Members' Annual Swedish Smörgåsbord & Performance in Studio City!
Performances by Justin Chambers, Amanda Donohoe, Jason George, Sharon Lawrence, Fred Melamed, Joely Fisher, Kimmy Shields, Spencer Garrett, Martin Sensmeier, Sharon Stone & Charlayne Woodard at the Swedish Holiday Soirée for contributing Members in Studio City. Patrons receive two complimentary tickets and may purchase up to 2 additional guest tickets. Enthusiasts may purchase a ticket for yourself and for 1 guest.
Jill McCorkle & Pamela Painter kick of the first of three WORDTheatre Author•Actor sponsored by Phiphen Studios | Post NJ
Meet authors Jill McCorkle & Pamela Painter and hear their stories brought to life by Cassidy Freeman ( Righteous Gemstones, Longmire) and more TBA at our first 2025 Manhattan event at The Players...Hosted bar. Followed by Q & A and book signings!
Walter Mosley: New Novel, Stories & Post Performance Talk at ALOUD
Actors will bring to life an excerpt from his new novel plus a selection of stories followed by a a chat. In partnership with ALOUD!
Harriet Walter & Friends: What Shakespeare's Women Might Have Said
A renowned cast of actresses, including Juliet Stevenson, Leah Harvey, Meera Syal, MyAnna Buring, Olivia Williams & more TBA will perform imaginings from "She Speaks!: What Shakespeare's Women Might Have Said," acclaimed actor, Dame Harriet Walter's new book that proposes brilliant, profound and hilarious alternative insights & female perspectives in her gorgeously constructed monologues!
ALOUD, in partnership with WORDTheatre, Presents An Afternoon with Ben Shattuck & Charles Baxter
Ben Shattuck, American writer, painter & curator, has adapted his exquisite Pushcart-Prize winning story, "The History of Sound," into a major motion picture, soon to be released. The story was developed with author, Charles Baxter, whose stories will be read alongside "The History of Sound." Performances will be followed by a conversation with the authors and participating actors.
Phiphen hosts An Evening with John Edgar Wideman
Performances of John Edgar Wideman's short fiction will be followed by a conversation with the author.
Our Oceans at the Wilderness Festival
WORDTheatre's Ocean Extravaganza at the 14th annual Wilderness Festival in Oxfordshire!
Writers' Workshop & Retreat 2025
Our annual workshop will return in October of 2025, led by author Pam Houston!
Upcoming Events
2024
- 15 December IN PERSON | LOS ANGELES | Resilience: WORDTheatre’s Annual Swedish Soirée with Stories, Songs & Smörgåsbord
2025
- 28 January MANHATTAN | LIVE | Phiphen hosts WORDTheatre’s Author•Actor Series NYC
- 26 February LOS ANGELES | IN-PERSON | Walter Mosley at ALOUD
- 06 March LONDON | Harriet Walter & Friends: What Shakespeare’s Women Might Have Said
- 27 April LOS ANGELES | IN-PERSON | ALOUD, in partnership with WORDTheatre, Presents An Afternoon with Ben Shattuck & Charles Baxter
- 06 May MANHATTAN | LIVE | Phiphen hosts An Evening with John Edgar Wideman
- 03 August OXFORDSHIRE | Our Ocean at the Wilderness Festival
- 03 October Sommières, France | Writers’ Workshop & Retreat 2025
Past events
2024
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02 October
Sommières, France | Writers’ Wokshop & Retreat 2024
Writer:
Bernice McFadden
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26 September
LONDON | IN PERSON | WORDTheatreUK Presents Selections from Best British Short Stories 2010-2024
Actors:
Dinita Gohil, Leemore Marrett Jr., Kayla Meikle, Ray Panthaki, Tallulah Greive, Tiffany Gray & Con O'Neill
Musicians:
Lewis Kane, Michael Ekeghasi & Lewis Kelly
Authors:
Mona Dash, Leone Ross, Nikesh Shukla, Annaliese Mackintosh, Rosie Garland & Ben Tufnell
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24 September
MANHATTAN | IN PERSON | Three Authors, Many Actors & Music
Actors:
Maggie Siff, Ronald Peet, James Cromwell, Laila Robbins, Mary Beth Peil, Vincent Piazza, Raúl Castillo, Masaya Okubo, Tom Nelis
Authors:
Joyce Carol Oates, Bernie McFadden, Lore Segal
Musician:
Sophiko Simsive
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22 September
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON & STREAMED | Banned Books Read ALOUD
Actors:
Jason Butler Harner, Stephen Tobolowsky, Justina Machado, Gabrielle Carteris, Amy Brenneman, Jason George, Justin Chien, Lou Romano, Christina Pickles, Amatus-Sami Karim, Bruce Vilanch
Musician:
Janet Robin
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13 September
SANTA MONICA | IN-PERSON | A WORDTheatre® Tribute to Langston Hughes: Stories, Poems Jazz & the Blues…
ACTORS:
Charles Parnell, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Gary Dourdan, Chris Herbie Holland, Eugene Byrd, Marla Gibbs, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Dohn Norwood, James Pickens Jr, L. Scott Caldwell, Tracie Thoms, Spencer Garrett & Jan Munroe
MUSICIANS:
Starr Parodi, Piano & Musical Director; Bernie Dresel, Drums; Logan Richardson, Saxophone; Nedra Wheeler, Bass; Chris Gray, Trumpet; and Amy Keys on Vocals.
AUTHOR:
Langston Hughes
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09 August
LOS ANGELES | IN-PERSON | Somos Los Angeles: Chicano Hearts
Actors:
Diana Maria Riva, Remy Ortiz & Richard Cabral
Authors:
Luís Rodriguez, Estélla Gonzalez & Daniel Olivas
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16 July
MANHATTAN | IN PERSON | The Stories of Brad Watson: A Tribute
Actors:
Bellamy Young, Chiké Okonkwo, Griffin Gluck, Jordan Boatman, Mary Beth Piel & Richard Schiff
Author:
Brad Watson
Musicians:
Bellamy Young on vocals & Jonathan Mastro on piano
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09 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Members’ Event: Lunch with T.C. Boyle, Tacos & Margaritas
Actors:
Christopher Gorham & Christina Pickles
Author:
T.C. Boyle
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14 May
LONDON | IN PERSON | From the Sea: Stories, Poems & Music in support of Ocean Rising
Actors:
Olivia Williams, MyAnna Buring, Harry Lloyd, Guy Paul, Jing Lusi, Harriet Walter, Gethin Anthony, Amanda Donohoe, James Albrecht, Rhashan Stone & Damien Molony
Musicians:
Violin & Vocals, Lizzie Ball & Dorian Ford on Piano
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12 April
SANTA MONICA | IN PERSON | An Evening with George Saunders & His Stories
Actors:
Alex Borstein, Christopher Gorham, Justin Chien, Jason Butler Harner, Kimmy Shields, Eli Brown
Musicians:
Logan Richardson on saxophone
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19 March
MANHATTAN | IN PERSON | Sponsored by Phiphen Pictures: Jacqueline Woodson, David Means, Sidik Fofana & Dashiel Carrera
Actors:
Lou Diamond Phillips, Marinda Anderson, Michael Boatman, Tim Blake Nelson
Authors:
Dashiel Carrera, David Means, Jacqueline Woodson, Sidik Fofana
Musicians:
Jonathan Mastro
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09 March
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Black Folk Could Fly: On the Wings of Randall Kenan
Actors:
CG, Dohn Norwood, Eugene Byrd, Tracie Thoms
Musicians:
Chris Powe, Sax, Damani Holland, Bass, Micah Heard, Drums, Che, Piano, Fernando Pullum, Trumpet
Author:
Randall Kenan
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14 January
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Swedish New Year’s Party for Patron, Enthusiast & Talent Members
Actors:
Amanda Donohoe, Brent Jennings, Chris Gorham, Dionne Lea, Dohn Norwood, Holly Palance, Jason Butler Harner, Reign Morton, Sharon Lawrence, Sterling Sulieman, Tina Lifford, Toni Trucks & Tracie Thoms
Musicians:
Amy Keys (vocalist), Isolde Fair (violin), Logan Richardson (on saxophone) & Starr Parodi (Composer, Arranger & Pianist)
2023
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02 November
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | 20th Anniversary Celebration & Fundraiser
Storyteller Award Recipients :
Lily Tomlin & Charles Yu
2024 WORDTheatre Campus Ambassadors:
Aimee Garcia & Alfred Molina
Host:
Bruce Vilanch
Actors:
Brenda Strong, Cassidy Freeman, Cedering Fox, Chris Gorham, Christina Pickles, Christopher McDonald, Fred Melamed, Jan Munroe, George, Jon Huertas, Marcia Gay Harden, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ron Perlman, Stephen Tobolowsky, Tzi Ma & Zahn McClarnon
Musicians:
Amy Keys & Antonique Smith, vocals, Suuvi on cello & Starr Parodi, Musical Director, Arranger, Pianist
Other Attending Authors:
Aimee Bender & Richard Bausch
Celebrity Auctioneer:
Spencer Garrett
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19 October
MANHATTAN | Sponsored by Phiphen Pictures! | 20th Anniversary Celebration
Storyteller Award Honorees:
Joyce Carol Oates & Stephen McKinley Henderson
Actors:
Antonique Smith, Brooke Adams, Carla Gugino, Emily Bergl, Griffin Dunne, James Cromwell, Julianna Margulies, Keith Randolph Smith, Kevin Corrigan, Len Cariou, Linus Roache,Maggie Siff, Mark Moses, Michael Boatman, Raul Castillo, Richard Schiff, Samantha Mathis, Tony Shalhoub, Vincent Piazza
Musical Director:
Jonathan Mastro
Attending Authors:
A.M. Homes, Dan Chaon, David Means, Jess Row, Joyce Carol Oates, Lore Segal, Margaret McMullan, Pamela Painter, Peter Orner, Sidik Fofana, Simon Van Booy
Non-Attending Authors:
Aimee Bender, Amy Hempel, Ron Carlson, James Lasdun, John Edgar Wideman
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11 October
LONDON | IN PERSON | WORDTheatreUK’s 20th Anniversary Celebration and Performance
Hosted by:
Kirsty Peart, Cedering Fox & Master of Ceremonies, Ben Miller
Storyteller Award Honorees:
Juliet Stevenson & Kit DeWaal
2024 WORDTheatre Campus Ambassadors:
Olivia Williams & Rhashan Stone
Actors:
Amanda Donohoe, Chipo Chung, Damien Molony, Danny Sapani, Emily Bruni, Gina Bellman, Ian Hart, John Schwab, Maria Bello, Rhashan Stone & Sarah Gabriel
Musicians :
Lizzie Ball & Paul Cook
Additional Attending Author:
Guy Ware
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27 September
Sommières, France | Writers’ Workshop & Retreat 2023
Writer:
Jill McCorkle
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22 July
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | JAZZ Re-EVOLUTION at The Ford Amphitheater
Actors :
Antonique Smith, Dionne Lea, Gary Dourdan, Glynn Turman, Jason George, Joseph Marcell, Keith David, Maria Bello, Michole Briana White, Miguel Sandoval, Reign Morton, Tracie Thoms
Authors :
Angela Davis, Anne Shaw Faulkner Oberndorfer, Al Young, Arturo Sandoval, Barry Shabaka Henley, Billie Holiday, Billy Taylor, Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Corla Bryant, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Ethel Waters, Frank Marshall Davis, Freddie Green, Harry Levette, Herbie Hancock, Jack Kerouac, James Baldwin, Kamau Daaood, Langston Hughes, Lester Young, Louis Armstrong, Ma Rainey, Mahalia Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, Marshall Royal, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Ntozake Shange, Quincy Jones, Robert Reisner, Robin DG Kelley, Sandra Leib, Sidney Bechet, Stanley Crouch, Sterling A. Brown, Ted Gioia, Tom Dorsey, Wayne Shorter, WC Handy, W.E.B DuBois, Willie Cornish, Zora Neale Hurston
Musicians :
Clayton Cameron, Janet Robin, Kevin Ricard, Knick Smith, Logan Richardson, Nedra Wheeler, Remee Ashleyi, Suuvi, Terrace Martin, Wayne Bergeron
Narrator:
Iona Morris
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18 June
LONDON | IN PERSON | Hanif Kureishi: Stories & Violin
Actors:
Gethin Anthony, Gina Bellman, MyAnna Buring, Genevieve Chenneour, Kulvinder Ghir
Author:
Hanif Kureishi
Musician:
Lizzie Ball
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01 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brian Doyle Stories: One Long River of Song
Actors:
J.K. Simmons, Alfred Molina, Laura San Giacomo, Fred Melamed, Ravi Kapoor, Bruce Vilanch, Spencer Garrett, Dohn Norwood, Judy Reyes, Jason Butler Harner
Author:
Brian Doyle
Musicians:
Starr Parodi, Antonique Smith, Suuvi
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06 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author • Actor Series: Stories by Lisa Cupolo & Dana Johnson
Actors:
Lisa Edelstein, Patrick Cage, Charlayne Woodard
Authors:
Lisa Cupolo, Dana Johnson
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18 March
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Honor: A Literary Tribute to our Veterans in their Words
Authors:
Richard Bausch, Tim O'Brien, Tobias Wolff, Greg Cope White, Brian O'Hare, Elaine Little & Gentle Culpepper & (non-attending authors) Shoshana Johnson, Thomas Bird and William Lang
Actors:
Bill Pullman, Sharon Stone, Jason George, Griffin Dunne, Toni Trucks, Jason Butler Harner, John Savage, Christopher Gorham, Tim DeKay, Kathy Baker & Zahn McClarnon
Singers:
Antonique Smith, Reign Morton
Narrator:
Dave Fennoy
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28 January
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author • Actor Series: Marisa Silver & Peter Orner
Actors:
Amy Aquino, Tim DeKay
Authors:
Marisa Silver, Peter Orner
2022
- 18 December LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Swedish Holiday Soirée for Patron & Enthusiast Members
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16 October
LONDON | IN PERSON | Words of Resilience: A Benefit for Ukraine
Actors:
Olivia Williams (The Crown), Danny Sapani (Black Panther), Harry Lloyd (Game of Thrones), Simon Callow (Four Weddings and a Funeral) Maryam D'Abo (The Living Daylights) & Cedering Fox (Artistic Director)
Musician:
Alla Sirenko, Ukrainian concert pianist & composer
Authors:
Kate Ryan (American author who lived in Kyiv attending) plus short stories, poems and non-fiction by Ukrainian authors Iryna Senyk, Kseniya Fuchs, Borys Humenyuk, Artem Chapeye, Oksana Zabuzhko, Ostap Slyvinsky, Taras Antypovych, Lyuba Yakimchuk.
