World Premiere Play
Hermetically Sealed by Kathryn Graf
Acclaimed Four-Month Run
Awards and Nominations
Top Five Original, Unpublished Plays of 2011 (Mad Theatrics)
Among Best Plays of 2011, (Don Shirley, Air Talk, KPCC)
Runner up Top Ten Plays of 2011 (Ticketholder Awards)
Runner up Best Playwright (Ticketholder Awards)
Honorable Mention, Top Rated L.A. Premiere of a Play (Bitter Lemons)
Nominated - Best Ensemble (L.A. Weekly Theater Awards)
Nominated - Best Performance, Gigi Bermingham (LADCC)
Best Actress, Gigi Bermingham (Stage and Cinema)
Best Performance by an actress who did excellent work again in 2011 (L.A. Times)
Best Actress, Gigi Bermingham (Ticketholder Awards)
New Discovery, Nicholas Podany (Ticketholder Awards)
Runner up Best Direction, Joel Polis (Ticketholder Awards)
- Critics’ Choice (L.A. Times), “a carefully layered family drama.” “…quietly haunting.”
- “Startling” (L.A. Weekly) ‘GO’ recommended.
- “Packs a powerful punch.” (My Daily Find)
Playwright Kathryn Graf has been busy writing for eight years. Her play Hermetically Sealed recently closed a four-month run in Los Angeles at The Skylight Theatre, garnering various award nominations. See ‘Plays’ Ms. Graf started writing when she wrote and then performed her one-woman play, Surviving David, which chronicled her first year as a young widow. (L.A., 2100 Square Feet) (Outstanding Solo Show award, NYC Fringe Festival) (Screenplay adaptation currently under option). She’s written many stage and screenplays since: Poor Pretty Birds (produced, Philipstown Depot Theatre, NY). The Stiff (finalist, 2010 Tennessee Williams One-Act Competition) (Tri-State Actors Theater’s 2011 Reading Series). Screenplays The Good Widow and She Woke Up (honored, 2010 Writers’ Digest Writing Competition. She is the author of the award-winning children’s book Always My Dad (Mom’s Choice Award, gold medal). Kathryn is a member of the Dramatist Guild of America.
Before writing, Kathryn worked for over twenty years as an actress on stage, screen and radio. She has guest-starred in dozens of television shows including ER, Courthouse, Presidio Med and a recurring role on the soap, Passions. In addition, she has done over a hundred commercials and voice-overs. She is the mother of two boys.
