Actor William Jackson Harper joins us to discuss the play, “Travisville,” which he wrote. The play focuses on a Texas church community and its reckoning with the civil rights movement. It is now playing at the Ensemble Studio Theatre through October 28.
Bestselling author, Barbara Kingsolver, joins us to discuss her new novel, Unsheltered. The book follows two families, in two centuries, who live at the corner of Sixth and Plum in Vineland, New Jersey, navigating what seems to be the end of the world as they know it. The book paints a portrait of life in precarious times.
Events: On October 15th, Barbara Kingsolver will be at St. Joseph’s College [245 Clinton Ave.] at 7:30 p.m. for an event hosted by Greenlight Books. On October 16th, she will be at Symphony Space [2537 Broadway, at 95th St.] at 7:30 p.m.
Singer and songwriter Rebecca Pronsky joins us to discuss her new production, “Hillary Clinton's Song Cycle: Witness.” The production imagines the inner world of Hillary Clinton just after the 2016 election and is now playing at the The New York International Fringe Festival. The show follows Hillary’s post-election journey as she abandons, and ultimately regains, hope.
