Main Stage 2017
The 2017 Main Stage Events
The 2017 Readers and Writers Festival kicks off on Friday night by hailing both Readers and Writers in the play “Love Letters” by A.R. Gurney, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
A.R. Gurney’s two-character play follows the relationship between a stuffy W.A.S.P. and a free-spirited woman, throughout their lives from childhood to death, as chronicled in the letters they write to each other. The play is very simply presented, with the two actors seated at a table, reading from the script, as if from letters.
Who better to bring those words to life than Tony and Emmy award winning actor Len Cariou and his wife Heather Summerhayes Cariou, also an award winning actress and author.
This event produced by Michelle Oram
“This festival shows us the worldwide importance of coming together to share ideas and build community.”
Gloria Steinem, featured guest of the 2016 Milford Readers and Writers Festival
Lee Child, international bestselling author of the Jack Reacher thrillers, in conversation with Stephen Rubin, President and Publisher of Henry Holt Publishing
Robin Morgan, author of Sisterhood Is Powerful in conversation with Farai Chideya, award-winning author, journalist, professor, and lecturer
