Anita Durst
Anita Durst (born in New York City) is an actress and the founder and director of the non-profit arts organization Chashama.[1][2]
She is the daughter of real estate scion and executive Douglas Durst who has been the President of the Durst Organization since 1992.
As an actress she worked with the Iranian-born playwright Reza Abdoh (1963-1995). In 2001 she was nominated for that year's Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her role as Marianne in the New York Theatre Workshop's production of The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (a play by Rainer Werner Fassbinder which went on to also become one of his films) at the Henry Miller Theater.[3][4]
Chashama, the arts concern Anita Durst founded in 1995 helps artists by reappropriating and converting unused often formerly commercial real estate space into reasonably priced studio and display areas.[5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "ON STAGE AND OFF; Cold Comfort At the Till". The New York Times.
- ^ Weiss, Lois (April 22, 2021). "Empty office floors take on new life as artist studios". The New York Post.
- ^ Hofler, Robert (December 11, 2000). "The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant". Variety.
- ^ The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant a CurtainUp review https://share.google/Nga5e2PxPR3rbkgwf
- ^ "Helping Artists Find Studio Space". The New York Times.
- ^ "Anita's Way: Douglas Durst's Eldest Daughter Merges Art with Real Estate". Commercial Observer.
- ^ "Anita Durst and Chashama Championing The Arts". Times Square Chronicles.