The Pale King: Monologues From The Unfinished Novel by David Foster Wallace
If you missed the event, here’s the beautifully shot and edited video by Chris Cruse. Watch interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and clips from the performance.
As promised, you can now check out photos from last night’s The Pale King event in Beverly Hills. Just head over to the PEN Center USA website!
PEN Center USA would like to extend a HUGE thank you to the eleven actors who participated in last night’s David Foster Wallace tribute event:
ROB DELANEY
JUNE RAPHAEL
NICK OFFERMAN
ROSEMARIE DEWITT
HENRY ROLLINS
JENNIFER WESTFELDT
ADAM SCOTT
JOSH RADNOR
BRIAN ELERDING
CASEY WILSON
MICHELLE AZAR
All of the actors were kind, gracious, thoughtful, and absolutely hilarious. We think David Foster Wallace would have been more than pleased with the production.
We would also like to thank the incredible crowd that came out to celebrate The Pale King. Thank you for joining us last night. We hope you had a wonderful time; we are so grateful for your support.
Stay tuned: Photos and video coming soon!
TONIGHT! April 28 @ 7PM / The Saban Theatre / 8440 Wilshire Blvd. / Beverly Hills, CA 90212
ROB DELANEY ON CHATROULETTE
Rob Delaney talks about his experience with Chatroulette…with the door closed, so his neighbor can’t hear.
Rob is part of the cast of The Pale King: Monologues From The Unfinished Novel By David Foster Wallace, which will take place tomorrow night at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills.
ROSEMARIE DeWITT & ANNE HATHAWAY DISCUSS RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
Rosemarie DeWitt (who played Rachel in Rachel Getting Married) just joined the cast of The Pale King: Monologues From The Unfinished Novel By David Foster Wallace, which is happening tomorrow night at The Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills.
JENNIFER WESTFELDT & ROSEMARIE DeWITT JOIN CAST OF THE PALE KING
JENNIFER WESTFELDT is best known for co-writing, co-producing, and playing the title role in the 2002 indie hit Kissing Jessica Stein. Jennifer has performed in a wide array of regional, Off-Broadway, and Broadway theater productions. On the small screen, Jennifer recently completed recurring roles on the final season of Fox’s hit show 24 and on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy.
ROSEMARIE DEWITT is best known for playing the title role in Rachel Getting Married, garnering several awards and nominations for Best Supporting Actress. Rosemarie currently appears on Showtime’s United States of Tara and on Mad Men. Her upcoming films include Your Sister’s Sister, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, and Nobody Walks.
The Los Angeles Times writes up The Pale King event
Carolyn Kellogg links to Michael Silverblatt’s fantastic radio interviews with DFW:
For those David Foster Wallace completists, I should point out that KCRW’s Michael Silverblatt hosted a show about “The Pale King” with writer and friend Rick Moody and writer David Lipsky, whose chronicle of his road trip with Wallace was published in Rolling Stone and expanded to the book “Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself.” Silverblatt engaged with Wallace’s work over several years; his archived interviews with the author about his various works are still online: “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again,” “Brief Interviews With Hideous Men” “Consider the Lobster,” and, of course, “Infinite Jest.”
Reading the mature DFW means witnessing formal thought being juggled, shattered, and finally reconnected to basic ideas about how to live. In this, he channeled a peculiar hunger in his generation. His ascent coincided with a burst in higher education, leading more young adults than ever to enter the world rehearsed in systematic thought but unsure how to live humanely in a secular and pluralistic age. Wallace, in the books he published and the work he left behind, helped bridge that gap.
Read the full article at Slate.com.
