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Members Only Holiday Smörgåsbord!

LOS ANGELES

8 December 2024

Join us for the annual Swedish Smörgåsbord and enjoy one of the perks of WORDTheatre Membership!

Upcoming Events

2024

08 December LOS ANGELES | Members Party: Swedish Holiday Smörgåsbord

Past events

2024

26 September LONDON | IN PERSON | WORDTheatreUK Presents Selections from Best British Short Stories 2010-2024
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
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
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
09 August LOS ANGELES | IN-PERSON | Somos Los Angeles: Chicano Hearts
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
09 June LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Members’ Event: Lunch with T.C. Boyle, Tacos & Margaritas

Actors:

Christopher Gorham & Christina Pickles

Author:

T.C. Boyle
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
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
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
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
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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
30 September FRANCE | IN PERSON | Writers’ Workshop & Retreat led by Dan Chaon

Author: Dan Chaon led 12 participants in our weeklong Writers' Workshop & Retreat in Sommières, France:
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
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
16 July LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | SUMMERTIME STORIES & STARS

Actors:

Leslie Grace, Dan Bucatinsky, Chris Gorham

Authors:

Dominica Phetteplace (attending), Kevin Wilson, Anthony Doerr
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
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
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
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
24 April LIVE STREAM | Harriet Walter & Author Lore Segal, plus James Cromwell

Actor:

Harriet Walter

Author:

Lore Segal

Joining the Conversation:

James Cromwell
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
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...
16 January LIVE STREAM | Author Peter Orner • Q&A

Actor:

Richard Schiff

2021

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.
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
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
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)
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)
08 October LONDON | IN PERSON | Writers’ Workshop & Retreat

Author:

Ron Carlson
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.
19 September LIVE STREAM | Author Ben Shattuck • Q&A

Actor:

"Dan Butler
15 August LIVE STREAM | Author Andre Dubus III • Q&A

Actors:

Chris Cooper and Marianne Leone
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
18 July LIVE STREAM | Author Christine Lincoln • Q&A

Actors:

H.E.R., Tracie Thoms and Toni Trucks
20 June LIVE STREAM | Author Richard Bausch • Q&A

Actor:

Ed Harris
23 May LIVE STREAM | Author Francesca Marciano • Q&A

Actors:

Juliet Stevenson, Julian Sands
18 April LIVE STREAM | Author Joyce Carol Oates • Q&A

Actors:

James Cromwell, Tess Harper
21 March LIVE STREAM | Author Petina Gappah • Q&A

Actors:

Danny Sapani, Sibongile Mlambo
21 February LIVE STREAM | Author TC Boyle • Q&A

Actors:

Bill Pullman, Miguel Sandoval
14 February LIVE STREAM | Author David Means • Q&A

Actors:

Ray Panthaki, Xander Berkeley and Sarah Clarke

Musical Contributor:

Derek Nash (saxophone)
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

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)
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
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
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

06 October LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author Bobbie Ann Mason

Actors:

Cassidy Freeman, Tess Harper, Kevin McKidd, Jules Bruff
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
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
22 July LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Book Launch: Stories from Maggie Brown & Others by Peter Orner

Actors:

Vincent Piazza, Willie Garson, Tim DeKay
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)
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)
03 March LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author Tobias Wolff

Actors:

Robert Forster, Nancy Travis, Robert Pine, Jason Butler Harner

2018

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
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
30 September LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | The Bench: A Homeless Love Story

Writer and Actor:

Robert Galinsky
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)
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
03 June LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | She • Q&A

Actors:

Sarah Clarke, Sharon Lawrence, Brenda Strong

Authors:

Tara Ison, Michelle Latiolais, Mary Otis
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
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
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

29 October LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | TC Boyle: The Relive Box & Other Stories

Actors:

Gregg Henry, Vanessa Lengies
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)
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)
25 June LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Cool Things: The Stories of Brian Doyle

Actors:

Harriet Walter, Guy Paul

Musical Contributor:

David Lempiere-Laughton (piano)
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)
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
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

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)
29 November LONDON | IN PERSON | Intelligence Squared: Ian Fleming vs. John Le Carré

Actors:

