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October 7 at 7 p.m.
A large-hearted reimagining of beloved all-American legends, this epic debut novel brings men of myth Paul Bunyan and John Henry alive like never before, teaming up for an adventure quest with deeper interrogations of race, class, and industrialization.
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November 4 at 7 p.m.
Eugene O’Neill’s autobiographical play in four acts is regarded as his finest work. First published by Yale University Press in 1956, it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 and has since sold more than one million copies. