The Lady With All The Answers by David Rambo
Ann Landers elegantly furnished study in a fourteen room high-rise apartment on Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, late June, 1975. Set designer, Chris Waller - Lighting Designer, Glen Dunn 
Dear readers, in my twenty years as Ann Landers, this is the most difficult column I have ever tried to put together. 
Hey, get a load of this...Jules gave it to me. He had a label sewn in the lining: "E. L." Eppie Lederer. I had it taken out, and a new one put in that said: "Jule's Wife." All my fur coats, they all say: "Jule's Wife". 
If you had to do it all over again, would you - Eppie-- marry the same guy? 
Margo, I'm on deadline...But, I keep goofing off doing busywork...This book I want to put together of my favorite letters. 
But I've got no BS, no M.A., no PH.D., and I want that J-O-B. So, I use what I do have; chutzpah and one hell of a rolodex. 
A Louis XVI desk, built by set designer Chris Waller, holds an IBM Selectric typewriter with a sheet of yellow newspaper copy in the roller waiting to be typed upon. ReviewsBY ANDREA TORRENCE • St. Louis Theatre Snob, May 14, 2011"Stellie Siteman really nails Ann Landers, down to that Chicago dialect" BY CONNIE BOLLINGER • KDHX, May 14, 2011"Either Stellie Siteman channeled Anne Landers or she's one of the best actresses I've ever come across." BY DENNIS BROWN • Riverfront Times, May 19 2011"Siteman eases her way through the evening with the aplomb of a veteran fly fisherman who can reel in her catch while barely moving her wrist." BY JUDITH NEWMARK • St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 15, 2011"a charming one-woman showthat stars Stellie Siteman" BY MARK BRETZ • Ladue News, May18, 2011"makes its local debut in a stylish presentation offered by Max & Louie Productions" BY RICHARD GREEN • TalkingBroadway.com, May 17, 2011"Ill confess here and now that I truly hate to review one-person shows. But, for once, there's no fear in my mind that I may run out of amazing details to relate." Video Clips |
SynopsisEsther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer, better know as Ann Landers, took over the Chicago Sun-Times's 'Ask Ann Landers' column in 1955 after the death of its creator, Ruth Crowley. During the next 47 years, readers across the country wrote to Ann with questions about everything from sex and marriage, to how to properly hang toilet paper. Questions you may not feel comfortable discussing with your priest, friends, or even your spouse could be sha..Cast
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