Simon Callow, Matthew Lewis, Alex Macqueen, Lesley Manville
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
18 October LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | An Evening with Tim O’Brien

Actors:

Seamus Dever, Glynn Turman, Jon Huertas, Joely Fisher, Jason George
05 October LONDON | IN PERSON | H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine

Actors:

Christopher Eccleston, Emma Hamilton, Nikki-Amuka Bird

Musical Contributor:

James McVinnie (organ)
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)
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
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)
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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

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
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
26 October CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY | IN PERSON | Stuart Dybek: Performance and Q&A

Actors:

Assaf Cohen, Fred Melamed, Nicholas Bustamente, Francesa Artalejo, Chelsea Davis
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
29 September LONDON | IN PERSON | Cool Things: The Stories of Brian Doyle

Actors:

Harriet Walter, Guy Paul

Musical Contributor:

David Lempiere-Laughton (piano)
28 September LONDON | IN PERSON | A Tribute to Stefan Zweig

Actors:

Gina Bellman, Natascha McElhone, Matthew Beard

Musical Contributor:

Una Palliser (violin)
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
20 September LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Ann Beattie: The Love Stories of Real People • Q&A

Actors:

Joely Fisher, Kiera Quealy, Christopher Gorham
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
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
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
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
03 May LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch & Stories with Authors Pam Houston and Margaret McMullan

Actors:

Camryn Manheim, Gregg Henry, Joely Fisher, Hattie Winston
27 April LONDON | IN PERSON | Revenge

Actors:

David Soul, Amanda Donohoe, Steven Berkoff

Authors:

Peter Terrin, James Lasdun, Edgar Allan Poe
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
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
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
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

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
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)
11 November NYC | IN PERSON | Husbands, Wives, & Others

Actors:

Sarah Wynter, Kevin Kilner

Authors:

AM Homes, James Lasdun
27 October LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Authors Marisa Silver and Sarah Shun-lien Bynum

Actors:

Jason George, Roma Maffia, Laura Zenoni
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
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)
29 September LONDON | IN PERSON | A Tribute to Gabriel García Márquez

Actors:

Rhashan Stone, Olivia Williams, Harriet Walter

Musical Contributor:

Lizzie Ball (violin)
27 September LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Noir

Actor:

Sarah Clarke

Author:

Janet Fitch
22 September LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author Allan Gurganus

Actors:

Stephen Tobolowsky, Gethin Anthony, Bruce Vilanch, Morgan Lauff
21 September LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author Allan Gurganus and The Angels

Actors:

Angela Paton, Christina Pickles, Jon Tenney, Gethin Anthony
17 August LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author Peter Orner

Actors:

Hallee Hirsh, Joe Spano, Brenda Strong, David Call, Concetta Tomei
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
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
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
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
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
30 June NYC | IN PERSON | Authors Andre Dubus III & Elizabeth Strout

Actors:

Dana Delany, Jeremy Davidson
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
22 June LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Authors Maile Meloy & Marisa Silver

Actors:

Johnny Simmons, Jason George
18 May LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author TC Boyle

Actors:

Robert Forster, Stephen Collins
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
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
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
27 March NYC | IN PERSON | Authors David Means & Donald Antrim

Actors:

Linus Roache, Vincent Piazza
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
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
23 January NYC | IN PERSON | Dogs

Actors:

Carla Gugino, Samantha Mathis

Authors:

Joyce Carol Oates, Amy Hempel

2013

04 November LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Authors Percival Everett & Danzy Senna

Actors:

William Stanford Davis, Donathan Walters, Danielle Panabaker
03 November LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Authors Percival Everett & Danzy Senna

Actors:

Sterling K Brown, Zuleikha Robinson, Gregg Henry, Danielle Panabaker
14 October LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author David Means

Actors:

Xander Berkeley, Sterling Sulieman, Ryan Stathos, Sarah Clarke
13 October LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author David Means

Actors:

John Heard, Sterling Sulieman, Kevin McKidd, Fred Melamed
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
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
15 September LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author Jill McCorkle

Actors:

Cassidy Freeman, Edi Gathegi, Lesley Nicol
07 September LONDON | IN PERSON | The Words and Wickets Festival

Actors:

