Book Launch with Dassia Posner

Sat., Oct. 17, 3–5pm

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Former Artist in Residence and Northwestern University Professor Dassia Posner comes to Danville to discuss her new book, The Actor’s Revolution: Art and Politics at the Moscow Kamerny Theatre. Dassia worked on this book during her time as an AIR fellow at Tao House and relied on rare Russian documents found in the Foundation’s library archives. Now she returns to present the fruits of her labor and share her research process, including how she reconstructed the Kamerny Theatre’s forgotten production of O’Neill’s Desire Under the Elms, which the playwright and his wife saw and loved. Dassia and theatre scholar Anna Muza, Senior Lecturer Emerita at University of California, Berkeley, will then discuss the book, followed by a Q&A with the audience.

Please join us for an afternoon with this award-winning writer and scholar. This event is FREE but preregistration is required.

Dassia’s book, which releases this month is now available to order. Pre-order discounts are available here. Use code NUP2026 for 25% off. A limited number of book copies will also be available for purchase on site.

Join us afterward for the open house reception (5:30pm–7:30pm) of “Art in the Dark” at the Village Theatre Art Gallery, including a special Eugene O’Neill birthday cake cutting at 7:00pm on the adjacent Theatre Plaza.