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Name
  
Suzanne Roberts

Architect
  
KieranTimberlake

Phone
  
+1 215-985-0420

Capacity
  
365

Opened
  
October 2007


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Role
  
Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Address
  
480 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102, United States

Hours
  
Closed now · HoursMonday10:30 AM – 5:30 PMTuesday10:30 AM – 5:30 PMWednesday10:30 AM – 5:30 PMThursday(Christmas Eve)10:30 AM – 5:30 PMHours might differFriday(Christmas)10:30 AM – 5:30 PMHours might differSaturdayClosedSundayClosed

Owners
  
Philadelphia Theatre Company

Similar
  
Plays and Players Theater, The Wilma Theater, Symphony House, Academy of Music, Walnut Street Theatre

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Suzanne Roberts (born October 2, 1970) is an award-winning, American poet, travel writer, and photographer.

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Biography

Suzanne Roberts was born in New York City to a British mother and Jewish father. She grew up in Southern California and currently lives in South Lake Tahoe, California. She is the author of the memoir Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail, and four collections of poetry, Shameless (2007), Nothing to You (2008), Three Hours to Burn a Body: Poems on Travel (2011) and Plotting Temporality (2012).

Roberts was named "The Next Great Travel Writer" by National Geographic's Traveler, and her work has appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including Atlanta Review, The Fourth River, Matador, National Geographic's Intelligent Traveler, and National Geographic's Traveler. She received an "Honorable Mention" in the "Best Free Poetry Contest" in 2011 for her poems The Casualties of War and A Soldier's Making.

Roberts holds degrees in Biology and English from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and a doctorate in English with an emphasis in Literature and the Environment from University of Nevada, Reno. She teaches English at Lake Tahoe Community College and is on the MFA low residency faculty at Sierra Nevada College.

Books

  • Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail (University of Nebraska Press, 2012)
  • Shameless (Cherry Grove Collections, 2007)
  • Nothing to You (Pecan Grove Press, 2008) (poem Crossing Paths)
  • Three Hours to Burn a Body: Poems on Travel (Cherry Grove Collection, 2011)
  • Anthologies

  • The Ghost of Muir Pass, The Pacific Crest Trailside Reader. The Mountaineers Press, 2011.
  • Awards

  • National Outdoor Book Award for Almost Somewhere, Literature Category, 2012
  • Eda Kriseova Fellowship for Nonfiction Writing in Prague, 2011
  • Fourth River Award for Poetry, "Poulty Stall," 2009
  • "The Next Great Travel Writer" Award
  • Travcoa and National Geographic Traveler, 2008
  • References

    Suzanne Roberts Wikipedia