WordTheatre with John Edgar Wideman at Soho House NY

WordTheatre NYMarch 14, 2010 @ Soho House New York

Len Cariou Jessica Collins
Colman Domingo Stephen McKinley Henderson
Dorian Missick Ron Simons
Keith Randolph Smith Lynn Whitfield
Victor Williams

John Edgar Wideman, MacArthur Genius Grant recipient and two time winner of the International PEN/ Faulkner Award, came to WordTheatre at Soho House for a world premiere of his new collection of microfiction Briefs.

  • Len Cariou (About Schmidt, Damages)
  • Jessica Collins (The Nine, The Good Wife)
  • Colman Domingo (The Scottsboro Boys currently at the Vineyard)
  • Frankie Faison (Adam, Silence of the Lambs)
  • Stephen McKinley Henderson (Fences with Denzel Washington opening April 26)
  • Dorian Missick (The Bounty Hunter. Six Degrees)
  • Ron Simons (Night Catches Us, Law and Order)
  • Keith Randolph Smith (Malcolm X, Broadway's Come Back, Little Sheba)
  • Lynn Whitfield (Eve's Bayou, The Josephine Baker Story)
  • Victor Williams (Cop Land, King of Queens)

  • Narrated by Rodd Houston

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

Briefs is available exclusively from Lulu.com. For more information, visit www.Lulu.com/JohnEdgarWideman

The event took place at Soho House New York (29 9th Ave, New York, NY 10014) in the 5th floor library. Seating was extremely limited.

Soho House New York is a private club, but audience members gained admittance and the ability to make lunch reservations on the day of the event.