Authors Guild Foundation Guild Nights are small literary events held in intimate settings at private homes featuring one of today’s most celebrated authors as the guest of honor.
Proceeds from Guild Nights support the Authors Guild Foundation, the charitable and educational arm of the Authors Guild. The AGF educates, supports, and protects American writers to ensure that a rich, diverse body of literature can flourish. Donations to attend are 100% tax-deductible.
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Page to Stage, part of our Guild Nights series, offers supporters an inside look at how literary works, and the figures behind them, are brought to life for the stage. These intimate, salon-style events feature the author and/or playwright, director, or creative team behind a stage adaptation of a literary work. Guests may then attend the performance together, carrying those insights into the theater and experiencing the work with fresh perspective.
Previous Guild Nights
Behind the Curtain: A Page to Stage Event
Harlan Coben in conversation with Mark Rosenblatt, playwright of GIANT
Hosted by Brisa and Mark Carleton
A Pride & Prejudice inspired Guild Nights evening with authors Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding
Elizabeth of East Hampton
Hosted by Karyn Schoenbart, founder of Conversation & Cocktails, and Stacy Berns, co-founder of DealmakeHers
Jodi Picoult
By Any Other Name
Hosted by Brisa and Mark Carleton
Elizabeth Birkelund
A Northern Light in Provence
Hosted by Susanna Porter and James Clark
Margot Lee Shetterly
Hidden Figures
Hosted by Lynn Boulger and Tim Garrity
Douglas Preston
Extinction
Hosted by Meredith and Justin Lesher
Sigrid Nunez
What Are You Going Through
Hosted by Tess and Jacob Gerritsen
Lauren Belfer
Ashton Hall
Hosted by Beth Gutcheon and Robin Clements
Emily Franklin
The Lioness of Boston
Hosted by Steve and Allison Sullens
Kim Stanley Robinson
The Ministry for the Future
Hosted by Cynthia Baker, Mary Louise Mitterhoff, and Jon Zeitler
James Shapiro
Shakespeare in a Divided America
Hosted by Meredith and Justin Lesher
Sam Sifton
Assistant Managing Editor of The New York Times and Founding Editor of New York Times Cooking
Hosted by Pam and Joe McCarthy
D.T. Max in conversation with Christina Baker Kline
Finale: Late Conversations with Stephen Sondheim
A Guild Nights cocktail party hosted by Peter Gethers
Alice Elliott Dark
Fellowship Point
Hosted by Darron and Karen Collins
Christina Baker Kline
The Exiles
Hosted by Martie and Ed Samek
Geraldine Brooks
Horse
Hosted by Dan and Rebecca Okrent
Meredith Hall
Beneficence
Hosted by Christina Baker Kline and David Kline
Tom Ricks
Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968
Hosted by Lynn Boulger and Tim Garrity
Ted Widmer
Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington
Pascal Hall
Lily King
Five Tuesdays in Winter
Hosted by Beth Gutcheon and Robin Clements
Heather Cox Richardson
Letters from an American/ How the South Won the Civil War
Hosted by Douglas and Christine Preston
Jonathan Lethem
The Arrest
Hosted by Will and Genie Thorndike
Patricia O’Toole
The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made
Hosted by Steven Koltai and Ivan Zizek
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy
Hosted by Dr. Janet Dewart Bell
Roxana Robinson
Dawson’s Fall
Hosted by Hunter Runnette and Mark VandenBosch
Jane Green
Sister Stardust
Hosted by Sally and Robert Koslow
Francine Prose
The Vixen
Hosted by Roxana and Hamilton Robinson
Joshua Ferris
A Calling for Charlie Barnes
Hosted by Alexandra Enders and Verlyn Klinkenborg
Roxana Robinson
Georgia O’Keeffe: A Life
Hosted by Caren Sturges
Jonathan Taplin
The Magic Years: Scenes from a Rock-and-Roll Life
Hosted by Allison and Steve Sullens
Dan Brown
Origin
Cocktail reception hosted by Dan Brown
Monica Wood
The One-in-a-Million Boy
Hosted by Christine and Douglas Preston
Heather Cox Richardson
Letters from an American/How the South Won the Civil War
Hosted by Wendy Strothman and John Bishop
Douglas Preston
The Lost City of the Monkey God
Hosted by Will and Genie Thorndike
Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon
Fight of the Century
Hosted by Tom and Marion Dillon Morris
Tess Gerritsen
Choose Me/Magnificent Beast
Hosted by Lynn Boulger and Tim Garrity
Christina Baker Kline
The Exiles
Hosted by Sherry Streeter and Jon Wilson
Stuart Kestenbaum
Things Seemed to Be Breaking
Hosted by Barbara and Charles Pierce
André Aciman
Find Me
Hosted by Fred and Alexandra Peters
Roz Chast and Patty Marx
You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time: Rules for Couples
Hosted by Amanda and Charles Brainerd
Greer Hendricks
You Are Not Alone
Hosted by Cyn Rossi
Claire Messud
The Burning Girl
Hosted by Doug Ellis
Roxana Robinson
Dawson’s Fall
Hosted by Laura Pedersen
Elizabeth Strout
Olive, Again
Hosted by Hamilton and Roxana Robinson