Thu. Oct. 24, 2024 7:30p.m.
Terrace Theater
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Part of Series
Program
Sloane Crosley is the author of the New York Times bestselling books Grief Is for People, How Did You Get This Number, and I Was Told There’d Be Cake. She served as editor of The Best American Travel Writing series and is featured in The Library of America’s 50 Funniest American Writers, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, Phillip Lopate’s The Contemporary American Essay, and others.
The prolific comedic essayist talks about her new book and how humor can help us get through difficult times.
Rachel Syme, a staff writer at the New Yorker, will moderate the evening.
About Tragedy + Time
Referencing Mark Twain’s quote that “comedy equals tragedy plus time,” this series of classes, discussions, and shows focuses on grief through the lens of comedy. Tragedy + Time is part of the Center’s Arts & Wellbeing programming.
Staff
Comedy Staff
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Director, Comedy and Institutional ProgrammingKate Villa
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Assistant Manager, Comedy and Institutional ProgrammingCathleen O'Malley
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Senior Manager, ProgrammingTrent Perrin
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Coordinator, ProgrammingAmelia Cameron
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Senior Manager, MarketingSteven Dawson
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Assistant Manager, MarketingCarolyn Perricelli
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Director, Public RelationsBrendan Padgett
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Senior Press RepresentativeBrittany Laeger
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Public Relations Coordinator, Non-ClassicalMiles Newton
Staff for the Terrace Theater
Theater Manager Xiomara Mercado*
Head Usher Randy Howes
Production Manager Rich Ching
Master Technicians Dustin Dunsmore and Susan Kelleher
Box Office Treasurer Ron Payne
Kennedy Center Executive Leadership
President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsDeborah F. Rutter
Vice President, Public RelationsEileen Andrews
Chief Information Officer Ralph Bellandi
Interim Vice President of Human Resources LaTa'sha M. Bowens
Senior Vice President, MarketingKimberly J. Cooper
Executive Director, National Symphony OrchestraJean Davidson
Senior Vice President, Artistic PlanningMonica Holt
Chief Financial OfficerStacey Johnson
Vice President, EducationJordan LaSalle
Vice President, Government Relations and ProtocolLaurie McKay
Senior Vice President, DevelopmentLeslie Miller
General Director, Washington National OperaTimothy O’Leary
Vice President, FacilitiesMatt Floca
Executive Vice President & General CounselAsh Zachariah
Thank You to Kennedy Center Supporters
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Washington National Opera Board of Trustees
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President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts
National Committee for the Performing Arts
National Symphony Orchestra National Trustees
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Individual and Foundation Donors