Fiction is democratic, it reasserts the authority of the single mind to make and remake the world.
Synopsis
Steppenwolf Theatre Company hosts an evening of conversation about the world of storytelling. Featured for the event are two expert storytellers, Tony Award-winning ensemble member Frank Galati and Pulitzer Prize-finalist E.L. Doctorow. Galati is currently in rehearsal directing his stage adaptation of Doctorow's sweeping epic novel, The March, about General William Tecumseh Sherman's Civil War march through Georgia. This marks Galati's second stage production of a Doctorow novel, following the highly-acclaimed musical Ragtime (1998).
Frank Galati
Frank Galati is a Steppenwolf ensemble member who's many directing credits include
Endgame,
Homebody/Kabul,
The Grapes of Wrath and
You Can't Take It With You. Other Steppenwolf adaptations include
after the quake and
Kafka on the Shore.
Visit his ensemble page.
E.L. Doctorow
E. L. Doctorow's novels include
Homer & Langley,
The March,
City of God,
The Waterworks,
Welcome to Hard Times,
The Book of Daniel,
Ragtime,
Loon Lake,
Lives of the Poets,
World's Fair, and
Billy Bathgate. Among his honors are the National Book Award, three National Book Critics Circle awards, two PEN/Faulkner awards, the William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the presidentially conferred National Humanities Medal. E. L. Doctorow lives in New York City. E.L. Doctorow is perhaps best known for his novel
Ragtime, which was adapted into a feature film and a Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical (also directed by Frank Galati). Doctorow was a Pulitzer finalist for both
The March and
Billy Bathgate.