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30 September
Sommières, France | Writers’ Workshop & Retreat 2022
Writer:
Dan Chaon
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24 September
LONDON | IN PERSON | Best British Short Stories: An All New Love. Lust. Loss. London.
Actors:
Lesley Nicol, Joe Dixon, Emily Bruni, Archie Fletcher & Harriet Walter
Musical Contributors:
Vocalist, Jessica Wilde, and Paul Cook on piano
Authors:
Lara Williams, Edward Hogan (attending) & Dan Powell
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08 September
NYC | IN PERSON | The Essays of Randall Kenan at Brooklyn Center for Fiction
Actors:
Marinda Anderson, Michael Boatman, CG, Ryan Jamaal Swain
Author:
Randall Kenan
Post-discussion Moderators:
AM Homes, Elias Rodriguez
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16 July
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | SUMMERTIME STORIES & STARS
Actors:
Leslie Grace, Dan Bucatinsky, Chris Gorham
Authors:
Dominica Phetteplace (attending), Kevin Wilson, Anthony Doerr
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19 June
SCREENING | BLACK/WHITE in honor of Juneteenth…
Actors:
Alastair Mackenzie, Danny Sapani, Okezie Morro & Jessica Wilde
Authors:
Kamila Shamsie, Kit de Waal (both attending)
Musicians:
Singer, Jessica Wilde and Pianist, Paul Cook
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18 June
LONDON | IN PERSON | BLACK/WHITE in honor of Juneteenth
Actors:
Jessica Wilde, Alastair Mackenzie, Okezie Morro, Danny Sapani
Authors:
Kamila Shamsie, Kit de Waal (both attending)
Musicians:
Paul Cook on piano, Jessica Wilde featured vocalist
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28 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Book Launch and Stories with Author Dan Chaon
Actors:
Amy Brenneman, Jon Tenney & Xander Berkeley
Author:
Dan Chaon
Musical Contributor:
Isolde Fair on Violin
Location:
William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica
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30 April
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Opening Hearts & Minds: A Benefit to Support WORDTheatre in the Schools
Actors:
Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, Reid Scott, Lily Tomlin, Bill Pullman, Jason George, Christina Pickles, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Bruce Vilanch & Tracie Thoms
Singer:
Antonique Smith
Authors:
Aimee Bender, Ron Carlson, Kit DeWaal, Brian Doyle, Jonathan Safran Foer, Naomi Shihab Nye & Guy Ware
Tunes Provided by:
A-Man the DJ
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24 April
LIVE STREAM | Harriet Walter & Author Lore Segal, plus James Cromwell
Actor:
Harriet Walter
Author:
Lore Segal
Joining the Conversation:
James Cromwell
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11 March
LONDON | IN PERSON | LOVE. LUST. LOSS. Selections from the Best British Short Stories with Nicholas Royle
Actors:
Nina Sosanya, David Morrissey, Gina Bellman, Indira Varma, Derek Riddell and Rhashan Stone
Authors:
Elizabeth Baines, David Constantine, Hanif Kureishi, Hilary Mantel and Courttia Newland
Musicians:
Lizzie Ball on violin and Paul Cook on piano
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20 February
LIVE STREAM | Hearts On Fire: Love (& Breakup) Letters from Across the Centuries
Actors :
Joel de la Fuente, Sibongile Mlambo, Ian Hart, Mia Barron, Blair Brown, Gary Dourdan, Madeleine Potter, Sarah Clarke, Damien Molony, Gethin Anthony, Spencer Garrett, Emma Hamilton, Jason Butler Harner and Xander Berkeley
Singer:
Amy Keys
Authors:
From Heloise in the 12th Century to Napoleon in the 19th to Liu Xiaobo in the 21st...
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16 January
LIVE STREAM | Author Peter Orner • Q&A
Actor:
Richard Schiff
2021
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12 December
LIVE STREAM | Not Your Typical Holiday Event
Actors:
Jason George, Cassidy Freeman, Tim DeKay, Marianne Jean Baptiste and Rachel Boston.
Authors:
Vladimir Nabokov, Lorrie Moore, Lore Segal, Lorna Goodison and Lou Ann Walker.
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07 November
LIVE STREAM | Veterans’ Day Special
Actors:
David Soul, Bellamy Young, Catherine Dent, Eugene Byrd, Gary Dourdan, Kevin Kilner, Paul Pape, Tim Ryan and Vincent Piazza
Authors:
Noelle Brunelle, Elaine Little, Nicolas Cormier III, Tom Bird, Peter Trivelas, Pablo Agrio, Will Mackin, Gentle Culpepper and Andrew Orillion
Curator :
Robert Morgan Fisher
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03 November
LIVE STREAM | NAACP Screening of WORDTheatre’s Tribute to Langston Hughes
Actors :
Dohn Norwood, Jerrika Hinton, Keith David, Dorian Missick, Paula Newsome, Reign Morton, PJ Bucknor, Nicki Micheaux, Barry Shabaka Henley and Ryan Bathe
Author:
Langston Hughes
Musical Contributors:
Supa Lowery Brothers Band
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31 October
ON-DEMAND | How To Win Her Heart: GLOBAL STREAM
Actors:
Gina Bellman, Ben Miller, Gethin Anthony, Ian Hart, Okezie Morro and John Schwab
Author:
Ron Carlson
Musical Contributors:
Ben Miller & Juliet Russell (vocals) and Paul Cook (piano)
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16 October
LONDON | IN PERSON | How To Win Her Heart: Music & Stories by an American Master
Actors:
Gina Bellman, Ben Miller, Gethin Anthony, Ian Hart, Okezie Morro and John Schwab
Author:
Ron Carlson
Musical Contributors:
Ben Miller & Juliet Russell (vocals) and Paul Cook (piano)
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08 October
LONDON | IN PERSON | Writers’ Workshop & Retreat 2024
Author:
Ron Carlson
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03 October
LONDON | IN PERSON | Missing You: Music & Magical Love Stories of Angels, Ghosts & the Natural World
Actors:
Olivia Williams, Harriet Walter, Rhashan Stone, Damien Molony, Lesley Nicol, Guy Paul and MyAnna Buring
Musical Contributors:
Lara Cazalet (vocals) and Paul Cook (piano)
Attending Authors:
Kitt De Waal and Toby Litt
Non-attending Authors:
Ben Okri, Kevin Brockmeier, Ann Beattie, Brian Doyle, John Edgar Wideman and Allan Gurganus.
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19 September
LIVE STREAM | Author Ben Shattuck • Q&A
Actor:
"Dan Butler
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15 August
LIVE STREAM | Author Andre Dubus III • Q&A
Actors:
Chris Cooper and Marianne Leone
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24 July
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Members’ Summer Celebration
Actors:
Ed Harris, Kathy Baker, Jan Munroe, Antonique Smith, Stephen Tobolowsky, Jason Butler Harner, Max Adler
Authors:
Richard Bausch, Charles Baxter, Brian Doyle, Stephen Tobolowsky, Spencer Holt and Ron Carlson
Hosts:
Richard Bausch & April Webster
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18 July
LIVE STREAM | Author Christine Lincoln • Q&A
Actors:
H.E.R., Tracie Thoms and Toni Trucks
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20 June
LIVE STREAM | Author Richard Bausch • Q&A
Actor:
Ed Harris
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23 May
LIVE STREAM | Author Francesca Marciano • Q&A
Actors:
Juliet Stevenson, Julian Sands
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18 April
LIVE STREAM | Author Joyce Carol Oates • Q&A
Actors:
James Cromwell, Tess Harper
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21 March
LIVE STREAM | Author Petina Gappah • Q&A
Actors:
Danny Sapani, Sibongile Mlambo
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21 February
LIVE STREAM | Author TC Boyle • Q&A
Actors:
Bill Pullman, Miguel Sandoval
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14 February
LIVE STREAM | Author David Means • Q&A
Actors:
Ray Panthaki, Xander Berkeley and Sarah Clarke
Musical Contributor:
Derek Nash (saxophone)
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17 January
LIVE STREAM | Stories by Brian Doyle
Actors:
David Soul, Jason George, Lesley Nicol, Harriet Walter, Gary Dourdan, Ben Miller, Damien Molony, Philip Baker Hall, Cassidy Freeman, John Schwab, Marcia Gay Harden, Guy Paul
Musical Contributor:
Starr Parodi (composer, pianist)
2020
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20 December
LIVE STREAM | Stories & Poems by Siv Cedering: A Winter Solstice Literary Celebration
Actors:
MyAnna Buring, David Soul, Jason Butler Harner
Musical Contributors:
Lizzie Ball (violin), Antonique Smith (singer)
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08 June
DIGITAL BLM CAMPAIGN | Authors Langston Hughes & John Edgar Wideman
Actors:
Sterling K. Brown, Glynn Turman, Robert Wisdom, Marla Gibbs, Keith David, Nicki Micheaux, Jerrika Hinton, Lynn Whitfield, Brent Jennings, Dohn Norwood, Gary Dourdan, Tracie Thoms, Omar Dorsey, James Pickens Jr., Jahking Guillory, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Barry Shabaka Henley, Rhashan Stone
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10 February
LONDON | IN PERSON | Love Hurts
Actors:
David Soul, Jason Isaacs, Gina Bellman, Ian Hart, Gethin Anthony, Lara Cazalet
Musical Contributors:
Lara Cazalet (singer), Hugh Burns (classical guitar), Paul Cook (piano)
Authors:
Isak Dinesen, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Edgar Keret, Ron Carlson, Margaret Atwood, Pamela Painter, Brian Doyle, Aimee Bender, Jonathan Safran Foer, Pablo Neruda
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11 January
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Members’ Swedish New Year’s Party & Performance
Actors:
Kevin McKidd, Jason George, Bruce Vilanch, Sharon Lawrence, Marla Gibbs, Philip Baker Hall, Spencer Garrett, Jane Zingale
Musical Contributors:
Antonique Smith (singer), Isolde Fair (violin, singer), Starr Parodi (piano)
Authors:
Peter Orner, Brian Doyle, Aimee Bender, Ron Carlson, Jane Zingale*
2019
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06 October
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author Bobbie Ann Mason
Actors:
Cassidy Freeman, Tess Harper, Kevin McKidd, Jules Bruff
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24 September
LONDON | IN PERSON | Searching the Cosmos: The Ultimate Quest
Actors:
Ben Miller, Jason Isaacs, Gina Bellman, Matt Barber
Musical Contributors:
Lizzie Ball (violin), Paul Cook (piano)
Authors:
Various, from Ovid to Einstein to Elton John to Neil deGrasse Tyson
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25 August
EAST HAMPTON | IN PERSON | Hearts Aflame: Love Letters & Torch Songs
Actors:
Brian Cox, Nicole Ansari, Vincent Piazza, Emily Bergl, Spencer Garrett, Fernando Villegas, Holt McCallany, Jihae, Liisi La Fontaine, Sarah Clarke Xander Berkeley
Musical Contributors:
Jonathan Mastro (piano), Pedro Segundo (drums), Teddy Motz (bass)
Authors:
Various, from John Keats to Napoleon to Frida Kahlo to Henry Miller
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22 July
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Book Launch: Stories from Maggie Brown & Others by Peter Orner
Actors:
Vincent Piazza, Willie Garson, Tim DeKay
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09 June
LONDON | IN PERSON | Stories from the American Heartland by Peter Orner
Actors:
Emily Bruni, Damien Molony, David Soul, Ian Hart, Madeleine Potter, Rhashan Stone
Musical Contributor:
Lizzie Ball (violin)
- 31 May Edale | Writers’ Workshop & Retreat 2019
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14 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Notes on Living: All Star Jazz Tales by Brian Doyle
Actors:
Gethin Anthony, Spencer Garrett, Edi Gathegi, Dan Lauria, Jing Lusi, Wendie Malick, Fred Melamed, Lesley Nicol, Michael Nouri, JK Simmons, Rhashan Stone, Bruce Vilanch
Musical Contributors:
Starr Parodi (MD, piano), Jamie Hovorka (trumpet), Bernie Dressel (drums), Nedra Wheeler (bass), Alex Budman (saxophone)
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03 March
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author Tobias Wolff
Actors:
Robert Forster, Nancy Travis, Robert Pine, Jason Butler Harner
2018
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25 October
LONDON | IN PERSON | Hearts Aflame: Love Letters and Torch Songs
Actors:
Jing Lusi, John Schwab, Gethin Anthony, Bellamy Young, Joseph Marcell, Madeleine Potter, Rhashan Stone
Musical Contributor:
Dorian Ford
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21 October
LONDON | IN PERSON | The Odyssey: Live at the London Literature Festival
Actors:
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Joseph Marcell, Luke Newberry, Danny Sapani, Ray Panthaki, Nina Sosanya, Elliot Cowan, MyAnna Buring, Bellamy Young
Musical Contributors:
