Arts & Entertainment
New Author's Series to Highlight Mary Anneeta Mann
The local resident has written several works about questioning war.
The debut installment of the NoHo Book series features a celebratio of the life’s work of North Hollywood author and playwright Mary Anneeta Mann on Friday at 7 p.m. at T.U. Studios.
The program includes excerpts from Mann’s books, poetry, philosophy and award-winning plays such as Anzac, Maria and the Comet, The Round Table and Thugun and Natasha.
Play readings will be presented by The Vision Acting Group and Synthaxis Theatre Company.
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The celebration is directed by Justine Visone and hosted by Radomir Luza.
Mann’s work has won numerous awards from the city of Los Angeles and toured local schools.
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The 82-year-old Australian received a bachelor of arts degree in Honors English from the University of Sydney in 1964, a master's in theatre while at the University of California at Berkeley in 1970 and a Ph.D in communications and Drama from the University of Southern California in 1982.
She is also a Minister of The Unity and Diversity World Fellowship.
Her ground-breaking efforts include the books, The Construction of Tragedy, There Are No Enemies and the 800 page tome, Anzac To Understanding.
Mann says it is her destiny to be an artist.
“My destiny is to be an artist,” she said, “because the muse requires it. Writing is my life’s work.”
The North Hollywood resident of over 30 years and author of nine books points out that through her work she has learned that it is possible to have peace in the world, but every human being needs to activate their own personal conscience.
“Your conscience doesn’t let you kill,” Mann said. “We need to come to a place where laws to kill are unnecessary. No country in the world should require their citizens to kill because you are then asking them to violate their own conscience. That’s why they’re all going mad. We need to talk and negotiate through our differences...It’s not the soldiers, it’s the laws that need to be changed.”
This series is scheduled to take place every three months.
There will also be refreshments, book signings, sales and mingling.
The event is free, but donations are accepted.
For more Information call 818-769-1145 or 818-506-4302.
T.U. Studios. is located at 10943 Camarillo Street in North Hollywood.