APAP 2021 Showcases
3 Award Winning Shows
3 Different Ways
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Dynamic Visual Design
Can you imagine not knowing your own identity?
The Good Adoptee is the riveting and outrageous true story of award-winning playwright Suzanne Bachner’s search for her first/birth parents in the face of New York State's sealed records. Once she opens Pandora’s Box, can she find a way to integrate her dual identities and still remain “the Good Adoptee”?
The Good Adoptee has toured to the London International Fringe Festival and all over the U.S., including a 7-week 9-city Connecticut tour to support the vital legislative efforts of Access Connecticut. Suzanne’s play has won awards for Best Autobiographical Script and Best Actress for original star Anna Bridgforth when it premiered in the United Solo Theatre Festival in New York City.
"Incredible Writing and Performance.
A powerful show that the entire world needs to see!”
– Suz Bednarz, writingmywrongs
"Superior writing…A spellbinding emotional detective story about an NYC
woman searching for her birth parents!”
– Theater Scene
"The Good Adoptee is everything you want a solo show to be: well-crafted, lovingly performed and thoroughly entertaining. It’s a story that’s touching, maddening, funny, poignant, poetic and deeply personal.”
– Hi Drama
Powerful Dramatic Storytelling
Have you ever had to give up something you love?
Smoker is Bob Brader's acclaimed solo comedy about his 28-year love affair with smoking. As Bob tries to break up with his first love: “those sweet Camel lights” he realizes all the complex connections he has through smoking: how it helped him through a turbulent childhood, created jobs, opportunities and community, and one particular connection almost too precious to let go. At once hilarious and cautionary, Smoker is pertinent for anyone who has ever experienced an addiction; substance or otherwise.
Critic's Choice
"Smoker is Smooth and Satisfying!”
– All About Solo
"Bob Brader is a dynamic storyteller with a wonderful, strong voice and a talent for creating visuals and characters…We’re hooked!”
– Winnipeg Free Press
"Smoker is Addictive Theatre: It’s 60 minutes that feels like 30, a feat few actors have the talent to pull off…compelling theatre fueled by Brader’s masterful storytelling and acting talent, a show that must not be missed!”
– London Free Press
Live Theatrical Performance
Can you imagine discovering that your father is a predator?
Hailed by critics as “brilliant”, “masterful” and “unforgettable”, Spitting In The Face Of The Devil is New York monologist Bob Brader's gripping true story of discovering that his abusive and charismatic ex-Marine father is a pedophile. Brader's daring, uplifting and often comedic play has toured the U.S. and Canada to tremendous critical acclaim. A powerful tale of personal survival and triumph that pertains to today's focus on sexual predators, Spitting In The Face Of The Devil is a 7-Time Best of Fest Award-Winner, including “Best Show” of the London Fringe and “Best Script” and “Best Encore” at NYC's United Solo Theatre Festival. Bob appeared on the RISK! Podcast with a brand new retelling of Spitting In The Face Of The Devil which RISK! creator and host Kevin Allison called: “An absolute stunner…one of our best episodes ever."
"Brader is a brilliant storyteller!”
– Donald’s Dish London
"Spitting In The Face Of The Devil is a truly AMAZING one-man show.
Bob Brader is the next Spalding Gray; I kid you not!”
– Michelle Stevens, PhD, Author of Scared Selfless
"A must see performance that will make you laugh, cry and just feel good!”
www.SpittingInTheFaceOfTheDevil.com
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