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Event Program
TUE, SEP 24
DISCUSSION
Uzo Aduba and Robin Roberts
A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUDIENCE
If you purchased a copy of The Road Is Good with your ticket, you will receive your book as you enter the theater.
Additional books by tonight’s artists are available for purchase in the lobby.
There will be a book signing following this event.
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Uzo Aduba is an award-winning actress whose work spans television, film, and theater. On screen, her notable credits include Painkiller, In Treatment, Mrs. America, and Orange Is the New Black. In addition to her acting work, Aduba is a fierce advocate for women’s and human rights and serves as Heifer International’s ambassador to Africa as well as an ambassador for Stand Up to Cancer. The Road Is Good was published on September 24th.
Uzo Aduba is an award-winning actress whose work spans television, film, and theater. On screen, her notable credits include Painkiller, In Treatment, Mrs. America, and Orange Is the New Black. In addition to her acting work, Aduba is a fierce advocate for women’s and human rights and serves as Heifer International’s ambassador to Africa as well as an ambassador for Stand Up to Cancer. The Road Is Good was published on September 24th.
Robin Roberts is co-anchor of ABC’s Good Morning America. Under her leadership, the broadcast has won numerous Emmy Awards for Outstanding Morning Program and the 2017 People’s Choice Award for Favorite Daytime TV Hosting Team. In 2014, Roberts launched Rock'n Robin Productions, an independent production company creating original broadcast and digital programming including the award-winning Thriver Thursday digital series, the “Robin Roberts Presents” banner of scripted and documentary projects for the Lifetime Television Network, the Harlem Hellfighters documentary on History, and Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts for Disney+. She began contributing to Good Morning America in 1995 and was named co-anchor in May 2005. Prior to that, Roberts was a host of ESPN’s SportsCenter and contributed to NFL PrimeTime. Roberts graduated cum laude from Southeastern Louisiana University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications. She was a standout performer on the women’s basketball team, ending her career as one of the school’s all-time leading scorers and rebounder. In 2012, she was named an inductee to the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. Roberts is the author of From the Heart: 7 Rules to Live By and Everybody’s Got Something. Her third book, Brighter By the Day: Waking Up to New Hopes and Dreams, debuted in 2022.
Robin Roberts is co-anchor of ABC’s Good Morning America. Under her leadership, the broadcast has won numerous Emmy Awards for Outstanding Morning Program and the 2017 People’s Choice Award for Favorite Daytime TV Hosting Team. In 2014, Roberts launched Rock'n Robin Productions, an independent production company creating original broadcast and digital programming including the award-winning Thriver Thursday digital series, the “Robin Roberts Presents” banner of scripted and documentary projects for the Lifetime Television Network, the Harlem Hellfighters documentary on History, and Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts for Disney+. She began contributing to Good Morning America in 1995 and was named co-anchor in May 2005. Prior to that, Roberts was a host of ESPN’s SportsCenter and contributed to NFL PrimeTime. Roberts graduated cum laude from Southeastern Louisiana University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications. She was a standout performer on the women’s basketball team, ending her career as one of the school’s all-time leading scorers and rebounder. In 2012, she was named an inductee to the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. Roberts is the author of From the Heart: 7 Rules to Live By and Everybody’s Got Something. Her third book, Brighter By the Day: Waking Up to New Hopes and Dreams, debuted in 2022.
This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of Susan Bay Nimoy, Seedlings Foundation, Howard Gilman 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 Producer of Literary Programs
Mary Shimkin Director of Broadcast & Literary Initiatives
Matthew Love Consultant for Literary Programs
Magdalene Wrobleski Literary Assistant
Leigh Reid Literary Intern
Mia Testa Literary Intern
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