Connecticut Arts Connection: Julie Andrews, Daughter To Sign Books at Fairfield Bookstore

Monday, January 28, 2013

Julie Andrews, Daughter To Sign Books at Fairfield Bookstore

Emma Walton Hamilton and Julie Andrews. Photo: David Rodgers

Julie Andrews, and her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton, will make a special appearance at the Fairfield University Bookstore 3 pm Thursday, Feb. 7 to autograph copies of their latest children’s book, “The Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart” (Little Brown).

There will be a limited number of books available for signing. Beginning at 9 am on Friday, Feb. 1 the bookstore will begin issuing tickets to the event for those purchasing “The Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart.” One ticket per book will be issued.

The Fairfield University Bookstore is located at 1499 Post Road, Fairfield. Store hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 am to 9 pm.; Friday and Saturday, 9 am to 10 pm; Sunday, noon to 6 pm. More info: 203-255-7756; www.fairfieldbooks.bkstr.com.

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Lauren Yarger has written, directed and produced numerous shows and special events for both secular and Christian audiences. She co-wrote a Christian musical version of “A Christmas Carol” which played to sold-out audiences of over 3,000 in Vermont and was awarded the Vermont Bessie (theater and film awards) for “People’s Choice for Theatre.” She also has written two other dinner theaters, sketches for church services and devotions for Christian artists. Her play concept, "From Reel to Real: The Jennifer O'Neill Story" was presented as part of the League of professional Theatre Women's Julia's reading Room Series in New York in February 2018.

Yarger trained for three years in the Broadway League’s Producer Development Program, completed the Commercial Theater Institute's Producing Three-Day Intensive and other training and produced a one-woman musical about Mary Magdalene that toured nationally and closed with an off-Broadway run.

She was a Fellow at the National Critics Institute at the O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT. She writes reviews of Broadway and off-Broadway theater (the only ones you can find in the US with an added Christian perspective) at http://reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com/.

She is editor of The Connecticut Arts Connection (http://ctarts.blogspot.com), an award-winning website featuring theater and arts news for the state. She is a contributing editor for BroadwayWorld.com. She previously served as theater reviewer for the Manchester Journal-Inquirer, Connecticut theater editor for CurtainUp.com and as Connecticut and New York reviewer for American Theater Web.

She is a Co-Founder of the Connecticut Chapter of the League of Professional Theatre Women. She is a former vice preseint and voting member of The Drama Desk.

She is a freelance writer and playwright (member Dramatists Guild of America). She is a member if the The Outer Critics Circle (event manager for the annual awards ceremony), The American Theater Critics Association, The League of Professional Theatre Women and the Drama League. She served as a judge for the SDX Awards presented by the Society of Professional Journalists.

Yarger is a book reviewer for Publishers Weekly and freelances for other sites. She is a member of the National Book Critics Circle.

She also is a member of the Episcopal Actors' Guild, the NY Public Library for the Performing Arts and The O'Neill Theatre Center..

A former newspaper editor and graduate of the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism, Yarger also worked in arts management for the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and served for nine years as the Executive Director of Masterwork Productions, Inc. She lives with her husband in West Granby, CT. They have two adult children.

Monday, January 28, 2013

Julie Andrews, Daughter To Sign Books at Fairfield Bookstore

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