Jonathan Sacks (composer), Ewan Campbell (musical director)
Translation:
Emily Wilson
Adaptation :
Claire Alfree
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30 September
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | The Bench: A Homeless Love Story
Writer and Actor:
Robert Galinsky
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28 July
EAST HAMPTON | IN PERSON | Hey, Doyle! Jazz and Stories by Brian Doyle
Actors:
Bellamy Young, Michael Nouri, Antonique Smith, Mozhan Marnò, Sharon Lawrence, Bruce Vilanch, Brooke Adams, Paul Guilfoyle
Musical Contributors:
Jonathan Sacks (composer), Starr Parodi (piano), Essiet Okon Essiet (bass), Mike Rubenstein (trumpet), Morris Goldberg (saxophone), Pedro Segundo (percussion)
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22 June
Edale | Writers’ Workshop & Retreat 2018
Writer:
Margaret McMullan
- 22 June Edale | Writers’ Workshop & Retreat 2016
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20 June
LONDON | IN PERSON | Midsommar: A Night in Sensuous Scandinavia
Actors:
MyAnna Buring, Jason Butler Harner, Ian Hart, Michael Nouri, Bellamy Young
Musical Contributors:
Lizzie Ball (violin), Pedro Segundo (percussion)
Authors:
Siv Cedering, Isak Dinesen, Tomas Transtromer
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03 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | She • Q&A
Actors:
Sarah Clarke, Sharon Lawrence, Brenda Strong
Authors:
Tara Ison, Michelle Latiolais, Mary Otis
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06 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Astronauts & Falling Stars
Actors:
Emma Hamilton, Stephen Tobolowsky, Cassidy Freeman, Jason George, David Gautreaux
Authors:
Meg Howrey, Ben Loory, Marie Chambers, Scott O'Connor, Vandana Khanna, Stephen Tobolowsky
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03 February
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Witness: The John Edgar Wideman Experience
Actors:
Gary Dourdan, Dave Fennoy, Jason George, Marla Gibbs, Jahking Guillory, Brent Jennings, Shane Paul McGhie, Dohn Norwood, James Pickens Jr., Rhashan Stone, Tracie Thoms, Gina Torres, Glynn Turman, Robert Wisdom
Musical Contributors:
Garth Trinidad
Dancers:
Culture Shock LA
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14 January
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Benefit for the 2018 Pushcart Prize
Actors:
Bellamy Young, Dan Lauria, Tess Harper, Willie Garson, Darrell Larson, Jan Munroe, Antonique Smith, Sarah Clark, Jane Zingale, Xander Berkeley
Authors:
Brian Doyle, Nick Norwood, Valerie Sayers, Jaquira Díaz, Matthew Fogarty, Kathleen Lynch, Anthony Wallace, George Saunders, Thomas R. Moore
2017
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29 October
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | TC Boyle: The Relive Box & Other Stories
Actors:
Gregg Henry, Vanessa Lengies
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12 October
LONDON | IN PERSON | Words Laid Bare: The Stories of Brian Doyle
Actors:
Harriet Walter, Guy Paul, Danny Sapani, Emma Hamilton
Musical Contributors:
Dorian Ford (piano)
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26 August
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | In The Cosmos: Where We Come From, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going
Actors:
Bellamy Young, Bruce Vilanch, Chris Bauer, Darren Criss, Gil Bellows, Iona Morris, Jason George, Joey King, Lesley Nicol, Nyambi Nyambi, Rhashan Stone, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Sarah Clarke, Stephen Tobolowsky
Musical Contributors:
Maestro Anthony Parnther (conductor), Inna Faliks (piano), Starr Parodi (piano), Wayne Bergeron (trumpet), Karin Hoesli (flute), Page Hamilton (guitar), Lizzie Ball (violin), Pedro Segundo (percussion), Red Mandala (handpans), Ari Giancaterino (bass), Colton Toy (synth), Amy Keys (vocals), Erin Lysne (violin), Taylor Amone (cello), Michael Guerra (viola), Rosalind Darbeau (violin)
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25 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Cool Things: The Stories of Brian Doyle
Actors:
Harriet Walter, Guy Paul
Musical Contributor:
David Lempiere-Laughton (piano)
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23 June
LONDON | IN PERSON | Simply Cooked
Actors:
Olivia Williams, Gethin Anthony, John Schwab, MyAnna Buring, Rhashan Stone, Amanda Donohoe
Musical Contributor:
David Lempiere-Laughton (piano)
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13 May
PITTSBURG | IN PERSON | Storytales at the John Edgar Wideman Experience
Actors:
Kevin Brown, Lamar K. Cheston, Rita Gregory, Safiya Harris, Wali Jamal, Tasheim Pack, Leslie Ezra Smith, Art Terry
Musical Contributors:
The Sankofa Village Drummers
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04 February
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | A Tribute to Langston Hughes
Actors:
Ryan Michelle Bathe, PJ Bucknor, Jason George, Barry Shabaka Henley, Tina Lifford, Reign Morton, Dohn Norwood, James Pickens Jr., Joseph Marcell, Lorraine Toussaint, Toni Trucks
Musical Contributors:
Supa Lowery Brothers Band, Amy Keys (vocals)
2016
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16 December
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Alice in Wonderland at the Forest Lawn Christmas Party
Actors:
Amir Levy, Bridgette Campbell, Ernie Silva, Julia Davis, Hong Lei, Reign Morton, Rachel Ewing
Musical Contributor:
Colton Toy (MD, piano)
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29 November
LONDON | IN PERSON | Intelligence Squared: Ian Fleming vs. John Le Carré
Actors:
Simon Callow, Matthew Lewis, Alex Macqueen, Lesley Manville
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13 November
LONDON | IN PERSON | And All That Jazz Redux
Actors:
Danny Sapani, Doña Croll, Ginny Holder, Indira Varma, Lianne La Havas, Joseph Marcell, John Schwab, Rhashan Stone
Authors:
Various, from Louis Armstrong to Maya Angelou to Ntozake Shange
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18 October
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | An Evening with Tim O’Brien
Actors:
Seamus Dever, Glynn Turman, Jon Huertas, Joely Fisher, Jason George
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05 October
LONDON | IN PERSON | H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine
Actors:
Christopher Eccleston, Emma Hamilton, Nikki-Amuka Bird
Musical Contributor:
James McVinnie (organ)
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25 September
NYC | IN PERSON | Cool Things: The Stories of Brian Doyle
Actors:
Brooke Adams, Tony Shalhoub
Musical Contributors:
Jonathan Sacks (composer), Luke Celenza (piano), Steven Frieder (saxophone)
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21 September
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Benefit for WORDTheatre In The Schools
Actors:
JK Simmons, Dohn Norwood, Carla Gugino, George Delhoyo, Jackson Rathbone, Jason George, Bellamy Young, Fred Melamed, Rya Kihlstedt, Laura San Giacomo, Ed Weeks, Lesley Nicol, Bruce Vilanch
Musical Contributors:
Supa Lowery Brothers Band, Inna Faliks (piano)
Author:
Brian Doyle
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19 September
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | The Stories of Brian Doyle
Actors:
Jackson Rathbone, Vanessa Lengies
Musical Contributors:
Supa Lowery Brothers Band, Jonathan Sacks (composer)
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22 August
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | A Tribute to Langston Hughes: Stories, Poems, Jazz & the Blues
Actors:
Dohn Norwood, Jerrika Hinton, Keith David, Dorian Missick, Paula Newsome, Reign Morton, PJ Bucknor, Nicki Micheaux, Barry Shabaka Henley, Ryan Bathe
Musical Contributors:
Supa Lowery Brothers Band
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01 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Cool Things: The Stories of Brian Doyle
Actors:
Tony Shalhoub, Brooke Adams
Musical Contributors:
Supa Lowery Brothers Band, Jonathan Sacks (composer)
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21 April
LONDON | IN PERSON | The 2016 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award
Actors:
Chipo Chung, Selina Lo, David Soul
Authors:
Petina Gappah, Jonathan Tel, Colum McCann
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20 April
LONDON | IN PERSON | The 2016 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award
Actors:
Gina Bellman, Clive Standen, Juliet Stevenson
Authors:
Alix Christie, Nicholas Ruddock, Edith Pearlman
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02 April
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | An Evening with David Means and his Stories
Actors:
Philip Baker Hall, Mark St. Amant, Xander Berkeley, Sarah Clarke
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16 March
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Purim Celebration
Actors:
Ann Hearn, Michelle Lukes, Fred Melamed, Lesley Nicol, Stephen Tobolowsky, Maggie Wheeler
Authors:
Guy Ware, Ben Loory, Brian Doyle, Vanessa Gebble, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ellen Slezak
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19 February
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | A Benefit for One Billion Rising
Actors:
Gary Dourdan, Evanna Lynch, Ed Weeks, Toni Trucks, Jerrika Hinton, Gethin Anthony, Reign Morton, David Elkins
Musical Contributor:
ALKE
Authors:
Paul Laurence Dunbar, Jamaica Kincaid, Joyce Carol Oates, John Edgar Wideman, Carolyn Kizer, Robert Hill Long, Lex Williford, Gary Dourdan, Eavan Boland, Ben Okri, Maya Angelou, Eve Ensler
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06 February
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | And All That Jazz
Actors:
Gary Cole, Jessica Collins, Gary Dourdan, Jason George, Iona Morris, Okzie Morro, James Pickens Jr., Rhashan Stone, Lorraine Toussaint, Tracie Thoms, Nita Whitaker
Musical Contributors:
Lowery Brothers Band
Authors:
Various, from Louis Armstrong to Maya Angelou to Ntozake Shange
2015
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18 November
LONDON | IN PERSON | And All That Jazz
Actors:
Ginny Holder, Jack Shepherd, Jessica Gunning, Polly Gibbons, Joseph Marcell, Lucy Cohu, Miles Jupp, Okezie Morro, John Schwab
Musical Contributor:
James Pearson (piano)
Authors:
Various, from Louis Armstrong to Maya Angelou to Ntozake Shange
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09 November
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Benefit for WORDTheatre in the Schools
Actors:
Barry Shabaka Henley, Amy Brenneman, Ed Weeks, Lorraine Toussaint, Assaf Cohen, Lesley Nicol, Owiso Odera, Gethin Anthony, Joely Fisher, Vincent Piazza, Dan Lauria, Kathy Baker, Fred Melamed
Musical Contributors:
The Lowery Brothers, Nelson Kole (piano), Nita Whitaker (voice)
Authors:
Ntozake Shange, Spencer Holst, Dan Fogelberg, Richard Newton, Guy Ware, Stuart Dybek, Vanessa Gebbie, Stuart Dybek, Noah Baumbach, Amy Hempel, Peter Orner, Ron Carlson, Brian Doyle
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26 October
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY | IN PERSON | Stuart Dybek: Performance and Q&A
Actors:
Assaf Cohen, Fred Melamed, Nicholas Bustamente, Francesa Artalejo, Chelsea Davis
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25 October
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Ecstatic Cahoots Q&A with Author Stuart Dybek
Actors:
Finn Wittrock, Aimee Garcia, Jason Butler Harner, Cassidy Freeman, Assaf Cohen, Fred Melamed, Owiso Odera
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29 September
LONDON | IN PERSON | Cool Things: The Stories of Brian Doyle
Actors:
Harriet Walter, Guy Paul
Musical Contributor:
David Lempiere-Laughton (piano)
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28 September
LONDON | IN PERSON | A Tribute to Stefan Zweig
Actors:
Gina Bellman, Natascha McElhone, Matthew Beard
Musical Contributor:
Una Palliser (violin)
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21 September
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY | IN PERSON | Ann Beattie: Performance & Q&A
Actors:
Barbara Bain, Kathy Baker, Barry Shabaka Henley, Roma Maffia, Christopher Gorham, Ed Weeks
Authors:
Ann Beattie
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20 September
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Ann Beattie: The Love Stories of Real People • Q&A
Actors:
Joely Fisher, Kiera Quealy, Christopher Gorham
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18 July
EAST HAMPTON | IN PERSON | 40th Anniversary Pushcart Prize Benefit
Actors:
