Event Program
Celeste Ng, Our Missing Hearts
THALIA BOOK CLUB: CELESTE NG, OUR MISSING HEARTS
MON, OCTOBER 03
READING
ZACHARY NOAH PISER
DISCUSSION
CELESTE NG AND MIRA JACOB
A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUDIENCE
There will not be a book signing at this event.
Real-time captioning (CART) will be available in our theater for patrons with hearing loss, deafness, different language and learning needs, and anyone whose experience will be enhanced by CART. To access CART on your individual smartphone or tablet, please visit bit.ly/SymphonySpace_Captions.
Produced in partnership with Barnes & Noble
THE ARTISTS
Celeste Ng
Celeste Ng is the number one New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere. Her third novel, Our Missing Hearts, will be published on October 4th. Ng is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and her work has been published in over thirty languages.
Celeste Ng is the number one New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere. Her third novel, Our Missing Hearts, will be published on October 4th. Ng is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and her work has been published in over thirty languages.
Mira Jacob
Mira Jacob is a novelist, memoirist, illustrator, and cultural critic. Her graphic memoir, Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations, was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award and longlisted for the PEN Open Book Award. Her novel, The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing, was named one of the best books of the year by Kirkus Reviews, Boston Globe, Goodreads, Bustle, and The Millions.
Mira Jacob is a novelist, memoirist, illustrator, and cultural critic. Her graphic memoir, Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations, was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award and longlisted for the PEN Open Book Award. Her novel, The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing, was named one of the best books of the year by Kirkus Reviews, Boston Globe, Goodreads, Bustle, and The Millions.
Zachary Noah Piser
Zachary Noah Piser is an Asian American, Jewish actor based in NYC. Most recently, he starred in the title role of Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway. Additional New York stage credits include Wicked on Broadway, and off-Broadway in Sweeney Todd, Adventurephile, and Mad Libs Live. Starting this fall, Piser will appear in the new Broadway musical KPOP at Circle in the Square.
Zachary Noah Piser is an Asian American, Jewish actor based in NYC. Most recently, he starred in the title role of Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway. Additional New York stage credits include Wicked on Broadway, and off-Broadway in Sweeney Todd, Adventurephile, and Mad Libs Live. Starting this fall, Piser will appear in the new Broadway musical KPOP at Circle in the Square.
MORE INFORMATION
The Thalia Book Club 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.
Flowers courtesy of PlantShed.
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
