ABOUT THE BOOK CLUB
Join us and our friends at the Portland Public Library in reading and discussing novels related to characters and themes in three of Ovations’ Broadway offerings this season. Participants will have a chance to win a free pair of tickets to each show.
Thursday, October 3 from 6 – 7 PM – BROADWAY TITLE: Hadestown
Thursday, November 14 from 6 – 7 PM – BROADWAY TITLE: Dear Evan Hansen
- Thursday, March 5 from 6 – 7 PM – BROADWAY TITLE: The Addams Family
Each session will be held at the Portland Public Library Downtown Library on Monument Square.
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ACCESSIBILITY
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ASL interpretation is available by request. Contact offstage@portlandovations.org.
ABOUT THE READING
NOVEMBER 14
ALL MY PUNY SORROWS BY MIRIAM TOEWS
At this Book Club, we will discuss All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews.
From the bestselling author of Women Talking, comes a “wrenchingly honest, darkly funny novel” (Entertainment Weekly). Elf and Yoli are sisters. While on the surface Elfrieda’s life is enviable (she’s a world-renowned pianist, glamorous, wealthy, and happily married) and Yolandi’s a mess (she’s divorced and broke, with two teenagers growing up too quickly), they are fiercely close-raised in a Mennonite household and sharing the hardship of Elf’s desire to end her life. After Elf’s latest attempt, Yoli must quickly determine how to keep her family from falling apart while facing a profound question: what do you do for a loved one who truly wants to die’ All My Puny Sorrows is a deeply personal story that is as much comedy as it is tragedy, a goodbye grin from the friend who taught you how to live.
BROADWAY BOOK CLUB FACILITATED BY MARIE ELIZABETH
Marie Elizabeth is a writer, director, and community organizer. Her plays have been staged with the Maine Playwrights Festival, the 24-Hour Theater Project, and PortFringe Festival. She hosts a monthly poetry group and works as a teacher & librarian in Maine.
BOOKS
Check your local library for copies of All My Puny Sorrows. Many libraries have physical copies to check out along with digital copies to download on your eReader.
The Portland Public Library offers digital access with both the ebook and audio book available through the Cloud Library App. All you need is an active library membership to access.
See "Dear Evan Hansen" in Portland
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2024 – 7 PM
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2024 – 7 PM
MERRILL AUDITORIUM, PORTLAND
