I was featured on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" Friday night, 10/21 -- I played "Connie," a QVC-type hostess who helps Bill sell a new handheld electronic device from the Christian right called the "iGod."
I had such a great time reading some new monologues at Dixon Place in New York City on Wednesday Oct 12! Dixon Place is a wonderful little performance space at 258 Bowery, which is trying to raise funds for an incredible new theatre they're building. Ellie Covan is the amazing artistic director who has been an institution on the New York performance scene for nearly 20 years. Thank you, Ellie, for letting me workshop some new material while I was in town!
For more info on Dixon Place, visit www.dixonplace.org.
I got a small co-starring role on Desperate Housewives! In the second episode of the new season, which aired October 2, 2005. I'm "Woman #1" -- in a scene with Bree and Rex's mother.
The play "Power in the Blood" at The Alliance Rep Theatre Co was a fun show, with an extended run that closed Sept 17. It's a drama set in the deep South about a young boy who has the stigmata, and how people in his life exploit him. Or do they...? I played the boy's boozed-up, oversexed sister. FUN!
Thanks to all who came to see the show!
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As Sister, the angular Deb Hiett is a house-rattling find. -- LOS ANGELES TIMES 8/5/05
This production is strong in performances, particularly
supporting player Deb Hiett as Ezekiel's barfly half-sister.... -- LA WEEKLY 8/4/05
The sister is an over-sexed alcoholic (a strong performance by Deb Hiett) who torments her brother by saying he’s a freak and no more than a religious hysteric. -- TOLUCAN TIMES 8/4/05
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We taped a new sketch for "Real Time with Bill Maher" which is aired on the final show of last season on HBO. So much fun to shoot -- Scott Carter and the whole crew were great to work with.
For the show's official website:
http://www.hbo.com/billmaher/
We taped a new sketch for "Real Time with Bill Maher" which is aired on the final show of last season on HBO. I played a highly conservative mom who is concerned about her son learning such "dangerous" theories as "evolution" and "global warming," so she calls the "Un-Learning Annex."
So much fun to shoot -- Scott Carter and the whole crew were great to work with.
For the show's official website:
http://www.hbo.com/billmaher/
Producer Scott Carter cast me as a home shopping network hostess with Bill Maher, in a comedy sketch for his show "Real Time with Bill Maher." It was a blast to shoot -- it was a fake ad for a protective "club" for feeding tubes, So edgy, HBO wouldn't even air it!!
But at least the check cleared.