Updates

7/17/19: In the month of June, Zelda presented papers at two conferences (2019 MaMI and Song, Stage and Screen XIV). These have been added to a new section for academic writing.

6/19/18: On June 10th, Zelda and cohorts reunited for an encore staged reading of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, as part of The Shakespeare Forum's El Barrio Shakespeare Festival. Photos have been added to the Gallery.

5/14/18: Zelda's article co-written with her father, Raymond Knapp, Going Postal: Collapsing time and space through sung letters in Broadway musicals, is now published by Studies in Musical Theatre, Vol. 11, No. 3. Available here.

3/16/16: Zelda will be performing the role of Guildenstern in an upcoming reading of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard. Details on main page and here.

9/2/14: Episodes: A Love Story is now published on The Biscuit. Part One. Part Two. Added illustrations by Eve Brettell for Episodes to the Gallery page.

6/13/14: Added a link to interview "Interview with Author: Zelda Knapp" to the Press page.

9/11/13: The Unspeakable Act is now available on DVD and iTunes, courtesy of Cinema Guild! It's loaded with special features. Buy it here.

2/25/13: This Is What They Made It Out Of is now on goodreads, as is Zelda's author page. Links page updated.

2/14/13: Added rehearsal photos from Something On Your Mind to the Gallery page.
The Unspeakable Act will screen at Indie Night at the Film Society of Lincoln Center on Tuesday, March 12 at 7 pm.

1/30/13: Tickets are now on sale for Snorks and Pins Productions's By the Light of a Match ... Bad Love play festival, featuring Zelda's one-act, Something On Your Mind, performing February 8th & 9th.
Added Customer Reviews of This Is What They Made It Out Of to the Press Page.

1/16/13: Uploaded the new poster art for By the Light of a Match ... Bad Love play festival, which features Zelda's one-act, Something On Your Mind.

11/27/12: On only its second day, This Is What They Made It Out Of is already ranked at #18 in Fiction>Poetry on Amazon! Buy it here.
Also uploaded poster art for Bad Love play festival featuring Zelda's one-act play, Something on Your Mind.

11/21/12: Zelda's one-act play, Something On Your Mind, will be part of the upcoming Bad Love play festival by Snorks and Pins Productions in February. Stay tuned for more details.

11/12/12: I am beyond thrilled to announce that Standard Culture is publishing my short story Mortar! Check out an excerpt here or click here for the full story.
We have also finalized the cover design of This Is What They Made It Out Of.

10/18/12: This Is What They Made It Out Of is finalized! Just give us a few more weeks to dot the t's and cross the i's, finalize our cover, and you can own a copy of your very own! Stay tuned.
In other news, Cinema Guild has acquired Dan Sallitt's THE UNSPEAKABLE ACT for distribution! Watch for it in theatres and on dvd/bluray/digital download in 2013.

7/10/12: Happy to report that the book, This Is What They Made It Out Of, is nearing its final draft. Coming soon to a Kindle near you!

7/10/12: Dan Sallitt's THE UNSPEAKABLE ACT has had a wonderful tour of festivals, winning Best Film at the Sarasota Film Festival, and garnering positive reviews at BAMcinemaFest, The Edinburgh Film Fest, and Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic.Stay tuned for news on further distribution.

5/30/12: Tickets now on sale for Dan Sallitt's THE UNSPEAKABLE ACT, playing at BAMcinemaFest, June 24th @ 9:30. Get 'em while they're hot!www.movietickets.com/purchase/perf_id/679334564/movieid/137219

4/23/12: On May 15th, I will be participating in a reading of Layla and Bob by James McCreary and Murat Gulcelik, as part of Writopia Lab's Worldwide Play Festival, which receives a grant from David Letterman and Worldwide Pants. The reading will held, along with six other short plays, on May 15th at 6PM at 59E59. I hope to see you there!

4/23/12: THE UNSPEAKABLE ACT has just won Best Film on April 21st in the Independent Visions competition at the Sarasota Film Festival!

3/28/12: I am thrilled to announce that Dan Sallitt's THE UNSPEAKABLE ACT, my first feature-length film, will be screened at BAM as part of the BAMcinemaFest 2012! The festival is June 20 - July 1st. I'll update when I have the official screening date. The Unspeakable Act's synopsis, per The L Magazine: "Jackie's romantic feelings for her brother Matthew form the unlikely backdrop against which the milestones of adolescence—choosing a college, losing one's virginity—unspool in film critic Sallitt's long-awaited directorial return, an unnervingly dispassionate take on the last taboo, set in Brooklyn's Ditmas Park."