Sarah Koskoff wasn’t the only Staples graduate making a splash at Sundance.
Leslye Headland
Leslye Headland — a Class of 1999 alum — caught the eye of Deadline Hollywood. The entertainment blog gave a shout-out to the “Sundance Lucky 13“: a baker’s dozen of actors and directors earning “new or renewed buzz” at the famed film festival.
Writer Brian Brooks said of the writer/director of “Bachelorette“:
Her plays have caused a stir Off-Broadway, all based on the Seven Deadly Sins. She kicked them off with “Cinephilia” (lust), followed by “Bachelorette” (gluttony) now morphed into the film starring Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, and Lizzy Caplan which debuted at Sundance Monday. Her next play, “Assistance” (greed) is set to open in New York soon. Her seven deadly may all make it to the screen.
Congratulations, Leslye, on your theatrical successes. Though it seems you’re also describing the current crop of candidates for the Republican presidential nomination.
This is awesome for Leslye and for Staples High School – She is awesome!!! She also has a play open at The Playwrights Horizons Theatere in NYC right now called the Assistant that you should check out if you can – its selling out!!!