Amber Tamblyn, Ari Graynor, Ben Schwartz, Carla Gugino, Christopher McDonald, Sarah Wynter, Vincent Piazza, Zach Grenier
Authors:
Siv Cedering, Richard Shelton, Matthew Vollmer, Peter Orner, Brian Doyle, Pamela Painter, Andre Dubus III, Richard Bausch
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07 July
LONDON | IN PERSON | Infidelity: A Night of Richard Bausch
Actors:
Amanda Donohoe, Ben Miller, Brenda Strong, Elliot Cowan, Emily Bevan, John Farmanesh-Bocca, Maryam d'Abo
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06 July
LONDON | IN PERSON | Cooked Up
Actors:
Brenda Strong, Gethin Anthony, Hannah Waddingham, Jing Lusi, John Farmanesh-Bocca, John Schwab, MyAnna Buring, Rhashan Stone
Authors:
Gary Shteyngart, Yiyun Li, Ron Carlson, George Saunders, Noah Baumbach, Ann Patchett, Dorothy Parker, Vanessa Gebbie
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29 June
LONDON | IN PERSON | Revelry & Revenge
Actors:
Amanda Donohoe, Bill Roberts, Brenda Strong, Gethin Anthony, Jane Zingale, John Farmanesh-Bocca, Liam Cunningham, Maryam d'Abo, Rebecca Hobbs
Authors:
James Lasdun, Jac Jemc, Richard Bausch, Brian Doyle, Richard Shelton, Peter Terrin, Spencer Holst
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27 June
Edale | Writers’ Workshop & Retreat 2015
Writer:
Richard Bausch
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03 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch & Stories with Authors Pam Houston and Margaret McMullan
Actors:
Camryn Manheim, Gregg Henry, Joely Fisher, Hattie Winston
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27 April
LONDON | IN PERSON | Revenge
Actors:
David Soul, Amanda Donohoe, Steven Berkoff
Authors:
Peter Terrin, James Lasdun, Edgar Allan Poe
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22 April
LONDON | IN PERSON | The 2015 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award
Actors:
Eleanor Bron, Jing Lusi, Lesley Nicol, Gary Dourdan, MyAnna Buring, Simon Callow
Authors:
Rebecca F. John, Yiyun Li, Elizabeth McCracken, Paula Morris, Scott O'Connor, Madeleine Thien
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17 April
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Granta’s Dead Interviews
Actors:
Sarah Clarke, Howard Hesseman, Jackson Rathbone, John Fleck, Ron Bottitta, Xander Berkeley, Gregg Henry, Nyambi Nyambi, James Gleason, Christopher Pennock
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08 March
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch & Stories with Twin Authors Richard & Robert Bausch • Q&A
Actors:
Robert Pine, Thomas Mann, Darren Criss, Mariette Hartley
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28 February
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | A Benefit Performance for One Billion Rising
Actors:
Gary Dourdan, Maggie Siff, Lynn Whitfield, Andra Day, Bob Wisdom, Kate Fuglei, Chris Bauer, Jon Huertas, Jason Butler Harner, Jason George, Edi Gathegi, David Call, Rhashan Stone, Mayda del Valle
Musical Contributor:
DJ Dodge
Authors:
Seamus Heaney, Joanna Avallon, Teresia K. Teaiwa, Mayda del Valle, Eve Ensler
2014
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20 November
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Audible.com Release Party
Actors:
John Heard, Philip Baker Hall, Maggie Siff, Nicki Micheaux, Bruce Vilanch, Jason Butler Harner
Authors:
Janet Fitch, Mark Halliday, Mariette Lippo, Stuart Dybek, Ron Carlson, Matthew Vollmer
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18 November
LONDON | IN PERSON | Noir: Stories of Deception and Betrayal
Actors:
Alastair Mackenzie, John Schwab, Olivia Williams, Sarah Alexander, MyAnna Buring
Authors:
William Trevor, Agatha Christie, TC Boyle, Joyce Carol Oates
Musical Contributor:
Derek Nash (saxophone)
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11 November
NYC | IN PERSON | Husbands, Wives, & Others
Actors:
Sarah Wynter, Kevin Kilner
Authors:
AM Homes, James Lasdun
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27 October
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Authors Marisa Silver and Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
Actors:
Jason George, Roma Maffia, Laura Zenoni
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26 October
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | The Women: Love, Lust & Everything In-Between
Actors:
Nicki Aycox, Emily Bergl, Amy Brenneman, Sarah Clarke, Nicki Micheaux, Rebecca Mozo, Ming-Na Wen
Authors:
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Mary Otis, Holiday Reinhorn, Marisa Matarazzo, Janet Fitch, Michelle Latiolais, Ramona Ausubel
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30 September
LONDON | IN PERSON | Heart Strings: Bittersweet Love Stories
Actors:
Ian Hart, Natascha McElhone, Rhashan Stone, Damien Molony, Emma Hamilton, Gina Bellman
Authors:
Jonathan Safran Foer, Ron Carlson, Miranda July, Donald Hall, James Lasdun, Joyce Carol Oates, Donald Hall, Pamela Painter, Ben Loory
Musical Contributor:
Lizzie Ball (violin)
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29 September
LONDON | IN PERSON | A Tribute to Gabriel García Márquez
Actors:
Rhashan Stone, Olivia Williams, Harriet Walter
Musical Contributor:
Lizzie Ball (violin)
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27 September
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Noir
Actor:
Sarah Clarke
Author:
Janet Fitch
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22 September
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author Allan Gurganus
Actors:
Stephen Tobolowsky, Gethin Anthony, Bruce Vilanch, Morgan Lauff
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21 September
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author Allan Gurganus and The Angels
Actors:
Angela Paton, Christina Pickles, Jon Tenney, Gethin Anthony
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17 August
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author Peter Orner
Actors:
Hallee Hirsh, Joe Spano, Brenda Strong, David Call, Concetta Tomei
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10 August
WILDERNESS FESTIVAL | IN PERSON | In The Cosmos: Where We Come From, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going
Actors:
Agni Scott, Alastair Mackenzie, Ben Starr, Dallas Campbell, Emma Hamilton, Gemma Chan, Jack Whitehall, Joe Dixon, Olivia Williams, Rhashan Stone, Scott Handy
Authors:
Various, from Ovid to Einstein to Elton John to Neil deGrasse Tyson
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09 August
WILDERNESS FESTIVAL | IN PERSON | Burning Hearts: An Epistolary Tale From 11th Century Love Missives to 21st Century Breakup Texts
Actors:
Alastair Mackenzie, Ben Starr, Emma Hamilton, Emma Bell, Gemma Chan, Joe Dixon, Marc Elliott, Olivia Williams, Rhashan Stone, Tom McKay, Scott Handy, Zoe Boyle
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24 July
LONDON | IN PERSON | EFG Words and Wickets
Actors:
Sir Timothy Ackroyd, Ben Miller, Honeysuckle Weeks, Ben Starr, Peter Sandys-Clarke, Hatty Preston, Emma Hamilton, Matt Barber, Miles Jupp
Authors:
Stacy Aumonier, Patrick Neate, Wendy Cope, PG Wodehouse, Andy Bull, Miles Jupp
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14 July
LONDON | IN PERSON | The Women: Love, Lust & Everything In-Between
Actors:
Brenda Strong, Jane Stanton, Gemma Chan, Maryam d'Abo, Jane Zingale, Hatty Preston, Emma Hamilton
Authors:
Mary Gordon, Aimee Bender, Rose Tremain, Siv Cedering, Carys Bray, Carys Davies, Pamela Painter
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05 July
LONDON | IN PERSON | Summer Stories to Make Your Heart Beat Faster
Actors:
Simon Shepherd, Brenda Strong, Lesley Nicol, Ben Miller, John Schwab
Authors:
TC Boyle, Andre Dubus III, David Almond, Joe Dunthorne, John Schwab
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30 June
NYC | IN PERSON | Authors Andre Dubus III & Elizabeth Strout
Actors:
Dana Delany, Jeremy Davidson
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23 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author Denis Johnson
Actors:
Jason Ritter, David Call, Jeff Perry, John Heard, Jan Munroe, Brenda Strong, Christine Avila, Angela Paton, Ryan Michelle Bathe
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22 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Authors Maile Meloy & Marisa Silver
Actors:
Johnny Simmons, Jason George
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18 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author TC Boyle
Actors:
Robert Forster, Stephen Collins
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27 April
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Champagne and Brilliant Stories for WITS
Actors:
Richard Burgi, John Heard, Sarah Clarke, Brenda Strong
Authors:
Etgar Keret, Brian Doyle, Ben Loory, Ron Carlson
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02 April
LONDON | IN PERSON | The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award
Actors:
Kulvinder Ghir, Gemma Chan, Benjamin Starr, Sarah Alexander, Tom McKay, Emma Hamilton, Lesley Manville, Damien Molony
Authors:
Tahmima Anam, Anna Metcalfe, Elizabeth Strout, Adam Johnson, Jonathan Tel, Marjorie Celona
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31 March
LONDON | IN PERSON | The Shortlist You’ve Never Heard: Selections from the 2010 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award
Actors:
Rhashan Stone, Peter Sullivan, Adam Riches, Elliot Cowan
Authors:
David Vann, CK Stead, Joe Dunthorne, Adam Marek
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27 March
NYC | IN PERSON | Authors David Means & Donald Antrim
Actors:
Linus Roache, Vincent Piazza
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23 February
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | The Road Ahead: A Cheer for Education benefiting Campbell Hall’s Endowment Fund
Actors:
Chris Bauer, Rya Kihlstedt, Edi Gathegi, Catherine Dent, Jason Butler Harner, Patrice Chanel, Maggie Wheeler, Matt Barber, Fred Melamed, Nina Shallman, EG Daily, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ryan Bathe, Sterling Sulieman, Kate Fuglei, Max Adler, Mark Moses, Justin Chambers, Maura Vincent, Kenny Johnson, Lauren Tom
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27 January
LONDON | IN PERSON | Granta’s Dead Interviews
Actors:
John Schwab, Parker Sawyers, Nigel Whitmey, Adam Riches, Matt Barber, Scott Handy, Lesley Nicol, Alastair Mackenzie, Julian Wadham, Lawrence Werber, Tom Greaves
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23 January
NYC | IN PERSON | Dogs
Actors:
Carla Gugino, Samantha Mathis
Authors:
Joyce Carol Oates, Amy Hempel
2013
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04 November
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Authors Percival Everett & Danzy Senna
Actors:
William Stanford Davis, Donathan Walters, Danielle Panabaker
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03 November
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Authors Percival Everett & Danzy Senna
Actors:
Sterling K Brown, Zuleikha Robinson, Gregg Henry, Danielle Panabaker
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14 October
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author David Means
Actors:
Xander Berkeley, Sterling Sulieman, Ryan Stathos, Sarah Clarke
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13 October
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author David Means
Actors:
John Heard, Sterling Sulieman, Kevin McKidd, Fred Melamed
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01 October
LONDON | IN PERSON | The Forward Prizes for Poetry
Actors:
Gemma Chan, Joe Dixon, Martin Jarvis, Helen McCrory, Natascha McElhone, Damien Molony, Ray Panthaki, Juliet Stevenson, Ony Uhiara, Samuel West
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30 September
LONDON | IN PERSON | The Arts Club with EFG
Actors:
Elizabeth McGovern, Ben Miller, Emma Hamilton, Damien Molony, Zoe Boyle
Authors:
Lionel Shriver, Will Cohu, Alison MacLeod, Toby Litt, Pamela Painter
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15 September
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author Jill McCorkle
Actors:
Cassidy Freeman, Edi Gathegi, Lesley Nicol
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07 September
LONDON | IN PERSON | The Words and Wickets Festival
Actors:
Gethin Anthony, Scott Handy, Adam Riches, Kulvinder Ghir, Richard Hawley, Iain Glen
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15 August
NYC | IN PERSON | Telling Tales: Stories of People Being Mostly Bad to Each Other (and a Little Good)
Actors:
Chris Bauer, Tracee Chimo, Gary Dourdan, Polly Draper, Ronald Guttman, Charlie Moss, Alex Wolff, Harris Yulin
