CHERIE BENNETT
Artistic Director
Artistic Director
of the Shalom Theatre Company of Salt Lake City
Cherie, along with her husband and frequent writing partner Jeff Gottesfeld, just finished a two-year stint as Associate Head Writers of The Young and the Restless (CBS), the number one daytime drama for the last two decades. Before they joined Y&R, they wrote the Paramount/MTV Films Broken Bridges. In primetime, they were responsible for the underlying material for the CW’s Privileged, having penned the novel on which it was based, How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls. Also the author of a New York Times best selling series about teens that is wildly popular, written by her and her husband under a sudo name. Other TV credits include Smallville, the pilots for Televest Productions’ Girls Got Game, 19 Entertainment’s Philly, and story consultants for several other daytime dramas.
Cherie’s award winning novels (ALA Best Book, Children’s Choice Award, Best Books for Reluctant Readers, many state Best Books lists, many reading lists for middle schools and high schools, etc.) include: Anne Frank & Me, Life in the Fat Lane, A Heart Divided, Zink, and Searching for David’s Heart.
As a playwright, Cherie is a two-time winner of the Kennedy Center’s New Visions/New Voices competition for new plays for young people or teens (Searching for David’s Heart, Cyra and Rocky). Her play Anne Frank & Me, which ran Off-Broadway to rave reviews in the New York Times, is one of the most produced plays for young people in the country. Many of her plays have been developed and produced by Youth Theater at the University of Utah. Her most recent play, Reviving Ophelia (based on Dr. Mary Pipher’s seminal book), was work-shopped at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and then received its world premiere at The University of Utah. Her plays are published by Dramatics Publishing. Cherie and her family live in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Cherie Bennett
Website: cheriebennett.com
Email: authorchik@aol.com
Production Assistant : Chaunelle McLean @ 801.710.0509
shalomtheatreslc@yahoo.com
Cherie, along with her husband and frequent writing partner Jeff Gottesfeld, just finished a two-year stint as Associate Head Writers of The Young and the Restless (CBS), the number one daytime drama for the last two decades. Before they joined Y&R, they wrote the Paramount/MTV Films Broken Bridges. In primetime, they were responsible for the underlying material for the CW’s Privileged, having penned the novel on which it was based, How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls. Also the author of a New York Times best selling series about teens that is wildly popular, written by her and her husband under a sudo name. Other TV credits include Smallville, the pilots for Televest Productions’ Girls Got Game, 19 Entertainment’s Philly, and story consultants for several other daytime dramas.
Cherie’s award winning novels (ALA Best Book, Children’s Choice Award, Best Books for Reluctant Readers, many state Best Books lists, many reading lists for middle schools and high schools, etc.) include: Anne Frank & Me, Life in the Fat Lane, A Heart Divided, Zink, and Searching for David’s Heart.
As a playwright, Cherie is a two-time winner of the Kennedy Center’s New Visions/New Voices competition for new plays for young people or teens (Searching for David’s Heart, Cyra and Rocky). Her play Anne Frank & Me, which ran Off-Broadway to rave reviews in the New York Times, is one of the most produced plays for young people in the country. Many of her plays have been developed and produced by Youth Theater at the University of Utah. Her most recent play, Reviving Ophelia (based on Dr. Mary Pipher’s seminal book), was work-shopped at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and then received its world premiere at The University of Utah. Her plays are published by Dramatics Publishing. Cherie and her family live in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Cherie Bennett
Website: cheriebennett.com
Email: authorchik@aol.com
Production Assistant : Chaunelle McLean @ 801.710.0509
shalomtheatreslc@yahoo.com
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