Event Program
Dave Eggers and Ethan Hawke: The Eyes and the Impossible
AN EVENING WITH DAVE EGGERS IN CONVERSATION WITH ETHAN HAWKE
THU, MAY 11
DISCUSSION
Dave Eggers and Ethan Hawke
READING
Ethan Hawke
A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUDIENCE
There will not be a book signing at this event.
The Artists (in alphabetical order)
Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers is the author of many books, including The Every, The Circle, The Monk of Mokha, and the National Book Award finalist A Hologram for the King, as well as numerous books for young readers, including Her Right Foot, Faraway Things, and The Lifters. He is the founder of the independent publishing company McSweeney's and the college-access nonprofit ScholarMatch, and the co-founder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing center that has inspired dozens of other centers worldwide. He is the winner of the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Education and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.
Dave Eggers is the author of many books, including The Every, The Circle, The Monk of Mokha, and the National Book Award finalist A Hologram for the King, as well as numerous books for young readers, including Her Right Foot, Faraway Things, and The Lifters. He is the founder of the independent publishing company McSweeney's and the college-access nonprofit ScholarMatch, and the co-founder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing center that has inspired dozens of other centers worldwide. He is the winner of the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Education and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.
Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke is a four-time Academy Award–nominated artist and one of Hollywood’s most multi-faceted stars: actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and bestselling novelist. His prolific film acting credits include Dead Poets Society, Reality Bites, Gattaca, Training Day, Boyhood, the Before Trilogy, and First Reformed. He has also worked extensively in the theater and has been nominated for a Drama Desk award as both an actor and as a director. Hawke recently directed the critically acclaimed, six-part documentary The Last Movie Stars, about Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman. Additional recent onscreen projects include The Black Phone, Raymond and Ray, and the TV series Moon Knight and The Good Lord Bird. He will soon be seen alongside Julia Roberts and Mahershala Ali in Netflix’s Leave the World Behind. In 2021, Hawke released two new books: the novel A Bright Ray of Darkness and the graphic novel Meadowlark: A Coming-of-Age Crime Story. Additional written works include the bestselling novels The Hottest State and Ash Wednesday, the graphic novel Indeh, and the children’s book Rules for a Knight. Hawke currently serves on the boards of The Film Forum, The DreamYard Project, and The New York Public Library.
Ethan Hawke is a four-time Academy Award–nominated artist and one of Hollywood’s most multi-faceted stars: actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and bestselling novelist. His prolific film acting credits include Dead Poets Society, Reality Bites, Gattaca, Training Day, Boyhood, the Before Trilogy, and First Reformed. He has also worked extensively in the theater and has been nominated for a Drama Desk award as both an actor and as a director. Hawke recently directed the critically acclaimed, six-part documentary The Last Movie Stars, about Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman. Additional recent onscreen projects include The Black Phone, Raymond and Ray, and the TV series Moon Knight and The Good Lord Bird. He will soon be seen alongside Julia Roberts and Mahershala Ali in Netflix’s Leave the World Behind. In 2021, Hawke released two new books: the novel A Bright Ray of Darkness and the graphic novel Meadowlark: A Coming-of-Age Crime Story. Additional written works include the bestselling novels The Hottest State and Ash Wednesday, the graphic novel Indeh, and the children’s book Rules for a Knight. Hawke currently serves on the boards of The Film Forum, The DreamYard Project, and The New York Public Library.
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.
Flowers courtesy of PlantShed.
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