Authors:
Joyce Carol Oates, Paul Bowles, Aimee Bender, Octavio Paz, Brian Doyle, Ron Carlson, Siv Cedering
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18 July
SUFFOLK | IN PERSON | The Latitude Festival
Actors:
Tom Greaves, Zoe Boyle, Gethin Anthony, Scott Handy, Emma Hamilton, Matt Barber, Ella Smith, Parker Sawyers, Lawrence Werber, Tom McKay, John Schwab, Agni Scott, Nigel Whitmey, Adam Riches, Peter Marinker, Ben Starr
Authors:
Ron Carlson, Aimee Bender, Joyce Carol Oates, Richard Bausch, Alethea Black, Rebecca Rouillard, Guy Ware, David Means
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16 July
LONDON | IN PERSON | The Arts Club with EFG
Actors:
Tom McKay, Jane Zingale, Gethin Anthony, David Soul, Lesley Manville, Julian Sands, Julian Wadham, Rebecca Hobbs, John Schwab
Authors:
David Means, Ron Carlson, Aimee Bender, Siv Cedering, Roshi Fernando, Ben Okri, Guy Ware
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11 July
LONDON | IN PERSON | A Performance at Chatsworth
Actors:
Mark Bazeley, Lesley Manville, Tom McKay, Jemma Redgrave, John Schwab, Sam Spruell, Athena Stevens, Julian Wadham, Jane Zingale
Authors:
Aimee Bender, Roshi Fernando, David Means, Rose Tremaine, Guy Ware, Athena Stevens, Ron Carlson
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16 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Spring Renewal Party & Fundraiser
Actors:
Barry Shabaka Henley, Brenda Strong, Danielle Panabaker, Julian Sands, Justin Chambers, Kevin McKidd, Marcia Gay Harden, Tracie Thoms
Authors:
Richard Shelton, Pamela Painter, Aimee Bender, Harold Pinter, Dan Chaon, Ron Carlson, Ben Loory, Joyce Carol Oates
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05 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author Joyce Carol Oates
Actors:
Maggie Siff, Gethin Anthony, Chris Bauer, Danielle Panabaker, Philip Baker Hall, Bill Pullman
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07 April
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author Tobias Wolff
Actors:
Tobias Wolff, Max Adler, Sarah Clarke, Xander Berkeley, Graham Hamilton
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20 March
LONDON | IN PERSON | The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award
Actors:
Helen McCrory, Thomas Howes, Scott Handy, Olivia Williams, Gary Carr, Jonathan Pryce, David Soul
Authors:
Ali Smith, Mark Haddon, Sarah Hall, Toby Litt, Junot Díaz, Cynan Jones
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10 March
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Authors Richard Bausch & Stephen Tobolowsky
Actors:
JK Simmons, Jackson Rathbone, Annette O'Toole, Stephen Tobolowsky
2012
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06 October
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Storytales: The Work of John Edgar Wideman
Actors:
Sterling K Brown, Bill Cobbs, Keith David, Omar Dorsey, Gary Dourdan, Edi Gathegi, Jason George, Marla Gibbs, Roger Guenveur Smith, Dennis Haysbert, Barry Shabaka Henley, Michael Jace, Brent Jennings, Kasha Kropinski, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Joseph Marcell, Nicki Micheaux, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Dorian Missick, Geno Monteiro, Dohn Norwood, Nyambi Nyambi, Dayo Okeniyi, James Pickens Jr., Chip tha Ripper, Ron Simons, Sterling Sulieman, Tracie Thoms, Lorraine Toussaint, Aboubacar Kouyate, Dave Fennoy
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22 September
NYC | IN PERSON | Starlight on Idaho by Denis Johnson
Actors:
Emily Bergl, Kevin Corrigan, Darrell Larson, Jennifer Skura, Chris Stack, Joel Van Liew
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20 September
NYC | IN PERSON | A Tribute to Siv Cedering
Actors:
Philip Appleman, Janice Bishop, Fran Castan, Lucas Hunt, Daniel Thomas Moran, Samantha Mathis, Harris Yulin, Cedering Fox
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26 August
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | A Performance in West Hollywood
Actors:
Robert Forster, Marcia Gay Harden, Jason Ritter, Mae Whitman
Authors:
Ron Carlson, Ben Loory, Charles Yu, Meg Howrey
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12 July
SUFFOLK | IN PERSON | The Latitude Festival
Actors:
Alastair Mackenzie, Gethin Anthony, Lucy Cohu, John Schwab, Damien Molony, Jane Zingale, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Naomi Sheldon, Tom Greaves, Okezie Morro, Amanda Maple-Brown, Ben Forster, Cedering Fox
Authors:
Charles Yu, Carys Bray, Pamela Painter, Roddy Doyle, Dylan Landis, Etgar Keret, Kevin Barry, Ben Loory
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11 July
LONDON | IN PERSON | A Performance at Chatsworth House
Actors:
Rebecca Hobbs, Alastair Mackenzie, Harriet Walter, Guy Paul, Damien Molony, David Soul, Stephen Tobolowsky
Authors:
Ben Loory, Etgar Keret, Hillary Mantel, Ron Carlson, Dan Chaon, Tobias Wolff, Stephen Tobolowsky
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04 July
LONDON | IN PERSON | A Benefit for the Anaphylaxis Campaign
Actors:
Alastair Mackenzie, Damien Molony, David Soul, Diana Vickers, Gethin Anthony
Authors:
Etgar Keret, Charles Yu, Tobias Wolff, Erinna Mettler
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03 June
NYC | IN PERSON | Authors Anthony Doerr & Pamela Painter
Actors:
Emily Meade, Connor Paolo, Michael Zegen
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31 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Beer & Burning Love
Authors:
Alex Hyde-White, Ian Hart, Johnnie Lyne-Pirkis, Kevin Kearns, Ron Bottitta, Nicholas Brendon, Kirsten Vangsness
Authors:
Kevin Barry, Richard Bausch
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06 May
NYC | IN PERSON | Authors Richard Bausch & Melissa Pritchard
Actors:
Dallas Roberts, Mary Beth Hurt
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29 April
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | A Performance at Soho House
Actors:
Adrian Pasdar, Ian Hart, Julian Sands
Authors:
Hal Ackerman, Evgenia Citkowitz, Ben Okri
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01 April
NYC | IN PERSON | Authors Dylan Landis, David Prete, & Jess Row
Actors:
Vincent Piazza, Marin Ireland, Chris Sarandon
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27 March
LONDON | IN PERSON | The Shortlist: The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award
Actors:
Jamie Buckley, Julian Sands, Imogen Poots, Riz Ahmed, Daphne Cheung, Ian Hart, David Morrissey
Authors:
Kevin Barry, Emma Donoghue, Jean Kwok, Tom Lee, Robert Minhinnick, Linda Oatman High
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24 March
ATHERTON | IN PERSON | Actors of Love: Parenthood benefiting Autism Speaks
Actors:
Alfred Molina, Amber Tamblyn, Amy Brenneman, Brenda Strong, Gil Bellows, Howard Hesseman, Ian Hart, Jessalyn Gilsig, Justin Chambers, Lorraine Toussaint, Mae Whitman, Marcia Gay Harden, Mary McDonnell, Sam Jaegar, Tim Daly, Bruce Vilanch, Dave Fennoy
Musical Contributor:
John Doe
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04 March
NYC | IN PERSON | Authors Manuel Muñoz & Alethea Black
Actors:
Robin de Jesús, Maggie Siff
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05 February
NYC | IN PERSON | Authors Dan Chaon, Bernice L McFadden, & Deb Olin Unferth
Actors:
Raviv Ullman, Malinda Williams, Jodie Markell
2011
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03 November
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Ten Years: A Celebration & Benefit for WITS
Actors:
Chris Bauer, Christopher Gorham, Edi Gathegi, Graham Hamilton, Ian Hart, Marcia Gay Harden, Philip Baker Hall, CCH Pounder, Stephen Tobolowsky, Vincent Piazza
Authors:
Rick Moody, Steve Almond, John Edgar Wideman, Bruce Holland Rogers, Etgar Keret, Pia Z Ehrhardt, Mark Halliday, Amy Gerstler, Stephen Tobolowsky, Steve Schutzman
Musical Contributors:
Amy Keyes, Gary Dourdan, Andrew Banks, Jim Wilson, Rachel Applebaum
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23 July
EAST HAMPTON | IN PERSON | Speaking in Tongues: A Benefit for the Pushcart Prize
Actors:
Amy Irving, CCH Pounder, Chris Bauer, Colman Domingo, Harris Yulin, Kathryn Erbe, Kevin Corrigan, Vincent Piazza
Authors:
James Salter, Deb Olin Unferth, Rick moody, John Edgar Wideman, Ben Okri, David Means, Andre Dubus III
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14 July
SUFFOLK | IN PERSON | The Latitude Festival
Actors:
Julian Sands, Ian Hart, David Morrissey, Harriet Walter, Tom Riley, Helen Atkinson Wood, Emma Hamilton, John Schwab, Matt Barber, Juliet Stevenson, Amanda Maple-Brown, Okezie Morro, Guy Paul
Authors:
Ben Okri, Will Cohu, Ron Carlson, David Means, Brad Watson, Dan Chaon, Steve Almond, Hilary Mantel, Hanif Kureshi, Evgenia Citkowitz, Toby Litt, John Edgar Wideman, Harold Pinter, and more
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03 July
LONDON | IN PERSON | A Performance at Chatsworth
Actors:
Julian Sands, Ian Hart, Caroline Goodall, Jean Marsh, John Schwab
Authors:
Ben Okri, Will Cohu, Ron Carlson, Evgenia Citkowitz
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19 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Lit by Lulu Finale
Actors:
Maggie Siff, Amy Brenneman, Jon Tenney
Authors:
Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, Jane Smiley, Simon Van Booy
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05 June
NYC | IN PERSON | Lit by Lulu Part IV
Actors:
Halley Feiffer, Emily Bergl, Julian Sands
Authors:
Julie Orringer, Michelle Latiolais, Simon Van Booy
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22 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Lit by Lulu presents Author Charles Baxter
Actors:
Brendan Sexton III, Justin Chambers, Edith Fields
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19 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Lit by Lulu Presents Love Breaks
Actors:
Jeff Goldblum, Sharon Lawrence, Jessalyn Gilsig, Emily Bergl
Authors:
TC Boyle, Michele Latiolais
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01 May
NYC | IN PERSON | Lit by Lulu Part III
Actors:
Vanessa Aspillaga, Roger Guenveur Smith, Zach Grenier
Authors:
Patricia Engel, John Edgar Wideman, Brad Watson
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14 April
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Lit by Lulu presents The Women
Actors:
Hallee Hirsh, Cassidy Freeman, Hina Abdullah, Kirsten Vangsness
Authors:
Ramona Ausubel, Alethea Black, K. Kvashay-Boyle, Tara Ison
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05 April
OXFORD | IN PERSON | The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award
Actors:
Bhasker Patel, Juliet Stevenson, Lucy Sheen, Ben Miller, Damian Lewis, Harriet Walter
Authors:
Roshi Fernando, Gerard Woodward, Yiyun Li, Will Cohu, Anthony Doerr, Hilary Mantel
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03 April
NYC | IN PERSON | Lit by Lulu Part II
Actors:
Cindy Cheung, Amy Irving, Tracee Chimo
Authors:
Yiyun Li, Edith Pearlman, Mona Simpson
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06 March
NYC | IN PERSON | Lit by Lulu Part I
Actors:
Jason Butler Harner, Jennifer Mudge, Paul Guilfoyle, Owiso Odera
Authors:
David Means, Charles Baxter, Tiphanie Yanique
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14 February
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Hearts Aflame
Actors:
Christina Pickles, Edi Gathegi, Graham Hamilton, Hong Lei, Ian Hart, Jackson Rathbone, Julia Davis, Mozhan Marno, Sean Maguire, Sean Young, Tava Smiley, James Shippy
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14 January
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Fathers & Sons
Actors:
Bruce Vilanch, Gary Dourdan, Ian Hart, Samantha Mathis
Authors:
Hanif Kureishi, Christine Lincoln, Simon Van Booy, Amy Bloom
2010
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14 November
LAGUNA BEACH | IN PERSON | Home: A Benefit for Friendship Shelter
Actors:
Rachel Boston, Richard Burgi, Justin Chambers, Gary Dourdan, Tess Harper, John Heard, Baadja-Lyne Odums, Brian J. White
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04 November
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Acts of Love: Parenthood
Actors:
Brian J White, Christopher Gorham, Connie Britton, Craig T Nelson, Donal Logue, Ian Hart, Lauren Graham, Lorraine Toussaint, Maggie Siff, Mary McDonnell, Max Burkholder, Peter Krause, Phil Abrams, Stephen Tobolowsky, Dave Fennoy
Musical Contributor:
John Doe
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24 October
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Noir
Actors:
Rachel Boston, George DelHoyo, Seamus Dever
Authors:
Janet Fitch, Susan Straight, Dan Duling
