Heather Henson, local author and managing director of Pioneer Playhouse, and Holly Hepp-Galván, award-winning NYC playwright, will be joining us to talk about their collaboration in adapting Henson’s THAT BOOK WOMAN for the stage at Pioneer Playhouse this summer.
THAT BOOK WOMAN is an award-winning picture book, illustrated by Caldecott Medal-winner, David Small, and published by Simon and Schuster in 2008, which celebrates the work of the Pack Horse Librarians of Eastern Kentucky. THAT BOOK WOMAN, the play, will run from July 2-20 at Danville’s Pioneer Playhouse.
Pioneer Playhouse is Kentucky’s oldest outdoor theatre, and will be celebrating its 75th anniversary this summer. Henson and Hepp-Galván will discuss the play and the process of adaptation, but will also delve into some of Pioneer Playhouse’s unique history.
Heather Henson has been writing children’s books for nearly 20 years, and running Pioneer Playhouse, along with her brother, Robby Henson, for the past 12 years.
Holly Hepp-Galván is a NYC-based playwright who was behind the hugely popular Pioneer Playhouse stage adaptations of local author Angela Correll’s books: Guarded and Granted. She teaches writing at Fordham University and Baruch College. Her plays have been produced in theatres in NYC and around the country.