Performs her one-woman show 'Love Lessons' based on the memoirs of much-loved member Joan Wyndham.
Maggie Contreras studied at the London Dramatic Academy, under the tutelage of Richard Digby Day, one of the foremost stage directors in London's West End and Regional theatres. Her scholarly and professional pursuits caught the attention of former actress Joan Wyndham, one of London's most esteemed authoresses. Ms. Contreras was invited to visit with Wyndham to discuss life in the theatre. This led to a series of meetings, all of which were compiled by Ms. Contreras, and, along with published WWII diaries by her subject, would later serve as the basis for her one-woman show adapting Wyndham's memoirs for the stage. Her play, titled "Love Lessons," received its world premiere in May of 2005, and opened to critical and popular acclaim. As a young, upper class Bohemian woman maturing in a time of great change in London, Wyndham’s brute honesty takes us with her on a personal journey of love and war. She is not a famous person, but a sort of Everywoman who seems to speak with the voice of her era. Joan was a treasured member of the Chelsea Arts Club and her husband Shura and daughter Camilla maintain her legacy as greatly valued members themselves.
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