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25 September
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | The Road Ahead
Actors:
Justin Chambers, Erika Christensen, Seamus Dever, Dorian Missick, Tess Harper, John Heard, Jon Huertas, Larisa Oleynik, Adrian Pasdar, CCH Pounder, Miguel Sandoval, Joe Spano, Johnny Simmons, Natalija Nogulich, Bruce Vilanch, Dave Fennoy
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27 August
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | The Women
Actors:
Catherine Dent, Marc Menchaca, Jodi Long, CJ Thomason, Natalija Nogulich, Kate Levering
Authors:
Michelle Latiolais, Victoria Patterson, Nina Revoyr, Diana Wagman, L. Annette Binder, Anne-Marie Minney
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15 July
SUFFOLK | IN PERSON | The Latitude Festival
Actors:
John Schwab, Nicole Ansari, Graham Hamilton, Brian Cox, Belinda Stewart-Wilson, Ben Miller, David Soul, Amber Tamblyn, David Morrissey
Authors:
David Galef, Don Shea, Steve Schutzman, John Edgar Wideman, Mary Otis, Jonathan Safran Foer, Marvin Cohen, Tobias Wolff, Janice Eidus, David St. John, Russell Banks, Paul Theroux, Sara Lenzen, Etgar Keret, Amber Tamblyn, Pablo Neruda
Musical Contributor:
Hugh Burns (classical guitar)
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14 July
LONDON | IN PERSON | Passages: A Benefit for Macmillan Cancer Support
Actors:
Amber Tamblyn, Belinda Stewart-Wilson, Brian Cox, David Cross, Graham Hamilton, Gemma Jones, John Schwab, Nicole Ansari, Prunella Scales
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28 June
NYC | IN PERSON | Shattered
Actors:
Jason Butler Harner, Sarah Paulson, Vincent Piazza
Authors:
Rick Moody, Michael Cunningham
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06 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Screwed
Actors:
Carla Gugino, Gary Cole, Adrian Pasdar
Authors:
James Salter, Tod Goldberg, TC Boyle
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17 May
NYC | IN PERSON | A Performance at Soho House
Actors:
Carolyn McCormick, Larisa Oleynik, Samantha Mathis
Authors:
Mary Gaitskill, Maris Silver, Amy Bloom
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10 May
PHILADELPHIA | IN PERSON | Mysteries of the Mind at the Minding Your Mind Forum
Actors:
Nicole Ansari, Linda Cardellini, Ben Foster, Edi Gathegi, John Heard, Carolyn McCormick, Keith Randolph Smith, Linus Roache
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02 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Authors Aimee Bender, Brad Watson, & Ron Carlson
Actors:
Cassidy Freeman, Nicki Micheaux, Philip Baker Hall
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24 April
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | LA Times Festival of Books
Actors:
Tess Harper, Omar Dorsey, John Heard, Nicki Micheaux, Andrew Borba
Authors:
Martha Ronk, John Edgar Wideman, Ian Frazier, Kate Milliken, David Galef
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18 April
NYC | IN PERSON | A Performance at Soho House
Actors:
Kathryn Erbe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Jeremy Davidson
Authors:
Mary Gordon, Don Lee, Ian Frazier
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11 April
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Briefs by John Edgar Wideman
Actors:
Barry Shabaka Henley, Edi Gathegi, Howard Hesseman, James Pickens Jr, Keith David, Nina Siemaszko, Omar Dorsey, Paula Newsome, Theron Cook, Dave Fennoy
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21 March
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author John Edgar Wideman
Actors:
Amy Sloan, Barry Shabaka Henley, Dorian Missick, Edi Gathegi, Gary Dourdan, Keith David, Lorraine Toussaint, Howard Hesseman, Robert Wisdom, Roger Guenveur Smith, Theron Cook, Dave Fennoy
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14 March
NYC | IN PERSON | Author John Edgar Wideman
Actors:
Len Cariou, Jessica Collins, Colman Domingo, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Dorian Missick, Ron Simons, Keith Randolph Smith, Lynn Whitfield, Victor Williams, Rodd Houston
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21 February
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author TC Boyle
Actors:
Miguel Sandoval, Jere Burns
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14 February
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Hot Flicks: Love Scenes from the Silver Screen
Actors:
Edi Gathegi, Christopher Gorham, Bruce Davison, Roma Maffia, Anson Mount, Larisa Oleynik, Christina Pickles, Amy Pietz, Meredith Scott Lynn, Toni Trucks, Ricky Ullman, Kevin Weisman
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17 January
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | A Performance at the Edye
Actors:
Sarah Clarke, Jon Huertas, Larisa Oleynik
Authors:
Maile Meloy, Luis Rodriguez, Marisa Silver
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10 January
SARASOTA | IN PERSON | Mysteries of the Mind at the Sunshine from Darkness Gala
Actors:
Nicole Ansari-Cox, Linda Cardellini, Brian Cox, Catherine Dent, Gary Dourdan, Tess Harper, John Heard, Anson Mount
2009
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06 December
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Aaaah, Xmas…
Actors:
Christopher Gorham, Sally Brooks, Gregg Henry, Kali Rocha, Stephen Tobolowsky
Authors:
Jeffrey Schaffer, Laurie Notaro, Margaret McMullan, Lorrie Moore, Stephen Tobolowsky
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29 November
LONDON | IN PERSON | Upheaval
Actors:
Lucy Brown, Alastair Mackenzie, Ian Hart, Alexis Zegerman, Alfred Molina, John Schwab
Authors:
Helen Simpson, Brian Doyle, Rose Tremain, Julie Myerson, Nick Hornby, John Edgar Wideman
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25 October
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Tongues on Fire: An Afternoon with California’s Finest Inferno of Poets
Authors:
Amber Tamblyn, Brendan Constantine, Sarah Maclay, Mariano Zaro
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06 October
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author Dan Chaon
Actors:
Marin Hinkle, Mark MOses, Dorian Missick, Dean Chekvala, Graham Hamilton
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03 October
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Acts of Love: Pioneers
Actors:
Adam Arkin, Austin Butler, Michael Chiklis, Michaela Conlin, Carla Gugino, John Heard, Jon Huertas, Dorian Missick, CCH Pounder, Zachary Quinto, Amanda Seyfried, Amber Tamblyn, Keith David
Musical Contributors:
Niki Haris, Tim McAfee-Lewis, The Agape House Band
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16 August
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Thrill or Peril: Tales of Adventure
Actors:
Adrian Pasdar, Xander Berkeley, Sarah Clarke, Andrew Borba, Toni Trucks, Nina Siemaszko, Keith David, George Newbern
Authors:
Eugene Cross, Anne Fadiman, David Galef, Karen Russell, Susan Orlean, Henry Louis Gates, Paul Rudnick, Bill Ratner, Josh Cereghino, Adrian Pasdar
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19 July
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Upheaval
Actors:
Theron Cook, Reynaldo Pacheco, Graham Hamilton, Ernie Silva, Brian Howe, Ravi Kapoor, Valarie Rae Miller, Michaela Conlin, Mayim Bialik
Authors:
John Edgar Wideman, Ron Carlson, Etgar Keret, Jack Handey, Fernando Sorrentino, Tao Lin, Ellen Kennedy, Lisa Glatt, Miranda July, Amy Hempel
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27 June
EAST HAMPTON | IN PERSON | A Benefit for the Pushcart Prize
Actors:
Darrell Larson, Lynn Whitfield, Linus Roache, Samantha Mathis, Nicole Ansari, Edi Gathegi, Amy Irving, Janel Moloney, John Heard, Sean Young, Brian Cox, Amber Tamblyn, Jackson Rathbone
Authors:
David St. John, Lorna Goodison, Brian Doyle, Ellen Wilbur, Naomi Shihab Nye, Beth Tashery Shannon, Bruce Holland Rogers, Philip Dacey, Ian Frazier, Janice Eidus, Marvin Cohen, Pamela Painter, Steve Schutzman, Bruce Holland Rogers
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07 June
NYC | IN PERSON | 9 Read 9: Part III
Actors:
Carla Gugino, Sarah Paulson, Ben Foster, Michael T. Weiss
Authors:
James Salter, Rick Moody, A.M. Homes
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10 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Mother’s Day: Family Album
Actors:
Stephen Collins, Tess Harper, Lynn Ferguson, Beata Pozniak, Anne De Salvo, John Heard, Di Quon, Gary Dourdan
Authors:
Stephen Collins, Martha Ronk, Lynn Ferguson, Siv Cedering, Shelley Burtt, John Updike, Lan Samantha Chang, Kelly Cherry
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03 May
NYC | IN PERSON | 9 Read 9: Part II
Actors:
Brian Cox, Kevin Corrigan, Nicole Ansari
Authors:
Steve Almond, Dan Chaon, Susan Orlean
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26 April
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Motherhood: An Evening of Stories benefiting Maternal Fetal Care International
Actors:
Maria Bello, Lynn Ferguson, Elizabeth Perkins, Amy Brenneman, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Roma Maffia, Peri Gilpin, Kathy Baker, LisaGay Hamilton, Angela Bassett
Authors:
Keith Scribner, Lynn Ferguson, Katie Cooper, Karen Kasaba, Diane Ackerman, Shubha Venugopal, Shelley Burtt, Martha Ronk, Richard Shelton, Ama Ata Aidoo, Dr. Lisa Masterson
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15 March
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | The Women
Actors:
Christina Pickles, Hallee Hirsh, Sean Young, Nicki Micheaux, Kate Burton
Authors:
Amy Ephron, Marisa Silver, Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Kate Milliken, Judith Freeman
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01 March
NYC | IN PERSON | 9 Read 9: Part I
Actors:
James Franco, Julianna Margulies, Lynn Whitfield
Authors:
Jim Shepard, Amy Hempel, John Edgar Wideman
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11 January
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Novel and Memoir Beginnings
Actors:
Amy Sloan, Xander Berkeley, Daniel Hepner, Nichelle Hines, Corena Chase, Brian Howe, Kevin Weisman, Sarah Clarke
Authors:
Terri Cheney, Ron Carlson, David Francis, Pami Osaki, Deirdre Shaw, William Petrick, Richard Lange, Samantha Dunn
2008
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11 December
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | A Smorgasbord of Holiday Stories
Actors:
Matt Dallas, Richard Cox, Nelsan Ellis, Mozhan Marno, Kristy Wu, Cedering Fox, Sean Maguire, John Heard
Authors:
Peter Matthiessen, Mark Twain, Roark Bradford, David Adler, Amy Tan, Annie Dillard, Saki, O'Henry
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10 November
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Acts of Love: Miracle Workers, a Benefit for Autism Speaks
Actors:
Shohreh Agdashloo, Linda Cardellini, Peri Gilpin, Adrian Pasdar, Tess Harper, Marc Blucas, Gil Birmingham, Matt Dallas, Julia Sweeney, Keith David, Gil Bellows, Sung Kang, Brenda Strong, John Glover, John McCook, Jack McGee, Nicki Micheaux, Kristy Wu, Robert Wisdom
Musical Contributors:
Nita Whitaker, Amy Keys, Valerie Pinkston
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28 September
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | A Different Kind of Love Story
Actors:
Edi Gathegi, Mayda Del Valle, Nick Mennell
Authors:
Cynthia Bond, Marytza Rubio, Aimee Bender
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23 August
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | PEN Emerging Voices
Actors:
Geno Montiero, Joshua Harto, Edi Gathegi, Jann Karam, Amy Aquino, Mayda Del Valle, Gregg Henry, Lori Alan, Tia Texada, Maurice Compte
Authors:
Sergio Reyes, Davin Malasarn, Cynthia Bond, Alia Yunis, Libby Flores, Marytza Rubio, Melinda Palacio, Shanna Mahin, Sonia M. Quinones, Avi Lall
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20 July
SUFFOLK | IN PERSON | The Latitude Festival, Day 3
Actors:
Maureen Lipman, David Soul, Juliet Stevenson, Ray Panthaki, Richard Ayoade, Sally Hawkins
Authors:
Joyce Grenfell, Maureen Lipman, Tobias Wolff, Lorrie Moore, Gautum Malkani, Joe Dunthorne, Rose Tremain
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18 July
SUFFOLK | IN PERSON | The Latitude Festival, Day 2
Actors:
Dallas Campbell, Harry Treadaway, John Schwab, Beatie Edney, Megan Dodds, Alice Coulthard, Jonny Phillips, Gary Dourdan
Authors:
Various, from Lord Byron to Carl Jung to Britney Spears
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17 July
SUFFOLK | IN PERSON | The Latitude Festival, Day 1
Actors:
John Schwab, Dallas Campbell, Alice Coulthard, Harry Treadaway, Henry Naylor, Gary Dourdan, Rae Hendry, Henry Naylor
