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Now, more than ever, it's important that we keep reading, talking and communing about what's important to us. People. Words. Ideas. We still have a great line-up of authors and actors. We still have an amazing audience--you! We still have a fantastic bookseller partner in Capital Books. And we even have some new programs, like Book Chat, where you can hear the story behind the story and ask the author your own questions. And Local Launch, where we talk to Sacramento region authors launching books into the pandemic. In short, our answer to the pandemic is to continue to stay connected with one another, by taking Stories on Stage Sacramento on the virtual road and discovering as we go where that road takes all of us.
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Order Chimerica and Gangsterland from our local bookseller partner, Capital Books, and be the first in town to receive postcard-sized art of the bookstore and their neighbor, the Crest Theater. Free with your book. Heidi and Ross Rojek have been getting stories to readers in Sacramento and beyond much faster than the big guys during this crisis, so let's reward them for that! |
May 20: Live Book Chat with Tod Goldberg The literary fun doesn't stop with our performances. Join us for a live book chat via Zoom noon Wednesday, May 20. We'll talk with author Tod Goldberg about the backstory of his best-selling novel Gangsterland. 
Capital Books & Crest Theater, by Kyle Thaw and his mother, Heidi Rojek. This beautiful artwork FREE with your book purchase!
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April, 2020 - Tod Goldberg's "Walls" was performed by David Campfield
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We are excited to bring you a new video (53:00 minutes) featuring New York Times national and international best-selling author of over a dozen books, Tod Goldberg, and actor David Campfield performing Tod's short story "Walls," from the collection Other Resort Cities. (Look for their bios below.)
Have tissues close at hand for David Campfield's moving performance. And you won't want to miss the Q&A with Tod (at 5:00 minutes) and the author/performer chat following the performance (at 43:00 minutes). During the recording, we enjoyed Sue Staats famed Brown Sugar Ginger Cookies, chock full of tempting nuggets of moist, sugared ginger. Here's a new blog post from Sue with the recipe and more of her scrumptious photos. Bake up a batch and enjoy the show! |
April, 2020 - Anita Felicelli's Chimerica was performed by Kat Miller
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This was another smart, moving performance.
Enjoy the video (44:00 minutes) of Kat Miller's performance of an excerpt of Anita Felicelli's novel Chimerica. In addition to the performance, there is a Q&A with author Anita Felicelli (at 5:00 minutes) and a post-performance discussion with Anita and Kat Miller (at 37:00 minutes). (see below for their bios) And, here's the recipe for (and some mouth-watering photos of) the amazing cookies (Bourbon & Toffee Brown Butter Chocolate Chip - so good) featured on this segment of Stories on Stage Sacramento. |
Meet the authors and actors
Anita Felicelli
Anita Felicelli is the author of Chimerica: A Novel (WTAW Press) and the short story collection Love Songs for a Lost Continent (Stillhouse Press), which won the 2016 Mary Roberts Rinehart Award. Anita’s stories have appeared in The Normal School, Joyland, The Rumpus, Kweli Journal, Eckleburg, and elsewhere. Her essays, reviews, and criticism have appeared in the New York Times (Modern Love), Slate, Salon, SF Chronicle, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Babble, Romper, Electric Literature, and elsewhere. She graduated from UC Berkeley and UC Berkeley School of Law. She is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and a Voices of Our Nations alum. Her work has placed as a finalist in multiple Glimmer Train contests and received a Puffin Foundation grant, two Greater Bay Area Journalism awards, and Pushcart Prize nominations. She lives in the Bay Area with her family.
