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The Center for Fiction and Theatre Communications Group Present Playwrights
Tracy Letts & Will Eno in Conversation
Tuesday, March 23, 2020, at 7pm. Admission is $25
New York, NY – The Center for Fiction, a 200-year-old literary nonprofit that's created an immersive home for readers and writers in downtown Brooklyn, and Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, will co-present Tracy Letts & Will Eno in Conversation. Tracy Letts and Will Eno, close friends and accomplished playwrights, will dive into a conversation about their latest work: Gnit and The Minutes, among other topics.
“We’re thrilled to find a partner in The Center for Fiction who shares TCG Books’ belief that plays are literature and worthy of the same resources, respect, and critical attention as any other form,” said Teresa Eyring, executive director, TCG. “After the success of events featuring Jackie Sibblies Drury and Claudia Rankine, and then Annie Baker and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, I’m sure these two playwrights will contribute their own lively and insightful conversation.”
The event will take place at the Center for Fiction 15 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217 on Tuesday, March 23, 2020, at 7pm. Admission is $25. Learn more and acquire your tickets online here.
Since its founding in 1984, TCG Books has grown to become North America’s largest independent trade publisher of dramatic literature, with 17 Pulitzer Prizes for Drama on the TCG booklist. Under the leadership of publisher Terry Nemeth, TCG Books has published the work of more than 235 playwrights and other theatre professionals in single volumes and anthologies and sold over three million books. TCG Books has a dual objective: to bring new literary voices to public attention and to cultivate individual relationships with its playwrights that nurture their careers. TCG is committed to keeping its playwrights in print.
Tracy Letts was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play for August: Osage County, which was made into a feature film starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. His latest plays include The Minutes (Broadway 2020) and Linda Vista (Broadway 2019). Other plays include Mary Page Marlowe, Man from Nebraska, Killer Joe, Bug, and Superior Donuts. He is an ensemble member at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. As an actor, he was awarded a 2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Recent screen acting credits include Little Women, Lady Bird, Ford v. Ferrari, and a starring role on Homeland.
Will Eno lives in Brooklyn with his wife Maria Dizzia and their daughter Albertine. His plays include Gnit; The Realistic Joneses (Broadway 2014); Wakey, Wakey; Thom Pain (based on nothing); Middletown; Title and Deed; The Open House; Oh, the Humanity and other good intentions; Tragedy: a tragedy; and The Flu Season.
The Center for Fiction is the only nonprofit literary organization in the U.S. solely dedicated to celebrating fiction. It is known for hosting special literary events, including innovative panels, lectures and conversations, featuring the likes of Salman Rushdie, Mitchell S. Jackson, Christine Schutt, Salvatore Scibona, Téa Obreht, Laila Lalami, Maaza Mengiste, Jessica Hagedorn, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Jacqueline Woodson, Cherríe Moraga, Rigoberto González, Geoff Dyer, Miriam Toews, Meg Wolitzer, Julia Alvarez, Deborah Eisenberg, Alexander Chee, Cristina Rivera Garza, Jonathan Lethem, Rachel Cusk, Domenico Starnone and many more. The Center for Fiction provides grants and holds workshops to support emerging writers, hosts book groups on classic and contemporary fiction, and provides free books and hosts events for NYC students from K-12th grade, as well as summer writing workshops for budding authors. The bookstore, cafe, and terrace bar at their newly opened base in Brooklyn are open to the public and proceeds go to support the center’s nonprofit programs. An important piece of New York City history, the Center for Fiction continues to build its renowned circulating library collection, begun in 1820 by New York City merchants before the advent of the public library system, and features historic and rare finds as well as the latest acquisitions.
Theatre Communications Group (TCG) exists to strengthen, nurture, and promote professional theatre in the U.S. and globally. Since its founding in 1961, TCG’s constituency has grown from a handful of groundbreaking theatres to over 700 Member Theatres and affiliate organizations and nearly 10,000 Individual Members. Through its Core Values of Activism, Artistry, Diversity, and Global Citizenship, TCG advances a better world for theatre and a better world because of theatre. TCG offers its members networking and knowledge-building opportunities through research, communications, and events, including the annual TCG National Conference, one of the largest nationwide gatherings of theatre people; awards grants and scholarships, approximately $2 million per year, to theatre companies and individual artists; advocates on the federal level; and through the Global Theater Initiative, TCG's partnership with the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics, serves as the U.S. Center of the International Theatre Institute. TCG is North America’s largest independent trade publisher of dramatic literature, with 17 Pulitzer Prizes for Drama on the TCG booklist. It also publishes the award-winning American Theatre magazine and ARTSEARCH®, the essential source for a career in the arts. In all of its endeavors, TCG seeks to increase the organizational efficiency of its Member Theatres, cultivate and celebrate the artistic talent and achievements of the field, and promote a larger public understanding of, and appreciation for, the theatre.www.tcg.org.
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