Authors:
Aimee Bender, Pamela Painter, Ron Carlson, Jim Lewis, Clare Wigfall, Richard Beard
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28 June
SAGAPONACK | IN PERSON | Mysteries of the Mind at Celebration of the Arts for NARSAD
Actors:
Rae Dawn Chong, Gary Dourdan, Kathryn Erbe, Wendy Makkena, Brian Cox, Nicole Ansari, Linus Roache, John Heard, Harris Yulin, Blair Bess
Musical Contributors:
Deborah Lippmann, Neal Smith, Dexron Douglas
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28 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Novel & Memoir Beginnings
Actors:
Parry Shen, Natalija Nogulich, Dinah Lenny, Mozhan Marno, Nancy Bell, Autumn Chiklis, Kyle Chandler, Catherine Dent, Even Handler, Joel David Moore
Authors:
Carolyn See, Joseph Olshan, Scott Phillips, Rachel Resnick, Dinah Lenney, Kerry Madden, Ronald Alexander, Diana Wagman, Evan Handler, T.C. Boyle
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26 April
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Tobias Wolff’s New Book: Our Story Begins
Actors:
David Clennon, Wendy Makkena, Robert Forster, Tobias Wolff
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30 March
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Small Press Month: Tales of Sex and Death
Actors:
Tess Harper, Rae Dawn Chong, Gary Dourdan, Sarah Maclay, Nina Revoyr, Graham Hamilton
Authors:
Hal Ackerman, James Salter, Jim Lewis, Sarah Maclay, Nina Revoyr, Ron Carlson
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14 February
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Hot Flicks: Love Scenes from the Silver Screen
Actors:
Blair Bess, Jack Conley, Illeana Douglas, Robert Forster, Chris Gorham, Kali Rocha, Christina Pickles, Michael Rodgers, Amanda Seyfried, Toni Trucks, Raviv Ullman, Kevin Weisman
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11 January
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | The Women
Actors:
Amanda Seyfried, Meredith Scott Lynn, Roma Maffia, Rusty Schwimmer, Lindsey Shaw, Nina Siemzasko, Dinah Lenney
Authors:
Dylan Landis, Holiday Reinhorn, Aimee Bender, Ellen Slezak, Diana Wagman, Deborah Vankin, Mary Otis
2007
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09 December
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | I’m Dreaming of a Writer’s Christmas … Hanukkah … etc …
Actors:
Craig Bierko, Donal Logue, Stephen Tobolowsky, Spencer Garrett, Julie Warner
Authors:
Mark Richard, Ron Carlson, Stephen Tobolowsky, Damon Runyon, Grace Paley
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03 December
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Mysteries of the Mind
Actors:
Gary Dourdan, John Heard, Tess Harper, Richard Schiff, Catherine Dent, Jon Tenney, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Blair Bess
Musical Contributors:
Nelson Kole, Amy Keys
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22 October
LONDON | IN PERSON | Kissing with Tongues: Tales of Love and Death
Actors:
Mark Addy, Amanda Seyfried, Alastair Mackenzie, Lindsay Duncan, Niall Buggy, Ben Miller, Marcia Firesten, John Schwab, David Soul, David Ashton
Authors:
Nick Hornby, Pamela Painter, Steve Almond, Rose Tremain, Ian Frazier, James Lasdun, David Schuman, Tobias Wolff, David Ashton
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15 October
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Acts of Love: Children
Actors:
James Franco, Lorraine Toussaint, Dermot Mulroney, Ian Hart, Stephen Tobolowsky, Barry Shabaka Henley, Wendie Malick, Ming Wen, Annette O'Toole, Michael McKean, Gil Birmingham, Don LaFontaine
Musical Contributors:
Nita Whitaker, Julie Delgado, Valerie Pinkston
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30 September
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Novel Beginnings III
Actors:
James Franco, Miguel Sandoval, Joel Polis, Jeff Elam, Jeanne Sakata, Natalija Nogulich, Anna Lefler, Rachel Miner
Authors:
Amy Bloom, Ron Carlson, Helena Kriel, Anna Lefler, Michael Peterson, Lisa Rosenbaum, Robert Rotstein, Mary Yukari Waters
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12 August
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author Amy Bloom
Actors:
Lili Taylor, Michael O'Keefe, Annette O'Toole
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14 July
SUFFOLK | IN PERSON | The Latitude Festival
Actors:
Ian Hart, Lucy Brown, Amanda Seyfried, James Franco, Dallas Campbell, Kerry Fox, Richard Hawley
Authors:
Rick Moody, Rose Tremain, Julian Gough, Ron Carlson, Ian Frazier, Richard Bausch, Steve Almond, David Almond, Nick Hornby
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17 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | First Annual Father’s Day Dinner
Actors:
Robert David Hall, Sharon Lawrence, Nick Mennell, Edi Gathegi
Authors:
Scott Geiger, Margaret Atwood, Dan Chaon, William Henry Lewis
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20 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Readings from Banned Books
Actors:
Larry Gelbart, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Catherine Dent, Gary Dourdan, Evan Handler, Sarah Clarke, Radha Mitchell, Lou Diamond Phillips, Robert Wuhl
Authors:
Elif Shafak, Leslea Newman, Richard Wright, Mark Twain, Nadine Gordimer, Rudolfo Anaya, Houshang Moradi-Kermani
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13 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Fourth Annual Mother’s Day Brunch (Not All Warm and Fuzzy Stories)
Actors:
Lucy Brown, James Franco, Amy Pietz, Kurtwood Smith, Lorraine Toussaint
Authors:
Richard Bausch, Amy Hempel, Langston Hughes, David Michael Kaplan, Alice Mattison
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29 April
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch Benefit for the Pushcart Prize
Actors:
Josephin Hagerty, Gil Bellows, Phillip Baker Hall, John Heard, Wendy Makkena, CCH Pounder, Nicholas Brendon
Authors:
Pamela Painter, Peter Moor Smith, Mark Halliday, Ian Frazier, Richard Bausch, Lorna Goodison, David Schuman
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01 April
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Taylor Negron Remade as Fiction
Musical Contributors:
Lili Haydn (violin), Ben Hong (cello), Adam MacDougall (piano)
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12 March
LONDON | IN PERSON | Love, Hate, & Race in the UK
Actors:
Ian Hart, Lucy Brown, Ray Panthaki, Richard Schiff
Authors:
Adam Marek, Rose Tremain, Gautam Malkani, Michel Faber
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14 February
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Love & Eros: An Evening of Fairy Tales, Saucy Stories and Poetry
Actors:
Andrew Borba, Jessica Collins, Catherine Dent, Marcia Firesten, Edi Gathegi, Anson Mount, Christina Pickles, Michael E. Rodgers
Authors:
Various, from Shakespeare to Anais Nin to Sappho
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21 January
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Rick Moody
Actors:
Ashton Holmes, Ian Hart, Dana Delany, James Franco, Rick Moody
2006
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18 November
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Dreams
Actors:
Ike Amadi, Nick Mennell, Mila Pesko, Rosemary Maciel, Sean Davis, Tony Mouleart, Loreni Delgado, Linda Tan, Josephine Hagerty, Graham Hamilton, Ellen Lawson, Toni Trucks, Geno Monteiro
Authors:
Various, from Lord Byron to Harriett Tubman to Paul McCartney
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12 November
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Tobias Wolff
Actors:
Chris Gorham, John Heard, Camryn Manheim, Johnny Simmons
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18 September
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Acts of Love: Dreams to Benefit Cure Autism Now
Actors:
Keith David, Richard Schiff, Amanda Seyfried, Nita Whitaker, Gary Cole, Christopher Gorham, Samantha Mathis, Elizabeth Perkins, Talia Shire, Gary Dourdan, James Denton, Don La Fontaine
Musical Contributors:
Gary Dourdan, Ryan Cross, Dorian Cheah, Frank Fontaine, Michael Raye, Ryan Bathe, Anita Dashiell-Sparks, Dionne Williams, Nita Whitaker
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19 August
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Erotica
Actors:
Robert Forster, Loreni Delgado, Anna Nicholas, Rosemary Maciel, Jodi Long
Authors:
Marvin Cohen, Rose Solomon, Anna Nicholas, Elvira Pearson, Marilyn Chin
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30 July
EAST HAMPTON | IN PERSON | The Rambler: The Principal Part of Dr. Johnson
Actor:
John Heard
Author:
Kay Eldredge
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29 July
EAST HAMPTON | IN PERSON | A Celebration of 30 Years of Pushcart Prize-Winning Stories
Actors:
Samantha Mathis, Carla Gugino, Anson Mount, Bob Balaban, Chris McDonald, Wendi Makkena, Dana Delany
Authors:
Aimee Bender, Charles Baxter, Sydney Lea, Ian Frazier, Amy Hempel, Richard Bausch, Siv Cedering, Joyce Carol Oates
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28 July
EAST HAMPTON | IN PERSON | Gonzo: The Life and Times of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson As Only He Could Tell It
Actor:
Xander Berkeley
Author:
Hunter Thompson
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17 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Novel Beginnings II
Actors:
Andrew Borba, Brooke Bastenelli, Michelle Joyner, Jill Andre, Esperanza Catubig, Anna Nicholas, Deborah Puette, Jessica Collins, Laura Leigh Hughes, Linda Tan, Nick Mennell, Amy Sloan, Graham Hamilton
Authors:
Chuck Freadhoff, Lauren Schwartzback, Joe Sutton, Lois Hamlish, Nina Wong, Bridget Sampson, Linzi Glass, Fran Johnson, Terri Cheney, Kelly Sullivan Walden, Mark Venaglia, Keri La Salle, David Seligman
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11 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author Mona Simpson
Actors:
Nina Siemaszko, Chris Payne Gilbert, Dermot Mulroney, Becca Godinez
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14 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Celebration of Mother’s Day
Actors:
John Shea, Jorja Fox, Roma Maffia, Judd Nelson
Authors:
Todd James Pierce, Catherine Austin Alexander, Deborah Vankin, Rick Moody
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07 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Novel Beginnings I
Actors:
Graham Hamilton, Rae Allen, Kristina Lear, Geno Monteiro, Deborah Puette, Esperanza Cutabig, Josephine Hagerty, Mitchell Fink, Maureen DaRosa, Caroline Hall, Lori Alan
Authors:
Jon Del Barrio, Charlene Kodimer, Terry Hoffman, Kevin Brewerton, Terri Cheney, Myra Oiga, Linzi Glass, Philip Pfeifer, Kara Rosella, Iris Chayet, Lisa Doctor
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23 April
NYC | IN PERSON | Author Rick Moody at The Cutting Room
Actors:
Jodi Long, Chris Noth, Anson Mount, Rick Moody
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26 March
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author Aimee Bender
Actors:
Jessica Capshaw, David Krumholtz, Mark Moses, Jon Tenney, Aimee Bender
- 11 March LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Taylor Negron Remade as Fiction
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12 February
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Hearts Aflame II
Actors:
Jordan Baker, Xander Berkeley, Bill Brochtrup, Sarah Clarke, Edi Gathegi, Kevin Kilner, Amanda Seyfried, Julie Warner
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29 January
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Dinner with Author Melissa Pritchard
Actors:
Mary Kay Place, Victor Williams, Marin Hinkle, Melissa Pritchard
2005
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04 December
NYC | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author James Salter
Actors:
Jamey Sheridan, Arliss Howard, Debra Winger
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13 November
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author T. Coraghessan Boyle
Actors:
Xander Berkeley, Martin Jarvis, Elizabeth Perkins, TC Boyle
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25 June
EAST HAMPTON | IN PERSON | A Performance hosted by Bill Henderson
Actors:
Bob Balaban, Samantha Mathis, Peter Boyle, Andrew McCarthy, David Strathairn, Marcia Gay Harden
Authors:
Ian Frazier, Joyce Carol Oates, Mark Halliday, Raymond Carver, Russell Banks, Pamela Painter
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21 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Swink Magazine at M Bar
Actors:
Julie Warner, Howard Hesseman, Amanda Seyfried, Edi Gathegi, Wilson Cruz
Authors:
