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When she’s not enjoying a martini, a few tokes and a power nap before guests arrive with dinner, Didi Balle works her ass off as a produced playwright (creator of a new genre called Symphonic Plays), a published humorist, a stage director, producer, and former editor with The New York Times. www.didiballe.com |
My Experience in the Field
Author Didi Balle is a reformed high-level OAH (Over-Achieving Host) whose saga of self-inflicted domestic tyranny started in Manhattan, veered to a remote island in the PNW, and ended up in the Napa Valley where, of all places, she discovered the joy of illusory hospitality. On the brink of a domestic breakdown she cured herself with humor by writing The Lazy Ass Host Handbook.
Author Didi Balle is a reformed high-level OAH (Over-Achieving Host) whose saga of self-inflicted domestic tyranny started in Manhattan, veered to a remote island in the PNW, and ended up in the Napa Valley where, of all places, she discovered the joy of illusory hospitality. On the brink of a domestic breakdown she cured herself with humor by writing The Lazy Ass Host Handbook.
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Didi Balle
Award-winning playwright and stage director. Former journalist, Editor New York Times 13 yrs. https://www.didiballe.com/press5.html Commissioned to write/direct 15 full-length original Symphonic Plays since 2007 by world-class conductors and orchestras. Balle casts/directs Broadway actors in her plays w/ full orchestras and conductors on stage. World-premieres: Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, New World Symphony, City of London Sinfonia, Saint Louis, Denver Symphony, and more. Shows (playwright/director) premiered: Lincoln Center, Barbicon Center for the Arts in London. BAM, Strathmore Center Arts, Hult Center, Rainbow Room, Verizon Hall, Denver Center for the Perf. Arts, 92nd St. Y,, New York City Opera, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. |
Shows broadcast live from BBC to WNYC.
Interviews: BBC, WNYC, Baltimore Public Radio, others. Reviews: Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Times, Baltimore Sun, lots of others. _ Published (early on) comic features in Cosmo, reviews in Entertainment Weekly, others. _ Comedy/Scriptwriter:co-wrote w/Garrison Keillor “The Story of Gloria” weekly musical comedy serial. Broadcast live off-B-way. Awards: _ Oscar Hammerstein Scholarship as a Playwright/Lyricist NYU Tisch School of the Arts Music Theater Program. MFA _ Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellowship as Playwright/Opera Librettist _ First Ever Playwright-in-Residence appointed by a symphony orchestra |
Work Unique? Why:
_ Time’s right for a humorous self-care lifestyle handbook for zillions of peeps Totally Over Doing It All on trendy topics: Cooking, Entertaining, Hosting, Decor.
_Marketing Consultant ready to go. On line interactive web presence for readers sharing stories, menus, tips, contests. Blog. InstaG. Youtube Channel: LAH Unite!
_ Delivery. Author: High-level pro years of delivering polished, ready-to-go shows for world-class premieres, broadcasts, pubs.
_ Sequel: Lazy Ass Host Holidays.
_ Time’s right for a humorous self-care lifestyle handbook for zillions of peeps Totally Over Doing It All on trendy topics: Cooking, Entertaining, Hosting, Decor.
_Marketing Consultant ready to go. On line interactive web presence for readers sharing stories, menus, tips, contests. Blog. InstaG. Youtube Channel: LAH Unite!
_ Delivery. Author: High-level pro years of delivering polished, ready-to-go shows for world-class premieres, broadcasts, pubs.
_ Sequel: Lazy Ass Host Holidays.
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WWF Doppelgänger/Muse
Amelita Galli-Curci (1882 – 1963) was one of the most popular operatic singers of the 20th century. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). |