sytle buffet, uplifting live gospel music,
celebrity guests and a short program. The VIP reception begins
at noon.
Largo at the Coronet
366 N. La Cienega Blvd., in West Hollywood
Amy is excited to be participating in the Jan. 17 performance of Standing on
Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays. A collection of short plays about
gay marriage, written by a cross-section of American writers, the
show will be 8 PM at Largo at the Coronet, 366 N. La Cienega Blvd.,
in West Hollywood. Produced by Joan Stein and Stuart Ross, this
is just one of six performances that will benefit marriage-equality
groups: The American Foundation for Equal Rights and Equality California.
Standing on Ceremony features short plays by Jordan Harrison (Doris
to Darlene), Jeffrey Hatcher (Tuesdays with Morrie), Moisés Kaufman
(The Laramie Project), Neil LaBute (Reasons to Be Pretty), Wendy
McLeod (Schoolgirl Figure), Kathy Najimy (The Kathy and Mo Show),
José Rivera (Marisol), Paul Rudnick (I Hate Hamlet) and Doug Wright
(I Am My Own Wife).
Conceived and directed by Brian Shnipper, these evenings of "new provocative plays were created in response to the ongoing battle for marriage
equality throughout the United States."
Expect "an evening that is at once as insightful, and stirring as it is funny and heartwarming," according to the producers. "The truth of the writing is so compelling that the program becomes a fast testimony
to the struggle for commitment, compassion and humor for all people
who have the courage to work through any committed relationship."
Tony Award-winning producer Joan Stein said in a statement. "Rallying the voices of some of our finest playwrights towards this Civil Rights
issue became something we had to do, no matter what. By launching
these plays we join the national movement for marriage equality."
Producer Stuart Ross added, "If we foster an entertaining and engrossing evening of theatre — regardless of
demographics or orientation — so much the better."
After two sold out benefits earlier this year with the New York
Theatre Workshop and at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood,
Standing on Ceremony, which has since been restyled, "is now being launched as a theatre event that will serve as a lightning rod for
raising consciousness — an advocacy piece that will also enjoy
a long commercial life as a funny, heart-felt and illuminating
evening that celebrates the courage to be in a relationship."
Thursdays!
10pm ET & PT/9Central on ABC!
Check your local listings.
November 2, 2010
Amy is featured in the December issue
of "Prevention" Magazine!
Available on newstands now!
Visit Amy's tearsheet gallery to read it now.
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October 21, 2010
Amy appeared on
Rachael Ray!
Oct. 21st, on CBS Video clip available on YouTube!
October 14, 2010
Amy appeared on
Chelsea Lately!
Oct. 14th, on E! Video available on Amy's Notebook!
October 14, 2010
Pro Boxer/Pro Choice
October 14, 2010
Amy speaks at the Pro Boxer Pro Choice press conference Oct. 14th at The Roosevelt.
Also speaking, Maria Bello, Alfre Woodard, Nancy Keenan from NARAL, Senator Boxer,
a few state congresswomen including Maxine Waters.
October 3, 2010
Judging Amy DVD News
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Read the open letter from Judging Amy fans to CBS & FOX executives that ran in the Hollywood Reporter!
You can join in on the discussion!
Visit the Judging Amy DVD Facebook Page
and Follow Judging Amy DVD on Twitter!
September 28, 2010
November 4, 2010 @ CAA
Amy will be participating in WordTheatre®’s seventh annual Acts of Love, benefiting
Autism Speaks, on November 4, 2010. This year’s event will explore the theme of Parenthood.
That evening, Autism Speaks will honor Jason Katims, creator
of ‘Parenthood’ and ‘Friday Night Lights’ with the 2010 Autism
Speaks
Awareness Award. ‘Acts of Love: Parenthood’ will feature quotes,
poems, articles, stories, jokes and songs that explore the ups,
downs, ins and outs of being a parent.
