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All Write!

ALL WRITE!

FRIDAY, FEB 07, 2025 | 11AM


Hosted by Madeline Cohen


THE READINGS

On Mondays by Marilyn Donnelly

Performed by Sonia Manzano


Agouti by Brenda Williams

Performed by Pascale Armand


Abandoned Farmhouse by Ted Kooser

Performed by Philip Estrera


All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury

Performed by Sonia Manzano


The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen

Performed by The Company


The Moment by Marie Howe

Performed by Pascale Armand

The Performers (in alphabetical order)

The Authors (in alphabetical order)

MORE INFORMATION

Credits

“On Mondays,” by Marilyn Donnelly, collected in Coda (Autumn House Press, 2010). Copyright © 2010 by Marilyn Donnelly. Used by permission of Autumn House Press.

“Agouti,” by Brenda Williams. First published in Essence (March 1994). Copyright © 1994 by Brenda Williams.

“Abandoned Farmhouse,” by Ted Kooser, from Sure Signs: New and Collected Poems (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1980). Used and performed by permission of the publisher.

“All Summer in a Day,” by Ray Bradbury. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (March 1954). Copyright © 1954, 1982 by Ray Bradbury. Used by permission of Don Congdon Associates, Inc.

“The Emperor’s New Clothes,” by Hans Christian Andersen. In the public domain.

“The Moment,” by Marie Howe. Copyright © 2011 by Marie Howe. Used with permission of the author. All rights not specifically granted herein are hereby reserved by the Licensor.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS

The All Write! adult literacy program is generously supported by the Seedlings Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, The New York Community Trust Judith and Stanley Zabar Fund, Charina Endowment Fund, Charles D. Fleischman Charitable Trust, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, PECO Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina, Michael Tuch Foundation, Vidda Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold and the Arnhold Foundation, The Grodzins Fund, and The Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society of North America.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

All Write! also receives support from an endowment established by the Steven Aresty Foundation.

Symphony Space thanks our generous supporters, including our Board of Directors, Producers Circle, and members, who make our programs possible with their annual support.

Floral arrangements are provided by PlantShed.

Symphony Space Staff

Kathy Landau Executive Director
Peg Wreen
Managing Director
Isaiah Sheffer
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Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1990)
Artistic Director (1990-2010)
Founding Artistic Director (2010-2012)
Allan Miller
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1990)

Lulu Fogarty Director of Education
Regina Larkin Manager of Education Programs
Madeline Cohen Director of All Write!

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
Leigh Reid Literary Intern
Mia Testa Literary Intern

LITERACY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Teresa Bell NYC Department of Education–Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center
Madeline Cohen Symphony Space
Solange Farina City University of New York–Borough of Manhattan Community College
Mary Esther Malloy Consultant

*in memoriam

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