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SUMMARY:Winter Words with Ayad Akhtar
DESCRIPTION:Step into a thrilling exploration of AI\, art\, and the human psyche with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar as he unveils his new play\, McNeal. This event will feature Akhtar discussing his most recent broadway debut and an actor delivering a live reading from the play\, offering a glimpse into the story of Jacob McNeal—a novelist at odds with his own AI obsession— as he grapples with the limits of creativity and the haunting possibilities of artificial intelligence. \nModerated by Maurice (Mo) LaMee \n\n\nAbout the Author\nAkhtar is a novelist and playwright. His work has been published and performed in over two dozen languages. He is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama\, the Edith Wharton Citation of Merit for Fiction and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Akhtar is the author of “Homeland Elegies” (Little\, Brown & Co.)\, which The Washington Post called “a tour de force” and The New York Times called “a beautiful novel…that had echoes of “The Great Gatsby” and that circles\, with pointed intellect\, the possibilities and limitations of American life.” His first novel\, “American Dervish” (Little\, Brown & Co.)\, was published in over 20 languages. As a playwright\, he has written “Junk” (Lincoln Center\, Broadway; Kennedy Prize for American Drama\, Tony nomination); “Disgraced” (Lincoln Center\, Broadway; Pulitzer Prize for Drama\, Tony nomination); “The Who & The What” (Lincoln Center); and “The Invisible Hand” (NYTW; Obie Award\, Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award\, Olivier and Evening Standard nominations). Among other honors\, Akhtar is the recipient of the Steinberg Playwrighting Award\, the Nestroy Award\, the Erwin Piscator Award\, as well as fellowships from the American Academy in Rome\, MacDowell\, the Sundance Institute and Yaddo\, where he serves as a Board Director. In 2021\, Akhtar was named the New York State Author\, succeeding Colson Whitehead\, by the New York State Writers Institute.
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/ayad-akhtar-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Paepcke Auditorium\, 1000 N 3rd St.\, Aspen\, CO\, 81611\, United States
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