Event Program
Thalia Book Club: Jess Walter, So Far Gone
THALIA BOOK CLUB: JESS WALTER, SO FAR GONE
MON, JUN 16
READING
Tim Daly
DISCUSSION
Maria Semple and Jess Walter
A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUDIENCE
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The Artists (in alphabetical order)
Tim Daly
Tim Daly has been an actor for more than 40 years, working in TV, films, and theater. He is the recipient of Theatre World, Dramalogue, Golden Satellite, GLAAD, Gracie, Humanitas, Princess Grace, and Peabody Awards, and has been nominated for Emmy and SAG awards. He has produced three films that were in competition at the Sundance Film Festival. He is perhaps best known for his roles in Wings, Private Practice, The Sopranos, and Madam Secretary, and as the voice of Superman for the animated series. He also created and stars in the YouTube web series The Daly Show. His theater credits include Coastal Disturbances, Red, The Scene, Downstairs, Six Degrees of Separation, Buried Child, Bus Stop, Henry Flamethrowa, The Ruins of Civilization, and most recently off-Broadway in Night of the Iguana and Still. He’s been in a lot of movies, most notably Basic, The Associate, and Diner. He can be seen in the upcoming movies The Panic and Unholy Trinity, and in the upcoming Netflix series Leanne.
Tim Daly has been an actor for more than 40 years, working in TV, films, and theater. He is the recipient of Theatre World, Dramalogue, Golden Satellite, GLAAD, Gracie, Humanitas, Princess Grace, and Peabody Awards, and has been nominated for Emmy and SAG awards. He has produced three films that were in competition at the Sundance Film Festival. He is perhaps best known for his roles in Wings, Private Practice, The Sopranos, and Madam Secretary, and as the voice of Superman for the animated series. He also created and stars in the YouTube web series The Daly Show. His theater credits include Coastal Disturbances, Red, The Scene, Downstairs, Six Degrees of Separation, Buried Child, Bus Stop, Henry Flamethrowa, The Ruins of Civilization, and most recently off-Broadway in Night of the Iguana and Still. He’s been in a lot of movies, most notably Basic, The Associate, and Diner. He can be seen in the upcoming movies The Panic and Unholy Trinity, and in the upcoming Netflix series Leanne.
Maria Semple
Maria Semple is the bestselling author of Today Will Be Different; Where’d You Go, Bernadette, which was adapted into a film starring Cate Blanchett; and This One Is Mine. Her novels have been translated into more than 30 languages. Before writing fiction, Maria wrote for the TV shows Arrested Development, Mad About You, Ellen, 90210, and many more. Semple is working on a new novel and collaborating with KT Tunstall on a musical adaptation of Where’d You Go, Bernadette for the Vineyard Theater.
Maria Semple is the bestselling author of Today Will Be Different; Where’d You Go, Bernadette, which was adapted into a film starring Cate Blanchett; and This One Is Mine. Her novels have been translated into more than 30 languages. Before writing fiction, Maria wrote for the TV shows Arrested Development, Mad About You, Ellen, 90210, and many more. Semple is working on a new novel and collaborating with KT Tunstall on a musical adaptation of Where’d You Go, Bernadette for the Vineyard Theater.
Jess Walter
Jess Walter is the author of seven previous novels, including the bestsellers The Cold Millions and Beautiful Ruins, the National Book Award Finalist The Zero, and Citizen Vince, winner of the Edgar Award for best novel. His short fiction, collected in The Angel of Rome and We Live in Water, has won the O. Henry Prize, the Pushcart Prize, and appeared three times in Best American Short Stories. So Far Gone was published on June 10th.
Jess Walter is the author of seven previous novels, including the bestsellers The Cold Millions and Beautiful Ruins, the National Book Award Finalist The Zero, and Citizen Vince, winner of the Edgar Award for best novel. His short fiction, collected in The Angel of Rome and We Live in Water, has won the O. Henry Prize, the Pushcart Prize, and appeared three times in Best American Short Stories. So Far Gone was published on June 10th.
MORE INFORMATION
The Thalia Book Club is made possible thanks to the generous support of Susan Bay Nimoy, Seedlings Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Charina Endowment Fund, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, PECO Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina, Michael Tuch Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold and the Arnhold Foundation, The Grodzins Fund, and The Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society of North America.
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.
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
Leigh Reid Literary Intern
Mia Testa Literary Intern
*in memoriam
