Writer/actor Betty MacDonald contributed to the writing of and performed in TMI’s What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting. Her essay “Before Roe v. Wade” appears in the anthology Get Out of My Crotch! Her work is included in the anthologies 80 Things to Do When You Turn 80, Open House, Better With Age, and Lightwood, an online magazine. Betty presented her essay “First Love,” for Writers Read at the Cell Theatre in New York City, and at Vassar College. Her essay “Daughter of Twins” is on video for Writers Read’s Mother’s Day presentation and her essay “Not Jewish Enough” is on video for Writers Read’s Jew-ish. “I’m Not a Woman of My Age!” was read at City Winery in New York City for Writers Read’s “Coming of Age” event. Videos available from WritersRead.com.
Betty hosts Words Carry Us, a livestream show of readings and interviews from Green Kill in Kingston, NY.
Following her early career as a continuity writer and radio personality Tiny Lee, Betty became a travel industry correspondent. Unfortunately, she’s a homebody and finds travel uncomfortable and exhausting. For over 30 years, storytelling has influenced her work as a performer with Community Playback Theatre in the Hudson Valley.
All My Monsters are Dead or Why I Love Being Old, Betty’s book of poems and essays published September 15th can be ordered from the author or Codhill Press. A launch party and book signing is scheduled for October 15th, 2023 at Green Kill, 229 Greenkill Avenue, Kingston.
Betty MacDonald tells a story — virtually — for Read650 Presents: “On Mothers”.
Betty MacDonald performs in NYC with 650 WHERE WRITERS READ.
Betty MacDonald reads at StorySlams.com fundraiser for Ulster Literacy Association.
Betty MacDonald kills it at the Woodstock Bookfest Story Slam. The theme is “When the Wind Blows,” and she blows the roof off the joint. March 2015.