 Her subsequent performance in a 1964 Broadway production of "After the Fall" earned her a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress.In 1970, Loden wrote, directed, and starred in "Wanda", a groundbreaking independent film that won the International Critics Award at the 1970 Venice Film Festival.Throughout the 1970s, she continued to work directing Off-Broadway and regional theater productions, as well as direct two short films.