Event Program
Samantha Irby, Quietly Hostile
SAMANTHA IRBY, QUIETLY HOSTILE
WED, MAY 17
DISCUSSION
Samantha Irby and Cynthia Nixon
READINGS
Aminatou Sow, Jia Tolentino, and Ilana Glazer
A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUDIENCE
There will be a book signing at this event.
If you purchased a book with your ticket, you may pick it up at the back of the theater.
Books are also available for purchase.
If you plan to stay for the book signing, please remain seated and staff will call you up by row.
Samantha will personalize one book per person. No photos will be allowed during the signing.
The Artists (in alphabetical order)
Ilana Glazer
Ilana Glazer is the co-creator and co-star of the critically acclaimed web series and Comedy Central series Broad City. Her debut stand-up comedy special, The Planet Is Burning, was released on Amazon Prime in January 2020. Glazer starred in the A24 horror film False Positive on Hulu, which she also co-wrote and executive produced. With her development and production company, Starrpix, she launched the digital stand-up series Tight Five and the original one-hour comedy special Comedy on Earth. Glazer is also the co-founder of the non-profit Generator Collective, which was founded in 2016. Generator Collective aims to humanize policy through people-powered stories on social media and defines minimal civic engagement. Glazer can currently be seen on the Apple TV+ series The Afterparty.
Ilana Glazer is the co-creator and co-star of the critically acclaimed web series and Comedy Central series Broad City. Her debut stand-up comedy special, The Planet Is Burning, was released on Amazon Prime in January 2020. Glazer starred in the A24 horror film False Positive on Hulu, which she also co-wrote and executive produced. With her development and production company, Starrpix, she launched the digital stand-up series Tight Five and the original one-hour comedy special Comedy on Earth. Glazer is also the co-founder of the non-profit Generator Collective, which was founded in 2016. Generator Collective aims to humanize policy through people-powered stories on social media and defines minimal civic engagement. Glazer can currently be seen on the Apple TV+ series The Afterparty.
Samantha Irby
Samantha Irby is a humorist and essayist and the author of three previous essay collections.
Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon made her film debut in Little Darlings at 12 years old and her Broadway debut at 14 years old in The Philadelphia Story. Since then, she’s appeared in more than 40 plays, scores of films and TV shows, and won two Emmys, two Tonys, and a Grammy. Best known for her role as Miranda on HBO’s Sex and the City, she currently co-stars in the sequel series And Just Like That... and in Julian Fellowes’ The Gilded Age (also on HBO). Nixon appeared on numerous "Best Actress of 2018" lists for her portrayal of Emily Dickinson in Terrence Davies' much-lauded film A Quiet Passion. In 2018, she also ran for Governor of New York State, putting issues of economic, racial, and gender equality front and center. She and her wife Christine Marinoni live in Manhattan and have three children—Sam, Charlie, and Max.
Cynthia Nixon made her film debut in Little Darlings at 12 years old and her Broadway debut at 14 years old in The Philadelphia Story. Since then, she’s appeared in more than 40 plays, scores of films and TV shows, and won two Emmys, two Tonys, and a Grammy. Best known for her role as Miranda on HBO’s Sex and the City, she currently co-stars in the sequel series And Just Like That... and in Julian Fellowes’ The Gilded Age (also on HBO). Nixon appeared on numerous "Best Actress of 2018" lists for her portrayal of Emily Dickinson in Terrence Davies' much-lauded film A Quiet Passion. In 2018, she also ran for Governor of New York State, putting issues of economic, racial, and gender equality front and center. She and her wife Christine Marinoni live in Manhattan and have three children—Sam, Charlie, and Max.
Aminatou Sow
Aminatou Sow is a screenwriter and the author of the New York Times bestselling book Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close. She also co-hosted the acclaimed podcast Call Your Girlfriend. A proud member of the Writers Guild of America, Sow was radicalized in 1992 by the Disney musical film Newsies and is currently on strike. Thank God for labor unions.
Aminatou Sow is a screenwriter and the author of the New York Times bestselling book Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close. She also co-hosted the acclaimed podcast Call Your Girlfriend. A proud member of the Writers Guild of America, Sow was radicalized in 1992 by the Disney musical film Newsies and is currently on strike. Thank God for labor unions.
Jia Tolentino
Jia Tolentino is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of the essay collection Trick Mirror.
MORE INFORMATION
This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of 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
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