Event Program
Constance Wu, Making a Scene
CONSTANCE WU, MAKING A SCENE
TUES, OCTOBER 04
DISCUSSION
CONSTANCE WU AND BETH NEWELL
A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUDIENCE
There will not be a book signing at this event.
THE ARTISTS
Constance Wu
Constance Wu is the Golden Globe Award–nominated star of Crazy Rich Asians. Her breakthrough role was starring as Jessica Huang in the television comedy Fresh Off the Boat. She has been nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award, two Television Critics Association Awards, and four Critics Choice Awards. Time magazine has honored her as one of the 100 Most Influential People of the Year.
Constance Wu is the Golden Globe Award–nominated star of Crazy Rich Asians. Her breakthrough role was starring as Jessica Huang in the television comedy Fresh Off the Boat. She has been nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award, two Television Critics Association Awards, and four Critics Choice Awards. Time magazine has honored her as one of the 100 Most Influential People of the Year.
Beth Newell
Beth Newell is the creator of the satirical women’s magazine Reductress. She coauthored the books There’s No Manual and How to Win at Feminism. Her work has been featured in The Onion, McSweeney’s, and The New Yorker. She hosted the podcast We Knows Parenting on iHeartRadio. Newell was named by Rolling Stone as one of the “50 Funniest People Right Now" and as one of Time magazine’s "23 People Who Are Changing What's Funny Right Now." She gave birth to her daughter in the backseat of a Honda Fit.
Beth Newell is the creator of the satirical women’s magazine Reductress. She coauthored the books There’s No Manual and How to Win at Feminism. Her work has been featured in The Onion, McSweeney’s, and The New Yorker. She hosted the podcast We Knows Parenting on iHeartRadio. Newell was named by Rolling Stone as one of the “50 Funniest People Right Now" and as one of Time magazine’s "23 People Who Are Changing What's Funny Right Now." She gave birth to her daughter in the backseat of a Honda Fit.
MORE INFORMATION
This program 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.
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