Kat Miller
Katherine Miller is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association, Katherine’s professional theatre career began in the US performing in regional theaters in Northern California. A former company member of the Sacramento Theatre Company, her credits there include Gwendolen in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, Vicky/Brooke in NOISES OFF, The Goddess Parvati in ARRANGED MARRIAGE, Ifigenia in ELECTRICIDAD, and Padma in QUEEN OF THE REMOTE CONTROL. As a member of the Canadian Actor’s Equity Association, credits abroad include the role of Tecmessa in Timberlake Wertenbaker’s AJAX IN AFGHANISTAN and Artemis in THE INTUITION OF IPHIGENIA by Valina Hasu Houston - Both productions were world premieres performed in Greece in 2012. Other favorite shows include FAT PIG, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Capital Stage), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, TAMING OF THE SHREW, and OTHELLO (Sacramento Shakespeare Festival). Katherine also has local and national commercial credits.
Tod Goldberg
Tod Goldberg is the NYT, national, & international bestselling author of over a dozen books, including the novels Gangster Nation (Counterpoint), The House of Secrets (Grand Central), which he co-authored with NYT bestselling author Brad Meltzer, Gangsterland (Counterpoint), a finalist for the Hammett Prize, Living Dead Girl (Soho Press), a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Fake Liar Cheat (Pocket Books/MTV), and the popular Burn Notice series, including The Fix, The End Game, The Giveaway, The Reformed and The Bad Beat (Penguin), which were all named finalists for the Scribe Award. Tod’s short fiction has also been collected in two acclaimed collections, Simplify (OV Books), a 2006 finalist for the SCIBA Award for Fiction and winner of the Other Voices Short Story Collection Prize, and Other Resort Cities (OV Books). His books have also appeared on the USA Today, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Publishers Weekly, iBooks, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, and Bookscan bestseller lists. Both Gangsterland and Gangster Nation have been finalists for the International Thriller of the Year Award given by VN Magazine in Belgium.
His short fiction has appeared widely, including in Black Clock, The Normal School, and The Sun, and twice received Special Mention for the Pushcart Prize, as well as being named a Distinguished Story of the Year in the 2009 Best American Mystery Stories. His essays, journalism, and criticism have appeared in numerous publications, including the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, Wall Street Journal, Las Vegas Weekly and Salon, among many other publications, and have earned five Nevada Press Association Awards for excellence. His essay “When They Let Them Bleed”, which originally appeared in Hobart, was selected for Best American Essays 2013. For his body of work, Tod was honored with the Silver Pen Award from the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame.
Tod is also the cohost of the podcast Literary Disco, along with Julia Pistell and Rider Strong. Literary Disco has been named one of the best literary podcasts in the world by Washington Post, The Guardian, Mashable, Bustle, Good Housekeeping, Los Angeles Times, Electric Literature, Bookstr, Hello Giggles, and more. He also co-hosts, along with essayist Maggie Downs, Open Book on KCOD Coachella FM, the leading public radio station in the Coachella Valley.
Tod holds an MFA in Creative Writing & Literature from Bennington College and directs the Low Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts at the University of California, Riverside. He lives in Indio, CA with his wife, the beauty writer Wendy Duren. His next books, Gang Related and Death of a Gangster, will be released in 2020 and 2021.
David Campfield
David began his acting career right here in Sacramento, CA, where he appeared in dozens of plays. After becoming more involved in on-camera projects, he started working in the San Francisco area. In 2014, he moved to the greater Los Angeles area for the film/TV industry. David is always glad to return to Sacramento to perform, and in recent years has traveled back to appear in "Sense and Sensibility" at STC, Playwrights' Revolution at Capital Stage, and indie film "Grunk the Smasher" by TFO Productions.
Anita Felicelli is the author of Chimerica: A Novel (WTAW Press) and the short story collection Love Songs for a Lost Continent (Stillhouse Press), which won the 2016 Mary Roberts Rinehart Award. Anita’s stories have appeared in The Normal School, Joyland, The Rumpus, Kweli Journal, Eckleburg, and elsewhere. Her essays, reviews, and criticism have appeared in the New York Times (Modern Love), Slate, Salon, SF Chronicle, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Babble, Romper, Electric Literature, and elsewhere. She graduated from UC Berkeley and UC Berkeley School of Law. She is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and a Voices of Our Nations alum. Her work has placed as a finalist in multiple Glimmer Train contests and received a Puffin Foundation grant, two Greater Bay Area Journalism awards, and Pushcart Prize nominations. She lives in the Bay Area with her family.