Dylan Landis, Etgar Keret, Leelila Strogov, Ben Ehrenreich, Manuel Muñoz
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18 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Mother’s Day at M Bar
Actors:
Michael O'Keefe, Eliza Pryor Nagel, Lolita Davidovich, Dana Delany, Philip Baker Hall
Authors:
Richard McCann, Ellen Slezak, Ron Carlson, Janet Grillo, Kevin Brockmeier
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21 April
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author Steve Almond
Actors:
Chris Gorham, Wendy Makkena, Enrico Colantoni, Robert David Hall, B.B. Chow
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03 April
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Fusion
Actors:
Anson Mount, Jason George, Nicole Ansari, Brenda Strong, Brian Cox
Authors:
Sydney Lea, Nelson Eubanks, Rachel Seiffert, Pamela Painter, Umberto Eco
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14 February
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Hearts Aflame
Actors:
Caroline Aaron, Bill Brochtrup, Rocky Carroll, Kevin Kilner, Dani Klein, Joey Slotnick, Amanda Seyfried, Julie Warner
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16 January
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Fusion
Actors:
Andrew Borba, Jeremy Davidson, Samantha Mathis, Eric Balfour, Kevin Kilner, Taylor Negron, Barry Shabaka Henley
Authors:
Ron Carlson, Dylan Landis, Jim Ruland, Lucy Barry
2004
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04 December
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Life After Birth
Actors:
Enrico Colantoni, Gary Dourdan, Patricia Heaton, David Hunt, Lucinda Jenney, Dani Klein, Craig Shoemaker, Margaret Smith
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14 November
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author TC Boyle
Actors:
Bill Pullman, John Heard, Rae Allen, Nina Siemaszko
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10 October
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author Ha Jin
Actors:
Ming Na, Sung Kang, Michael Paul Chan
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01 October
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Cure Autism Now Benefit at the Coronet Theatre
Actors:
Lily Tomlin, Brad Whitford, Janel Moloney, Nicole Robinson, John Spencer, Gary Cole, Nina Siemaszko, John Amos, Marlee Matlin, Rocky Carroll, Jesse Bradford, John P. Connolly, Bill O'Brien
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18 September
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Life After Birth
Authors:
Stephen Collins, Steven Cragg, Gary Dourdan, Michael Kearns, Dani Klein, Margaret Smith, Stephen Tobolowsky, Steve White
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30 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | The Great Writer’s Series Rides Again: Way Out West
Actors:
Chris Gilbert, Jesse Shepard, Percival Everett, David Clennon, Darrell Larson
Authors:
Michael Ondaatje, Jesse Shepard, Percival Everett, Robert Coover, Ron Hansen
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29 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | The Great Writer’s Series Rides Again: The Modern Classics
Actors:
Rob Morrow, John Heard, Chris Sarandon, Lucinda Jenny
Authors:
E.L. Doctorow, Cormac MacCarthy, Larry McMurtry, Charles Portis
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26 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | The Great Writer’s Series Rides Again: The Originator
Actors:
Bill Pullman, Michael O'Neill, Dermot Mulroney
Authors:
Owen Wister, Stephen Crane
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23 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | The Great Writer’s Series Rides Again: The Round-Up (2)
Actors:
Richard Schiff, Bruce Boxleiter, Samantha Mathis, James Cromwell
Authors:
Johnny D. Boggs, Glendon Swarthout, Lenore Carroll, Brian Garfield
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22 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | The Great Writer’s Series Rides Again: The Round-Up
Actors:
Tess Harper, Mike Blakely, Wendie Malick, DB Sweeney
Authors:
Sandy Whiting, Mike Blakely, Lori Van Pelt, Elmer Kelton
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15 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | The Great Writer’s Series Rides Again: The Master
Actors:
Lou Diamond Phillips, William Schallert, Jason George, Troy Garity
Authors:
Elmore Leonard
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14 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | The Great Writer’s Series Rides Again: The Womenfolk
Actors:
Lee Purcell, Sheila Kelley, Scott Terra, Kathy Baker, Brooke Adams
Authors:
Marcia Muller, Dorothy M. Johnson, Willa Cather, Dorothy Scarborough
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09 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | The Great Writer’s Series Rides Again: The Professionals
Actors:
Miguel Sandoval, Gary Dourdan, Kane Richotte, Will Scott, Paul Koslo, Allison Gammon, Kamala Lopez, Deborah Puette, Miguel Sandoval, Martin Kove, Cedering Fox, Christian Davis
Authors:
Gertrude Atherton, John Jakes, Frank Roderus, Arthur Winfield Knight
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08 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | The Great Writer’s Series Rides Again: The Popularizer and the Preacher
Actors:
Ed Harris, Bobby Knott, Rex Linn
Authors:
Zane Grey, Walter Van Tilburg Clark
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02 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | The Great Writer’s Series Rides Again: The Storyteller
Actors:
Xander Berkeley, Gregg Henry, Scott Paulin, W. Earl Brown
Authors:
Louis L'Amour, Luke Short
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01 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | The Great Writer’s Series Rides Again: The Lost Classic
Actors:
Robert Forster, Richard Cox, Tom Bower, Chris Mulkey
Authors:
Alan LeMay, Jack Schaefer
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25 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | The Great Writer’s Series Rides Again: The Precursors
Actors:
Cain Devore, James Gammon, Harris Yulin, Amy Madigan, Jan Munroe
Authors:
O. Henry, Jack London, Edward Wheeler, Pat F. Garrett
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09 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | A Mother’s Work
Actors:
Billy Campbell, Judy Geeson, Julianna Margulies, Taylor Negron
Authors:
Tobias Wolff, William Treavor, Mona Simpson, Taylor Negron
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15 April
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Life After Birth
Authors:
Stephen Tobolowsky, Caroline Aaron, Carol Schlanger, Dani Klein Modisett, Joanna Gleason, Peter Horton
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30 March
LONDON | IN PERSON | Peace, Love, and Intercourse!
Actors:
Ian Hart, Gina McKee, Kate Miles, Bill Nighy, James Thorne
Authors:
Nick Hornby, Donald Hall, Aimee Bender, Ron Carlson, Rachel Seiffert
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14 February
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Hearts Aflame: An Evening of Love and Hate Letters
Actors:
Amy Aquino, Xander Berkeley, Bill Brochtrup, Sarah Clarke, Jason George, Kevin Kilner, Shawnee Smith
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11 January
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Love Hurts: Brunch with Writers
Actors:
Elisabeth Moss, Jesse Bradford, Anson Mount
Authors:
Julie Orringer, Ryan Harty, Mark Richard, David Prete
2003
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11 December
LONDON | IN PERSON | A Christmas Show for Cure Autism Now
Actors:
Brian Cox, Richard Hawley, Fenella Woolgar, Elizabeth McGovern, Alan Cox
Authors:
Brian Cox, Nick Hornby, Oscar Wilde, Ron Carlson, Mark Richard
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09 November
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author Russell Banks
Actors:
Lolita Davidovich, Todd Field, Robert Forster
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12 October
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author Ron Carlson
Actors:
Glenne Headly, Mimi Rogers, Saul Rubinek
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28 September
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Life After Birth
Authors:
Stephen Tobolowsky, Caroline Aaron, Stephen Collins, Carol Schlanger, Dani Klein Modisett, Joanna Gleason, Caroline Goodall, Peter Horton
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14 September
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author Charles Baxter
Actors:
Caroline Goodall, William Schallert, Adam Arkin, Catherine Dent
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01 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Authors Aimee Bender, Aram Saroyan & Thomas Steinbeck
Actors:
Sarah Clarke, Joanna Gleason, Howard Hesseman, Noah Watts, Xander Berkeley
Authors:
Aimee Bender, Aram Saroyan, Thomas Steinbeck, David Kranes, W.P. Kinsella
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04 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Authors ZZ Packer & Mary Yukari Waters
Actors:
Ming Na, Jeff Goldblum, Alfre Woodard
Authors:
ZZ Packer, Mary Yukari Waters, Arthur Miller
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13 April
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Authors Joseph Olshan & Luis Rodriguez
Actors:
Kellie Waymire, Lorraine Toussaint, Miguel Sandoval, Roma Maffia
Authors:
Joseph Olshan, Luis Rodriguez, Marian Thurm, Bruce Holland Rogers
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09 March
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Pushcart Prize Winning Stories at the Canal Club
Actors:
Elizabeth Peña, Gil Bellows, Stephen Collins
Authors:
Paula Fox, Peter Moore Smith, Russell Banks
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09 February
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author Donald Hall
Actors:
Nancy Travis, Tony Shalhoub, Richard Schiff, Donald Hall
2002
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08 December
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Literary Stages
Actors:
Brian Howe, Catherine Dent, Kevin Kilner
Authors:
Siv Cedering, Tobias Wolff, Edna O'Brien, Ron Carlson
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17 November
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Literary Stages
Actors:
Don Cheadle, Ellen Crawford, Julianna Margulies
Authors:
Christine Lincoln, Richard Bausch, Joyce Carol Oates
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14 October
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Literary Stages
Actors:
Elizabeth Mitchell, Bruno Kirby
Authors:
Amy Ephron, Donal Logue, Michelle Latiolais, Donald Hall
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08 September
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Literary Stages
Actors:
Andrew McCarthy, Minnie Driver, Alan Mandell
Authors:
Tod Goldberg, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett
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09 June
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Literary Stages
Actors:
James Cromwell
Authors:
Amy Dawes, David Henry Sterry, Elizabeth Perkins, Donald Hall
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13 May
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Literary Stages
Actors:
Brendan Fraser, Kasi Lemmons, Dustin Nguyen, Janel Moloney
Authors:
Wayne Reynolds, Dorothy Stallworth, Kien Nguyen, Stephanie Rosenfeld
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14 April
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Literary Stages
Actors:
David Clennon, Barbara Tarbuck
Authors:
Thomas McGuane, Grace Paley, David Masiel, Gavin Scott
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10 March
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Literary Stages
Actors:
Tracee Ellis Ross, Robert Forster, Enrico Colantoni
Authors:
Tracee Ellis Ross, Steven Elliott, Julia Sweeney, Hal Ackerman, Donald Barthelme
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17 February
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Literary Stages
Actors:
Brian Cox, Peri Gilpin, Grace Zabriskie, Forest Whitaker
Authors:
Brian Cox, Dan Chaon, Andre Dubus, Curt Flood, Arye Gross
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27 January
LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Literary Stages
Actors:
Christina Pickles, Michael Schiffer, Dana Delany, Elliot Gould
Authors:
Ronald Alexander, Michael Schiffer, Susan O'Neill, Adam Gopnik
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