Featured artists include:
* Alyssa Milano (Charmed, Melrose Place)
* Amy Brenneman (Private Practice, Judging Amy)
* Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights, Spin City)
* Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls, Parenthood)
* Christopher Gorham (Harper’s Island, Ugly Betty)
* Craig T. Nelson (Parenthood, Coach)
* Donal Logue (Terriers, Blade)
* Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds, The Godfather: Part III)
* Lorraine Toussaint (The Soloist, Saving Grace)
* Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Galactica, Donnie Darko)
* Mark Moses (Mad Men, Desperate Housewives)
* Peter Krause (Parenthood, The Truman Show)
* Phil Abrams (Parenthood, The Island)
* Tim Daly (Wings, Private Practice)
* Brian J. White (Men of a Certain Age, Brick)
Created, Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox
About Austim Speaks
Autism, a life-long neurological disorder, has reached epidemic
proportions over the last decade. Today 1 in 151 children and 1
in 70 boys – one percent of the American population – is now on
the spectrum
of Autism. This crisis demands our attention. Since merging with
Cure Autism Now, Autism Speaks has become the nation’s largest
autism advocacy organization. Last year, Autism Speaks raised over
$38 million to support groundbreaking genetic research; community,
national and global autism awareness efforts; and programs to support
those with autism and their families. For more information visit www.AutismSpeaks.org
September 20, 2010
Amy is being honored with the
“Mom on a Mission Award
for Illumination"
this
year at the
Healthy Child Healthy World Awards
on October 14th in Los Angeles.
For more info about “Mom on Mission
visit healthychild.org
for event ticket information!
Congrats Amy!
September 16, 2010
Amy Appeared on "
Good Morning America" and "The View" Sept. 16th, 2010
Visit the full website for video!
September 13, 2010
Amy and Bodhi grace the cover of
"Working Mother" Magazine
Amy discusses working-mom
guilt; why Charlotte, 9, and Bodhi, 5, love to visit Mom on set;
and
the
reasons she’ll
never
stop
working.
Violet has second thoughts about marrying Pete in Private Practice’s
Sept. 23 season premiere. And who can blame her, since the
on-again, off-again couple’s engagement is a shock to, well,
pretty much
everyone — even devoted viewers. ”It comes out of some intense
sex,” Daly says. ”Violet’s really floating his boat, and
Pete’s like, ‘Will you marry me?”
Mouth Wide Open
A Journey Through Hollywood, Hospitals
and Holy Hotspots
Performed by Amy Brenneman
Amy Brenneman returns to her theatrical roots with Mouth Wide Open, an original
performance that explores the ecstatic, excruciating, humorous
dance between the sacred and profane in her own life. Her spiritual
curiosity has taken her from Buddhist monks in Nepal to an evangelical
church in the Mississippi Delta to the red carpet in Hollywood.
But it was in a recent hospital room that her beliefs were most
powerfully tested.
Brenneman wrote and co-created Mouth Wide Open with longtime collaborator
director Sabrina Peck (Lincoln Center Theater, Yale Rep, Dance
Theater Workshop). With their witty and soulful style, Brenneman
and Peck have created a piece that celebrates the sorrows and the
joys of being human, finding divinity in surprising places and
ways.
Mouth Wide Open was developed at the Yard during a two-week residency.
June 6, 2010
DCNF 2010: Electus and
Amy Brenneman
Sling ‘Procrastinators’ RomCom
Presenter: Amy Brenneman
(Emmy-Award Nominated Actress and Producer)
Show Name: "The Procrastinators"
Logline: It’s a Failure to Launch where Matthew McConaughey
has a lot of hobbies and is a woman.
Synopsis: Produced by Electus, The Procrastinators is the
well-shot story of two sisters. Lila Cox (Brenneman) is
a 40-year-old who
finds herself in graduate school trying to obtain a writing
degree and manage her teenage lifestyle. Her sister has
a more stable,
traditional existence with kids and a white picket fence.
Naturally, she’s incredibly jealous of her sister’s freewheeling
ways, especially
when Lila puts off actual work in favor of learning the
citar, having an affair with the maintenance guy at her
institution of
higher learning (which Brenneman says may or may not be
autobiographical), and generally doing things that she’s
not supposed to be doing.
Hence the name, The Procrastinators.
Talent attached: Amy Brenneman and her loving, director
husband, Brad Silberling.
Brenneman has a genuine passion for the industry. It comes
across in her pitch and passing conversations. Her itch
for the web started
when her Twittering and Facebooking lead to greater connections
with fans. The Procrastinators is a way for her to scratch
that itch in a big way, enhancing the two-way communication
with her
audience through peripheral, interactive elements. And
though she may be a little naive when she says, “I want
to create a web series
that’s more than motorcylce stunts for 17 year-old boys,”
her commitment to the medium is almost tangible when she
continues, “I want to
up the content level so people like myself will stay committed
for web series once and for all.”
Plus, Brenneman’s an acclaimed actor with a committed following
who wrote six seasons of Judging Amy for CBS. The lady
at least kinda knows what she’s doing.