Kat Miller
Katherine Miller is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association, Katherine’s professional theatre career began in the US performing in regional theaters in Northern California. A former company member of the Sacramento Theatre Company, her credits there include Gwendolen in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, Vicky/Brooke in NOISES OFF, The Goddess Parvati in ARRANGED MARRIAGE, Ifigenia in ELECTRICIDAD, and Padma in QUEEN OF THE REMOTE CONTROL. As a member of the Canadian Actor’s Equity Association, credits abroad include the role of Tecmessa in Timberlake Wertenbaker’s AJAX IN AFGHANISTAN and Artemis in THE INTUITION OF IPHIGENIA by Valina Hasu Houston - Both productions were world premieres performed in Greece in 2012. Other favorite shows include FAT PIG, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Capital Stage), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, TAMING OF THE SHREW, and OTHELLO (Sacramento Shakespeare Festival). Katherine also has local and national commercial credits.
Tod Goldberg
Tod Goldberg is the NYT, national, & international bestselling author of over a dozen books, including the novels Gangster Nation (Counterpoint), The House of Secrets (Grand Central), which he co-authored with NYT bestselling author Brad Meltzer, Gangsterland (Counterpoint), a finalist for the Hammett Prize, Living Dead Girl (Soho Press), a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Fake Liar Cheat (Pocket Books/MTV), and the popular Burn Notice series, including The Fix, The End Game, The Giveaway, The Reformed and The Bad Beat (Penguin), which were all named finalists for the Scribe Award. Tod’s short fiction has also been collected in two acclaimed collections, Simplify (OV Books), a 2006 finalist for the SCIBA Award for Fiction and winner of the Other Voices Short Story Collection Prize, and Other Resort Cities (OV Books). His books have also appeared on the USA Today, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Publishers Weekly, iBooks, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, and Bookscan bestseller lists. Both Gangsterland and Gangster Nation have been finalists for the International Thriller of the Year Award given by VN Magazine in Belgium.
His short fiction has appeared widely, including in Black Clock, The Normal School, and The Sun, and twice received Special Mention for the Pushcart Prize, as well as being named a Distinguished Story of the Year in the 2009 Best American Mystery Stories. His essays, journalism, and criticism have appeared in numerous publications, including the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, Wall Street Journal, Las Vegas Weekly and Salon, among many other publications, and have earned five Nevada Press Association Awards for excellence. His essay “When They Let Them Bleed”, which originally appeared in Hobart, was selected for Best American Essays 2013. For his body of work, Tod was honored with the Silver Pen Award from the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame.
Tod is also the cohost of the podcast Literary Disco, along with Julia Pistell and Rider Strong. Literary Disco has been named one of the best literary podcasts in the world by Washington Post, The Guardian, Mashable, Bustle, Good Housekeeping, Los Angeles Times, Electric Literature, Bookstr, Hello Giggles, and more. He also co-hosts, along with essayist Maggie Downs, Open Book on KCOD Coachella FM, the leading public radio station in the Coachella Valley.
Tod holds an MFA in Creative Writing & Literature from Bennington College and directs the Low Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts at the University of California, Riverside. He lives in Indio, CA with his wife, the beauty writer Wendy Duren. His next books, Gang Related and Death of a Gangster, will be released in 2020 and 2021.
David Campfield
David began his acting career right here in Sacramento, CA, where he appeared in dozens of plays. After becoming more involved in on-camera projects, he started working in the San Francisco area. In 2014, he moved to the greater Los Angeles area for the film/TV industry. David is always glad to return to Sacramento to perform, and in recent years has traveled back to appear in "Sense and Sensibility" at STC, Playwrights' Revolution at Capital Stage, and indie film "Grunk the Smasher" by TFO Productions.
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