

OH WHAT A NIGHT
The actors were terrific. The staged reading of my play, EVERYONE’S A STRANGER, and the audience’s reaction exceeded my expectations. In...


This Play's My Thing
Dear Friends, I am looking forward to seeing you November 12 at Spark Theatre Festival for a reading of my play Everyone's a Stranger....


4 WOMEN, 4 STORIES, AND MORE
In July, at my friend Peggy’s pool in the North Fork, where I swim and eat delicious dinners, I told her that Jonathan and I would be...


Healing Voices
On Friday night June 2, Art House Productions in Jersey City held a terrific event called “Healing Voices” in its beautiful new theater. ...


May: Mental Health Awareness Month
May, mental health awareness month, is about to end. I worry about people who are unaware of mental health issues. Their own. Those of...


WITH LOVE TO MOM ON MOTHER'S DAY
(This essay was published in NEXT AVENUE on May 10, 2023 with the title My Mother's Memorable Lessons) By Nancy Davidoff Kelton I am 75....


Are You There, God?
“I’ve heard good things about you,” Abby Ryder Fortson says as Margaret near the beginning of the movie Are you There, God? It’s Me,...


POST PLAY BLUES AND JOYS
I was sadder than usual immediately after my recent California trip. Besides leaving my family, I left Long Beach Playhouse where my...

The Play's My Thing
I am very honored and very proud to share that my full-length play FINDING MR. RIGHTSTEIN won Long Beach Playhouse's 2023 New Works...


Thoughts on Caregiving
Dear Readers: Below is my essay on caregiving that was published in Next Avenue on February 9. Below is the photo they used. Love,...