Gethin Anthony, Scott Handy, Adam Riches, Kulvinder Ghir, Richard Hawley, Iain Glen
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
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
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
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
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
05 May LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author Joyce Carol Oates

Actors:

Maggie Siff, Gethin Anthony, Chris Bauer, Danielle Panabaker, Philip Baker Hall, Bill Pullman
07 April LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author Tobias Wolff

Actors:

Tobias Wolff, Max Adler, Sarah Clarke, Xander Berkeley, Graham Hamilton
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
10 March LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Authors Richard Bausch & Stephen Tobolowsky

Actors:

JK Simmons, Jackson Rathbone, Annette O'Toole, Stephen Tobolowsky

2012

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
03 June NYC | IN PERSON | Authors Anthony Doerr & Pamela Painter

Actors:

Emily Meade, Connor Paolo, Michael Zegen
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
06 May NYC | IN PERSON | Authors Richard Bausch & Melissa Pritchard

Actors:

Dallas Roberts, Mary Beth Hurt
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
01 April NYC | IN PERSON | Authors Dylan Landis, David Prete, & Jess Row

Actors:

Vincent Piazza, Marin Ireland, Chris Sarandon
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
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
04 March NYC | IN PERSON | Authors Manuel Muñoz & Alethea Black

Actors:

Robin de Jesús, Maggie Siff
05 February NYC | IN PERSON | Authors Dan Chaon, Bernice L McFadden, & Deb Olin Unferth

Actors:

Raviv Ullman, Malinda Williams, Jodie Markell

2011

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
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
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
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
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
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
22 May LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Lit by Lulu presents Author Charles Baxter

Actors:

Brendan Sexton III, Justin Chambers, Edith Fields
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
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
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
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
03 April NYC | IN PERSON | Lit by Lulu Part II

Actors:

Cindy Cheung, Amy Irving, Tracee Chimo

Authors:

Yiyun Li, Edith Pearlman, Mona Simpson
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
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
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

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
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
24 October LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Noir

Actors:

Rachel Boston, George DelHoyo, Seamus Dever

Authors:

Janet Fitch, Susan Straight, Dan Duling
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
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
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)
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
28 June NYC | IN PERSON | Shattered

Actors:

Jason Butler Harner, Sarah Paulson, Vincent Piazza

Authors:

Rick Moody, Michael Cunningham
06 June LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Screwed

Actors:

Carla Gugino, Gary Cole, Adrian Pasdar

Authors:

James Salter, Tod Goldberg, TC Boyle
17 May NYC | IN PERSON | A Performance at Soho House

Actors:

Carolyn McCormick, Larisa Oleynik, Samantha Mathis

Authors:

Mary Gaitskill, Maris Silver, Amy Bloom
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
02 May LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Authors Aimee Bender, Brad Watson, & Ron Carlson

Actors:

Cassidy Freeman, Nicki Micheaux, Philip Baker Hall
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
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
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
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
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
21 February LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author TC Boyle

Actors:

Miguel Sandoval, Jere Burns
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
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
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

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
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
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
06 October LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author Dan Chaon

Actors:

Marin Hinkle, Mark MOses, Dorian Missick, Dean Chekvala, Graham Hamilton
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
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
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
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
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
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
03 May NYC | IN PERSON | 9 Read 9: Part II

Actors:

Brian Cox, Kevin Corrigan, Nicole Ansari

Authors:

Steve Almond, Dan Chaon, Susan Orlean
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
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
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
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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
26 April LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Tobias Wolff’s New Book: Our Story Begins

Actors:

David Clennon, Wendy Makkena, Robert Forster, Tobias Wolff
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
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
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

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
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
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
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
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
12 August LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author Amy Bloom

Actors:

Lili Taylor, Michael O'Keefe, Annette O'Toole
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
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
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
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
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
01 April LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Taylor Negron Remade as Fiction

Musical Contributors:

Lili Haydn (violin), Ben Hong (cello), Adam MacDougall (piano)
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
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
21 January LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Rick Moody

Actors:

Ashton Holmes, Ian Hart, Dana Delany, James Franco, Rick Moody

2006

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
12 November LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Tobias Wolff

Actors:

