Event Program
SPECIAL LITERARY EVENT 5/4
JOHN WATERS
LIARMOUTH: A FEEL-BAD ROMANCE: A NOVEL
WED, MAY 04
DISCUSSION
John Waters and Michael Cunningham
A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUDIENCE
To join in the conversation text your questions to (304) 715-2537
There will be a book signing for in-person attendees after the event. Please remain in your seat and you will be called up by row.
Livestream ticket-holders can purchase signed copies of Liarmouth from Strand Book Store. Use the code SymphonySpace for a 10% discount.
THE ARTISTS
John Waters
John Waters is a writer, film director, actor, and visual artist best known for his films, including Hairspray, Pink Flamingos, and Serial Mom. He is the author of the national bestsellers Role Models, Carsick, and Mr. Know-It-All. His spoken-word shows, This Filthy World and A John Waters Christmas, continue to be performed around the world. His debut novel, Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance, was published on May 3rd.
John Waters is a writer, film director, actor, and visual artist best known for his films, including Hairspray, Pink Flamingos, and Serial Mom. He is the author of the national bestsellers Role Models, Carsick, and Mr. Know-It-All. His spoken-word shows, This Filthy World and A John Waters Christmas, continue to be performed around the world. His debut novel, Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance, was published on May 3rd.
Michael Cunningham
Michael Cunningham is the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Hours, which was adapted into an award-winning film. His works also include the novels A Home at the End of the World, Flesh and Blood, Specimen Days, By Nightfall, The Snow Queen, and the short-story collection A Wild Swan, as well as the nonfiction Land’s End: A Walk in Provincetown. Cunningham has received the Whiting Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and is a Professor in the Practice at Yale University.
Michael Cunningham is the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Hours, which was adapted into an award-winning film. His works also include the novels A Home at the End of the World, Flesh and Blood, Specimen Days, By Nightfall, The Snow Queen, and the short-story collection A Wild Swan, as well as the nonfiction Land’s End: A Walk in Provincetown. Cunningham has received the Whiting Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and is a Professor in the Practice at Yale University.
MORE INFORMATION
This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of the NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund in The New York Community Trust, the Howard Gilman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, the Charina Endowment Fund, the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, The Achelis and Bodman Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Michael Tuch Foundation, the Vidda Foundation, the Lemberg 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.
It’s a truly extraordinary moment to be here for the 21/22 Symphony Space season! We are so grateful to the independent venue operators who banded together to initiate the Save Our Stages campaign, which became the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant. Through the leadership of Senator Chuck Schumer, and with bipartisan support from many Senators and Representatives, the creative community was bolstered by this special funding. All of us at Symphony Space extend our heartfelt thanks to each and every individual who recognized the unmistakable power and importance of the arts in this most critical moment.
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
Antonio Brown Intern
Mollie Gordon Intern
*in memoriam