Schedule of Events
2009 Writers Summer Evening Events
This series of performances, lectures and presentations begins Wednesday, July 8 and continues through Saturday, August 1.
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Ticket Prices:
Saturday Evening Events - $35 / $10 Seniors, Students, Stony Brook University Personnel
Weekday Evening Events - $25 / $10 Seniors, Students, Stony Brook University Personnel
For more information, email: southamptonwriters@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
For ticket information, call (631) 632-5152.
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Wednesday, July 8,
7:30 p.m., Duke Lecture Hall
Norton Juster
A discussion with the famed children's book author.
Thursday, July 9,
7:30 p.m, Avram Theater
From Page to Stage: Theater Adaptation Panel
Pulitzer Prize winner Marsha Norman
and iTheatrics CEO
Tim McDonald discuss
the process of adapting children’s literature into theatrical form.
Friday, July 10,
7:30 p.m., Avram Theater
The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley - Hamptons Premiere!
Presented by iTheatrics.
Written and directed
by Tim McDonald, based on the classic children's book series
by Jeff Brown.
Open to children and adults.
Saturday, July 11,
7:30 p.m., Avram Theater
A Celebration of Poetry
for the Whole Family: Highlights from the soon-to-be
released Julie Andrews Collection
of Poems, Songs and Lullabies
Author/actress Julie Andrews, her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton
and artist James McMullan share selections from their new anthology.
Great for children and adults!
Wednesday, July 15,
7:30 p.m., Duke Lecture Hall
Richard Ford
A discussion with the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist.
Thursday, July 16,
7:30 p.m., Avram Theater
Ensemble Studio Theatre Onstage
New York's premiere development
theater presents a reading of a new play. A BOY CALLED NEWFOUNDLAND.
Written by Graeme Gillis, directed by William Carden.
Friday, July 17,
7:30 p.m., Avram Theater
Theater Collaborations
A discussion featuring theater giants Robert Brustein, Emily
Mann, Joe Mantello and Tony Walton.
Saturday, July 18,
7:30 p.m., Avram Theater
Three Farces and a Funeral - Based on the life, letters and plays
of Anton Chekhov
By Robert Brustein.
Featuring Alan Alda. Directed by Daniela Veron.
Monday, July 20,
7:30 p.m., Avram Theater
A Seagull in the Hamptons - Freely adapted from Chekhov's
The Seagull
By Emily Mann.
Featuring Harris Yulin, Larry Pine
and Maria Tucci.
Tuesday, July 21,
7:30 p.m., Duke Lecture Hall
Guggenheim Fellow Thomas Lux and National Book Critics Circle Award-winner Marie Ponsot
Wednesday, July 22,
7:30 p.m., Avram Theater
The Last Cargo Cult
Created and performed
by Mike Daisey,
groundbreaking monologuist. Directed by Jean-Michele
Gregory.
Thursday, July 23,
7:30 p.m., Duke Lecture Hall
Celebrated writers Meg Wolitzer and Roger Rosenblatt
Friday, July 24,
7:30 p.m., Avram Theater
An Evening With Billy Collins
Presented by The Southampton Review.
Thursday, July 30,
7:30 p.m., Avram Theater
Ensemble Studio Theatre Onstage
The esteemed Off-Broadway theater
presents a reading of a new play in development.
Friday, July 31,
7:30 p.m., Avram Theater
The Alan J. Pakula Prize
This year, Stony Brook Southampton
and the Writers Guild of
America, East salute a major figure
in screenwriting and directing.
Saturday, August 1, 7:30 p.m., Avram Theater
A Conversation on Film Writing with
Alec Baldwin and Jon Robin Baitz
Join us for a surprising, humorous and
practical conversation about what
makes great screenwriting, as these
two pros screen clips from some of
their favorite films.