Chris Gorham, John Heard, Camryn Manheim, Johnny Simmons
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
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
30 July EAST HAMPTON | IN PERSON | The Rambler: The Principal Part of Dr. Johnson

Actor:

John Heard

Author:

Kay Eldredge
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
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
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
11 June LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author Mona Simpson

Actors:

Nina Siemaszko, Chris Payne Gilbert, Dermot Mulroney, Becca Godinez
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
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
23 April NYC | IN PERSON | Author Rick Moody at The Cutting Room

Actors:

Jodi Long, Chris Noth, Anson Mount, Rick Moody
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
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
29 January LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Dinner with Author Melissa Pritchard

Actors:

Mary Kay Place, Victor Williams, Marin Hinkle, Melissa Pritchard

2005

04 December NYC | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author James Salter

Actors:

Jamey Sheridan, Arliss Howard, Debra Winger
13 November LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author T. Coraghessan Boyle

Actors:

Xander Berkeley, Martin Jarvis, Elizabeth Perkins, TC Boyle
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
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
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
21 April LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Author Steve Almond

Actors:

Chris Gorham, Wendy Makkena, Enrico Colantoni, Robert David Hall, B.B. Chow
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
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
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

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
14 November LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author TC Boyle

Actors:

Bill Pullman, John Heard, Rae Allen, Nina Siemaszko
10 October LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author Ha Jin

Actors:

Ming Na, Sung Kang, Michael Paul Chan
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
15 April LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Life After Birth

Authors:

Stephen Tobolowsky, Caroline Aaron, Carol Schlanger, Dani Klein Modisett, Joanna Gleason, Peter Horton
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
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
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

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
09 November LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author Russell Banks

Actors:

Lolita Davidovich, Todd Field, Robert Forster
12 October LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author Ron Carlson

Actors:

Glenne Headly, Mimi Rogers, Saul Rubinek
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
14 September LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author Charles Baxter

Actors:

Caroline Goodall, William Schallert, Adam Arkin, Catherine Dent
01 June LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Authors Aimee Bender, Aram Saroyan & Thomas Steinbeck

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Sarah Clarke, Joanna Gleason, Howard Hesseman, Noah Watts, Xander Berkeley

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Aimee Bender, Aram Saroyan, Thomas Steinbeck, David Kranes, W.P. Kinsella
04 May LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Authors ZZ Packer & Mary Yukari Waters

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Ming Na, Jeff Goldblum, Alfre Woodard

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ZZ Packer, Mary Yukari Waters, Arthur Miller
13 April LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Authors Joseph Olshan & Luis Rodriguez

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Kellie Waymire, Lorraine Toussaint, Miguel Sandoval, Roma Maffia

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Joseph Olshan, Luis Rodriguez, Marian Thurm, Bruce Holland Rogers
09 March LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Pushcart Prize Winning Stories at the Canal Club

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Elizabeth Peña, Gil Bellows, Stephen Collins

Authors:

Paula Fox, Peter Moore Smith, Russell Banks
09 February LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Brunch with Author Donald Hall

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Nancy Travis, Tony Shalhoub, Richard Schiff, Donald Hall

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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
17 November LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Literary Stages

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Don Cheadle, Ellen Crawford, Julianna Margulies

Authors:

Christine Lincoln, Richard Bausch, Joyce Carol Oates
14 October LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Literary Stages

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Elizabeth Mitchell, Bruno Kirby

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Amy Ephron, Donal Logue, Michelle Latiolais, Donald Hall
08 September LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Literary Stages

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Andrew McCarthy, Minnie Driver, Alan Mandell

Authors:

Tod Goldberg, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett
09 June LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Literary Stages

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James Cromwell

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Amy Dawes, David Henry Sterry, Elizabeth Perkins, Donald Hall
13 May LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Literary Stages

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Brendan Fraser, Kasi Lemmons, Dustin Nguyen, Janel Moloney

Authors:

Wayne Reynolds, Dorothy Stallworth, Kien Nguyen, Stephanie Rosenfeld
14 April LOS ANGELES | IN PERSON | Literary Stages

Actors:

David Clennon, Barbara Tarbuck

Authors:

Thomas McGuane, Grace Paley, David Masiel, Gavin Scott
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
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
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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