Leftover Stories to Tell: A Tribute to Spalding Gray June 14, 2006

WEST COAST EXCLUSIVE

“Gray’s gift was indeed poetic: confession as art. And it was a distinctive kind of performance that spawned an entire genre. He’s the father of autobiography under the footlights.”
— The Washington Post

When celebrated monologist Spalding Gray died in January 2004, he left behind a vast body of unpublished work, including excerpts from journals, short stories and poetry dating back from the early 1960s to the time of his death. In June 2006, Gray would have turned 65. In this very special reading, a lineup of celebrities and Gray’s friends come together to celebrate the work, the life and the enduring creative legacy of this one-of-a-kind American artist.

Cast to date includes:

Brooke Adams
Jonathan Ames
Margaret Cho
Frances Conroy
Teri Garr
Hazelle Goodman
Ain Gordon
Bob Holman
Miranda July
John C. Reilly
Alice Sebold
Tony Shalhoub
Roger Guenveur Smith
Eric Stoltz
Tommy Tiernan
Loudon Wainwright III

Schedule and cast subject to change.

Core cast:
Hazelle Goodman
Ain Gordon
Bob Holman
Roger Guenveur Smith
Tommy Tiernan

Wed, Jun 14: Margaret Cho and John C. Reilly

Thu, Jun 15: Miranda July and Jonathan Ames

Fri, Jun 16: Eric Stoltz and Alice Sebold

Sat, Jun 17: Tony Shalhoub and Brooke Adams

Sun, June 18: Frances Conroy, Teri Garr and Loudon Wainwright III

Official Website: http://www.uclalive.org/event.asp?Event_ID=394