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Event Program
MON, MAY 06
READING
Constance Wu
CONVERSATION
Rachel Khong and Constance Wu
A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUDIENCE
There will be a book signing following this event.
Book sales provided by Yu & Me Books.
Constance Wu will next be seen in The Friend alongside Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Ann Dowd, and Noma Dumezweni. She was recently seen in Will Speck and Josh Gordon’s Lyle, Lyle Crocodile alongside Shawn Mendes and Javier Bardem. Most notably, Constance starred in Warner Brother's romantic comedy hit Crazy Rich Asians, directed by Jon M. Chu. For this role, she received Golden Globe and Critics Choice nominations. Crazy Rich Asians also made Hollywood history as the first studio movie in more than 25 years to star an Asian American woman. Wu was last seen in Amazon’s conspiracy thriller series The Terminal List alongside Chris Pratt, and also for Amazon, Solos, alongside Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway, and Helen Mirren. Her breakout role was as Jessica Huang in ABC’s comedy series Fresh Off the Boat. For this role, Constance was nominated for a Critics’ Choice Television Award and was honored as part of the TIME 100 Most Influential People of 2017. Wu recently penned a memoir titled Making a Scene.
Constance Wu will next be seen in The Friend alongside Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Ann Dowd, and Noma Dumezweni. She was recently seen in Will Speck and Josh Gordon’s Lyle, Lyle Crocodile alongside Shawn Mendes and Javier Bardem. Most notably, Constance starred in Warner Brother's romantic comedy hit Crazy Rich Asians, directed by Jon M. Chu. For this role, she received Golden Globe and Critics Choice nominations. Crazy Rich Asians also made Hollywood history as the first studio movie in more than 25 years to star an Asian American woman. Wu was last seen in Amazon’s conspiracy thriller series The Terminal List alongside Chris Pratt, and also for Amazon, Solos, alongside Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway, and Helen Mirren. Her breakout role was as Jessica Huang in ABC’s comedy series Fresh Off the Boat. For this role, Constance was nominated for a Critics’ Choice Television Award and was honored as part of the TIME 100 Most Influential People of 2017. Wu recently penned a memoir titled Making a Scene.
Rachel Khong is the author of Goodbye, Vitamin, winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction and named a Best Book of the Year by NPR; O, The Oprah Magazine; Vogue; and Esquire. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Cut, The Guardian, The Paris Review, andTin House. In 2018, she founded The Ruby, a work and event space for women and nonbinary writers and artists in San Francisco’s Mission District. Her latest novel, Real Americans, was published on April 30.
Rachel Khong is the author of Goodbye, Vitamin, winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction and named a Best Book of the Year by NPR; O, The Oprah Magazine; Vogue; and Esquire. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Cut, The Guardian, The Paris Review, andTin House. In 2018, she founded The Ruby, a work and event space for women and nonbinary writers and artists in San Francisco’s Mission District. Her latest novel, Real Americans, was published on April 30.
The Thalia Book Club is made possible thanks to the generous support of Susan Bay Nimoy, Estate of Douglas M. Matheson, Seedlings Foundation, MacMillan Family 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, Mustang Foundation, 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 (1978-1988)
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
Sophia Raimondi Literary Intern
Lulu Chatterjee Literary Intern
*in memoriam