Event Program
Penn Badgley, Sophie Ansari, and Nava Kavelin, Crushmore
PENN BADGLEY, SOPHIE ANSARI, AND NAVA KAVELIN, CRUSHMORE
TUE, OCT 14 | 7PM
DISCUSSION
Sophie Ansari, Penn Badgley, Nava Kavelin, and Phoebe Robinson
A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUDIENCE
If you purchased a copy of Crushmore with your ticket, please stop by the book sales table in the back of the theater to pick up your copy. Have your ticket ready to show proof of purchase.
Additional books by tonight’s artists are available for purchase at the back of the theater.
There will not be a book signing at this event.
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The Artists
Sophie Ansari
Sophie Ansari is an illustrator, video creator, and podcast host. She moonlights as a community organizer, tallying many hours each week volunteering with children on her block and bothering her neighbors until they offer to feed her.
Penn Badgley
Penn Badgley is an actor, director, producer, writer, and podcaster best known for his starring roles in the CW’s Gossip Girl and Netflix’s You.
Nava Kavelin
Nava Kavelin is a writer and producer based in Los Angeles. She and Penn Badgley cofounded a production company, Ninth Mode, together in 2020, and Nava is CEO. Prior to her work on Podcrushed, Nava taught at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and was a researcher and writer at the United Nations.
Nava Kavelin is a writer and producer based in Los Angeles. She and Penn Badgley cofounded a production company, Ninth Mode, together in 2020, and Nava is CEO. Prior to her work on Podcrushed, Nava taught at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and was a researcher and writer at the United Nations.
Phoebe Robinson
Phoebe Robinson is a New York Times bestselling author, stand-up comedian, actress, and producer. She is the co-creator and co-star of the hit podcast turned HBO series 2 Dope Queens, as well as the host of critically acclaimed podcasts Sooo Many White Guys and Black Frasier. A powerhouse in publishing, Phoebe founded Tiny Reparations Books, which recently celebrated its five-year anniversary and has become a critically acclaimed imprint championing marginalized voices, with multiple titles earning prestigious awards and landing on the NYT bestseller list. As an author, Phoebe has released three bestselling books, including You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain; Everything’s Trash, But It’s Okay (adapted into a Freeform series); and Please Don’t Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes, the inaugural title from Tiny Reparations Books. She also starred in the films Ibiza and What Men Want, and notably moderated Michelle Obama’s Becoming book tour. Her debut hour-long comedy special, Sorry, Harriet Tubman, premiered on HBO Max in 2021.
Phoebe Robinson is a New York Times bestselling author, stand-up comedian, actress, and producer. She is the co-creator and co-star of the hit podcast turned HBO series 2 Dope Queens, as well as the host of critically acclaimed podcasts Sooo Many White Guys and Black Frasier. A powerhouse in publishing, Phoebe founded Tiny Reparations Books, which recently celebrated its five-year anniversary and has become a critically acclaimed imprint championing marginalized voices, with multiple titles earning prestigious awards and landing on the NYT bestseller list. As an author, Phoebe has released three bestselling books, including You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain; Everything’s Trash, But It’s Okay (adapted into a Freeform series); and Please Don’t Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes, the inaugural title from Tiny Reparations Books. She also starred in the films Ibiza and What Men Want, and notably moderated Michelle Obama’s Becoming book tour. Her debut hour-long comedy special, Sorry, Harriet Tubman, premiered on HBO Max in 2021.
MORE INFORMATION
This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Seedlings Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Charina Endowment Fund, Charles D. Fleischman Charitable Trust, Susan Bay Nimoy, The Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society of North America, PECO Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina, Michael Tuch Foundation, Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold and the Arnhold Foundation, The Grodzins Fund, and the Seedtime Foundation.
Programming 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.
Kathy Landau Executive Director
Peg Wreen Managing Director
Isaiah Sheffer*
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)
Jennifer Brennan Director of Literary Programs
Drew Richardson Lead Producer of Literary Programs
Vivienne Woodward Senior Producer of Literary Programs
Mary Shimkin Director of Broadcast & Literary Initiatives
Matthew Love Consultant for Literary Programs
Magdalene Wrobleski Program Associate
Aileen Vasquez Literary Intern
Gabriela Weaver Literary Intern
*in memoriam
