Benefit Show for Adoptees United
A Celebration of New York’s Historic Adoptee Rights Victory
CAVEAT
October 5, 2019
Part of AKA’s 25th Annual Conference:
"Coming Home to Your Self"
November 4, 2017
World Premiere and Sold Out Run in the United Solo Theatre Festival 2015 • Theatre Row • NYC
Winner • Best Autobiographical Script Award • Suzanne Bachner
Winner • Best Actress Award • Anna Bridgforth
The show was presented during National Adoption Awareness Month and JMTC Theatre partnered with Advocating Legislation for the Adoption Reform Movement (ALARM) to raise both funds and awareness. A portion of the proceeds was donated to this not-for-profit organization and in conjunction with the performances, signatures were collected for the Petition calling for an Executive Order to restore Original Birth Certificates to All Adult Adoptees.
You can still sign here.
Can you imagine not knowing your own identity?
The Good Adoptee is the riveting and outrageous true story
of award-winning playwright Suzanne Bachner’s search for
her first / birth parents in the face of New York State's sealed
records. Once she opens Pandora’s Box, can she find a
way to integrate her dual identities and still remain
“the Good Adoptee”?
The Good Adoptee has toured to the London International
Fringe Festival and all over the U.S., including a 7-week 9-city
Connecticut tour to support the vital and now successful
legislative efforts of Access Connecticut. Suzanne’s play has won
awards for Best Autobiographical Script and Best Actress for original star
Anna Bridgforth when it premiered in the United Solo Theatre Festival in New York City. It was also named a Best Play by Indie Theater Now.
The Good Adoptee played to a sold-out crowd at Caveat NYC in celebration of New York’s historic Adoptee Rights victory and as a fundraiser for their partner Adoptees United. The show’s new projection design created by Chris Kateff debuted at the 400-seat SJCC in Seattle. The show has enjoyed a global audience in its virtual presentations including the launch of the National Association of Adoptees and Parents, a month-long run on Broadway on Demand and an evening of Entertainment, Education & Engagement with Access Massachusetts and an All-Star panel in support of and leading up to the successful passage of MA’s Adoptee Rights Bill.
Theater Scene called The Good Adoptee “A spellbinding emotional detective story!”, Hi Drama raved: “The Good Adoptee is everything you want a solo show to be: well crafted, lovingly performed and thoroughly entertaining!” and Sadie takes the Stage, London UK gave the show ★★★★★!
We are thrilled and honoured to partner with Origins Canada. A portion of the proceeds of our London Fringe run of THE GOOD ADOPTEE was donated to this incredible organization. Origins Canada is a 100% volunteer-run non-profit organization serving people across Canada who have been separated from family members by adoption.
Please check out the amazing work they are doing: OriginsCanada.com
Production History
Adoption Summit in Lake Ozark
October 17, 2016
CONCERNED UNITED BIRTHPARENTS • CUB Retreat
October 29, 2016
AccessConnecticut.org
7-Week 9-City Connecticut Tour
to Benefit Access Connecticut
Oct - Dec 2016
The Good Adoptee is included in Indie Theater Now’s Best Plays 2017 Anthology, Plays and Playwrights 2017.
Theatrical Production and Talk Back
Adoption Network Cleveland’s
Inaugural Annual Adoption Gathering
March 20, 2016
Massachusetts Mini-Tour
to Benefit Access Massachusetts
Framingham & Northampton
June 9 & 10, 2017
28th Annual New York State Foster Care and Adoption Conference, Albany: “Who Do You Think You Are?"
May 11, 2017
JMTC Theatre’s NYC Benefit Run for Access Connecticut
January 13 - 21, 2018
AccessConnecticut.org
Keynote Presenter
Indiana Adoptee Network’s 2nd Annual Conference
“Racing to the Records, The Final Lap”
Indianapolis, IN
April 20, 2018
JMTC Theatre’s NYC Benefit Shows for You Gotta Believe
3 From JMTC @ APAP 2019
January 2 - 13, 2019
Hayley Palmer
Acclaimed Off Broadway Actor
joins the cast of The Good Adoptee!
May 2019
Production History
Stroum Jewish Community Center
Seattle
World Premiere of
Projection Design by Chris Kateff
Talk Back with Suzanne, Hayley & Bob
February 9, 2020
3 From JMTC @ APAP 2020
The Bridge Theatre at Shetler Studios
244 West 54th Street • 12th Floor
New York, NY 10019
January 9-14, 2020
Solo Arts Heal on the MarshStream
Hosted by Gail Schickele
Talk Back with Astrid Castro,
Founder/Director of Adoption Mosaic
The Marsh
San Franciso, CA
July 15, 2020
National Association of
Adoptees and Parents
Launch
Talk Back with Host Marcie Keithley, Suzanne & Bob
NAAP’s #AdoptionHappyHour
January 15, 2021
‘r kids Fundraiser at The Shubert
Virtual Event Presented by The Shubert Theatre
Talk Back with Creative Team and Adult Adoptee Panel
March 4, 2021
Totally True Things:
A Socially Conscious Storytelling Show
Produced and Hosted by Jude Treder-Wolff
Talk Back with Jude, Suzanne, Hayley and Guest Expert Pat O’Brien, Executive Director of AFFCNY
September 24, 2020
The Good Adoptee joins
Solo Arts Heal
Founded by Gail Schickele, Solo Arts Heal is a collective of independent solo show artists whose inspiring true stories are united by a common theme of healing. The collective creative vision is to help communities we share through educational outreach and the healing power of the Arts.
Livestream on
Broadway On Demand
Live from NYC’s Theatre Row
Q & A with Suzanne & Bob
and Host Ellen Ritter
November 3, 2021
The Good Adoptee &
Access MA All-Star Panel Event
An Evening of Entertainment, Education & Engagement
In support of S. 1440,
MA’s Adoptee Rights Bill
November 15, 2021
Concerned United Birthparents • CUB Retreat
October 15, 2022
Presented in Partnership with
Adoptees United, Adoption Mosaic & New York Adoptee Rights Coalition
Part of FRIGID New York’s 25th Anniversary Season
Show & All-Star Panel Discussion
The Intersection of Adoptee Rights & Abortion Rights
The Kraine Theater, NYC
November 19, 2022