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Audio Recording with Actor-Director-Playwright Anita Hollander as Susan Dansby Asks: How Did You Get That Job?

Listen as Actor-Director-Playwright Anita Hollander talks with writer Susan Dansby about how she got started as a child actor; how she dealt with a cancer diagnosis during college; losing her leg in her early 20’s; continuing her musical-comedy career; and how she wrote a play (performed at the White House) about how she’s Still Standing. Continue reading

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Actor Copes with Amputation by Doing ‘Jacques Brel’ With a Bucket and a Pole

Actor-director-composer-playwright Anita Hollander talks about losing her leg at 26. She redefines “dream job” as she describes leaving her hospital bed post-amputation to continue her work as a director and performer in the play, ‘Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.’ Continue reading

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