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Aunt Hattie's House - one-woman play

In this one-woman historical play, accomplished actor, producer and playwrite Emma Palzere-Rae portrays Harriet Beecher Stowe, 19th century working mother,who penned the acclaimed Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The audience is invited to interview Mrs. Stowe as she is constructing her new family home, Oakholm. She has returned to Hartford an international celebrity searching for a simpler life. The forty-five minute play, a fundraiser for t...he church's building fund, will be followed by an interactive question-and-answer segment. Suggested donation $10.

Written and performed by Emma Palzere-Rae. who has over 20 years experience working in all areas of professional theater including performance, artistic administration, playwrighting and producing.As a producer, Ms. Palzere-Rae is the founder of Be Well Productions which is committed to the healing power of the theater. Since 1989, Be Well has toured several critically-acclaimed one-woman plays to schools, libraries, senior communities, civic organizations and professional theaters.

As an actress, Ms. Palzere-Rae has appeared Off-Broadway, at regional and stock theaters, and can be spotted in various films, commercials and soaps. Ms. Palzere-Rae is also a leader in the women's theater community as co-founder and Executive Producer of Cosmic Leopard Productions /The Womenkind Festival, the annual festival of one-woman shows celebrating Women's History Month, which enjoyed ten seasons in Lower Manhattan.

She is a B.F.A (cum laude) graduate of Emerson College, Boston with a major in Theater and minors in Creative Writing and Speech Communications. In addition, Ms. Palzere-Rae is a member of Actor's Equity, AFTRA, SAG and the Dramatists Guild, and is listed in Who's Who in Entertainment.

After fifteen years in New York City, Ms. Palzere-Rae returned to her home state of Connecticut in 2003 . A member of St. David's Episcopal Church, she resides in Groton with her husband, a furniture-maker, and her two boys. She is currently the Director of Development for the Southeasterrn CT Women's Center.


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