May 28, 2008 @ M Bar

Nancy Bell	T. Coraghessan Boyle
Kyle Chandler	Autumn Chiklis
Catherine Dent	Evan Handler
Dinah Lenney	Kerry Madden
Mozhan Marno	Joel David Moore
Natalija Nogulich	Scott Phillips
Rachel Resnick	Carolyn See
Parry Shen	Diana Wagman

WordTheatre partnered with American Bookseller's Association to present our annual Novel and Memoir Beginnings! The first few juicy pages of new and upcoming novels and memoirs were performed on stage among the lush velvet tapestries and glittering chandeliers of M Bar in Hollywood on Wednesday, May 28th.

The show included the work of Carolyn See, Joseph Olshan, Scott Phillips, Rachel Resnick, Dinah Lenney, Kerry Madden, Ronald Alexander, Diana Wagman, Evan Handler and T.C. Boyle, all of whom will be in attendance.

Program:

• T.C. Boyle's The Women, was performed by Parry Shen (Better Luck Tomorrow)
  

• Carolyn See's There Will Never Be Another You, was performed by Natalija Nogulich (Steal Big, Steal Little)
  

• Dinah Lenney's Bigger Than Life, actor/author, (ER) performed her own work
  

• Scott Phillips's Frogs in the Snow, was performed by Mozhan Marno (Charlie Wilson's War)
  

• Rachel Resnick's The Blue Flame, was performed by Nancy Bell (Little Man)
  

• Kerry Madden's Gentle's Holler, was performed by Autumn Chiklis (The Shield)
  

• Ronald Alexander's The War On Dogs, was performed by Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights)
  

• Diana Wagman's Cookies, was performed by Catherine Dent (The Shield)
  

• Evan Handler's It's Only Temporary:The Good News And The Bad News Of Being Alive, actor/author, (Californication) performed his own work

• Joseph Olshan's The Conversion, was performed by Joel David Moore (Dodgeball)
  

Doors open at 7 PM  and readings start at 8 PM. Published titles will be available at the  show from Small World Books (a BookSense Book Store). Tickets are $20, $25  at the door. M Bar has a $10 food minimum. Cash Bar.

Produced by Cedering Fox and Lisa Doctor
Directed by Cedering Fox.

  *appearances subject to availability

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