NOT GOD evokes the delicate bond between a doctor struggling with limitations and a patient in search of clarity and dignity.The play, in poetry, was written by renowned poet and writer, Marc J. Straus, recipient of the Robert Penn Warren Award in the Humanities from Yale, a Yaddo Residency, Annual Writing Award from NYU Bellevue, and more.

‍Bettina Altman (Patient) is thrilled to make her Studio Theater in Exile debut. A native New Yorker, Bettina began her acting career as a company member with the Hedgerow Theatre in Moylan, Pennsylvania, where she appeared in numerous productions including Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Caroline) and John Guare’s The House of Blue Leaves (the Little Nun).

Marc J. Straus is a poet, writer, doctor, and art collector who lives with his wife, Livia, in Chappaqua, New York. He is the author of numerous scientific papers and articles on contemporary art, and has published four poetry collections, three by TriQuarterly Books – Northwestern University Press, including Not God, staged Off Broadway in an earlier iteration. His poems and stories have appeared in Ploughshares, Kenyon Review, and many other literary journals. One-Legged Mongoose, a recently published memoir of the years he was ages 10 – 12 memoir and narrated by the boy he was then, has been #1 Best Seller on Amazon.