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Event Program
WED, APRIL 12
An Evening of Readings, Conversation, History, and Jokes
Alexandra Petri, Josh Gondelman, Gary Gulman, and Sunny Soroosh
There will be a book signing at this event.
Josh Gondelman is a writer and comedian. He earned four Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, and three WGA Awards for his work on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Gondelman has also written and produced Desus & Mero, and he worked on the final season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. He is the author of the essay collection Nice Try, and his writing has appeared in McSweeney's Internet Tendency, New York Magazine, and The New Yorker. Gondelman currently hosts the podcast Make My Day and appears as a regular panelist on Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! His comedy special, People Pleaser, debuted in 2022.
Josh Gondelman is a writer and comedian. He earned four Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, and three WGA Awards for his work on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Gondelman has also written and produced Desus & Mero, and he worked on the final season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. He is the author of the essay collection Nice Try, and his writing has appeared in McSweeney's Internet Tendency, New York Magazine, and The New Yorker. Gondelman currently hosts the podcast Make My Day and appears as a regular panelist on Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! His comedy special, People Pleaser, debuted in 2022.
Gary Gulman is one of the most popular touring comics, selling out theaters nationwide including Carnegie Hall. He has been a guest on every major late-night comedy program. Gulman’s four comedy specials include HBO's The Great Depresh, a highly acclaimed look at mental illness. In 2019 he appeared in the international blockbuster Joker. He has a recurring role on the Hulu comedy series Life & Beth. A product of Boston, Gulman was previously a scholarship college football player, an accountant, and a high-school teacher. Gary recently finished his first book titled Misfit, a memoir for Flatiron Books, which will be released in September 2023.
Gary Gulman is one of the most popular touring comics, selling out theaters nationwide including Carnegie Hall. He has been a guest on every major late-night comedy program. Gulman’s four comedy specials include HBO's The Great Depresh, a highly acclaimed look at mental illness. In 2019 he appeared in the international blockbuster Joker. He has a recurring role on the Hulu comedy series Life & Beth. A product of Boston, Gulman was previously a scholarship college football player, an accountant, and a high-school teacher. Gary recently finished his first book titled Misfit, a memoir for Flatiron Books, which will be released in September 2023.
Alexandra Petri is a humorist and columnist for The Washington Post and author of Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why, a Thurber Prize finalist. Her satire has also appeared in McSweeney’s and The New Yorker’s Daily Shouts and Murmurs. Alexandra Petri’s US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up) was published on April 11th.
Alexandra Petri is a humorist and columnist for The Washington Post and author of Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why, a Thurber Prize finalist. Her satire has also appeared in McSweeney’s and The New Yorker’s Daily Shouts and Murmurs. Alexandra Petri’s US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up) was published on April 11th.
Sunny Soroosh is an Iranian-American actor and stand-up comedian, as well as a nurse-midwife! She is best known for her co-starring role as Pammy on Amy Schumer’s Life & Beth on Hulu. She has also been featured on The Problem with Jon Stewart, Ramy on Hulu, and Dr. Death, which premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. She has performed on comedy stages all over the country and is a co-producer of the Yes Queen! comedy series in Washington, DC, and New York. Sunny has opened for comedian Kate Robards at the Marsh Theater in San Francisco and Matthew Broussard at the DC Comedy Loft. Her comedy credits also include performances at Laughs Comedy Club in Seattle, the DC Improv, and Eastville Comedy Club. She currently lives in New York City and works at Lenox Hill Hospital. Follow her @sorooshisonfire!
Sunny Soroosh is an Iranian-American actor and stand-up comedian, as well as a nurse-midwife! She is best known for her co-starring role as Pammy on Amy Schumer’s Life & Beth on Hulu. She has also been featured on The Problem with Jon Stewart, Ramy on Hulu, and Dr. Death, which premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. She has performed on comedy stages all over the country and is a co-producer of the Yes Queen! comedy series in Washington, DC, and New York. Sunny has opened for comedian Kate Robards at the Marsh Theater in San Francisco and Matthew Broussard at the DC Comedy Loft. Her comedy credits also include performances at Laughs Comedy Club in Seattle, the DC Improv, and Eastville Comedy Club. She currently lives in New York City and works at Lenox Hill Hospital. Follow her @sorooshisonfire!
This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of Susan Bay Nimoy, the Howard Gilman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, the MacMillan Family Foundation, the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, The Achelis and Bodman Foundation, the Charina Endowment Fund, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Michael Tuch Foundation, the Vidda Foundation, and The Grodzins Fund.
This program is also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
Symphony Space thanks our generous supporters, including our Board of Directors, Producers Circle, and members, who make our programs possible with their annual support.
Pianos by Steinway & Sons – the Artistic Choice of Symphony Space.
Kathy Landau Executive Director
Peg Wreen Managing Director
Isaiah Sheffer*
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1988)
Artistic Director (1988-2010)
Founding Artistic Director (2010-2012)
Allan Miller
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1988)
Jennifer Brennan Director of Literary Programs
Drew Richardson Lead Producer of Literary Programs
Vivienne Woodward Producer of Literary Programs
Mary Shimkin Director of Broadcast & Literary Initiatives
Matthew Love Consultant for Literary Programs
Magdalene Wrobleski Literary Assistant
Mollie Gordon Program Assistant
Madeleine Hearn Literary Intern
Gabriela Parra Lambis Literary Intern
*in memoriam