Shaz Bennett is an American writer, filmmaker, performance artist and
film programmer.Bennett was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to a mother
who was a journalist for the Associated Press and a father who ran a
leasing company and now owns Squashworks, a Squash club in Salt Lake
City. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband filmmaker Jean-Pierre
Caner. Bennett studied acting at the University of Utah in Salt Lake
City. Her popular performances and award winning films have been
screened in theatres, museums, and abandoned warehouses around the USA
and in Mexico, Canada, Europe.While living in New York in the early
'90s she studied with Spaulding Gray and wrote & performed four
one-woman shows: "The Shaz Show," "Abrasive Fairy Tales," "Eyes, Lips,
Legs," and "Hungover Angel." In addition to New York these shows have
been performed extensively across the country, Mexico and Europe and
as part of several spoken word tours sponsored by MTV, Hennessey and
NOW. Her pieces have been performed in Museums, Universities, theatres
and abandoned warehouses. She performs frequently with the Heroine
Addicts, The Moth, Third Saturdays, A Shot and a Beer, and Sit n Spin
at The Comedy Central Stage.Bennett has written numerous short
stories, several screenplays, and has developed a television pilot
based on the material she performs. Her essays have been published in
Cake Magazine, Imaging Ourselves, “Best Monologues for Women†and
in the upcoming book "Dirty Laundry".
film programmer.Bennett was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to a mother
who was a journalist for the Associated Press and a father who ran a
leasing company and now owns Squashworks, a Squash club in Salt Lake
City. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband filmmaker Jean-Pierre
Caner. Bennett studied acting at the University of Utah in Salt Lake
City. Her popular performances and award winning films have been
screened in theatres, museums, and abandoned warehouses around the USA
and in Mexico, Canada, Europe.While living in New York in the early
'90s she studied with Spaulding Gray and wrote & performed four
one-woman shows: "The Shaz Show," "Abrasive Fairy Tales," "Eyes, Lips,
Legs," and "Hungover Angel." In addition to New York these shows have
been performed extensively across the country, Mexico and Europe and
as part of several spoken word tours sponsored by MTV, Hennessey and
NOW. Her pieces have been performed in Museums, Universities, theatres
and abandoned warehouses. She performs frequently with the Heroine
Addicts, The Moth, Third Saturdays, A Shot and a Beer, and Sit n Spin
at The Comedy Central Stage.Bennett has written numerous short
stories, several screenplays, and has developed a television pilot
based on the material she performs. Her essays have been published in
Cake Magazine, Imaging Ourselves, “Best Monologues for Women†and
in the upcoming book "Dirty Laundry".
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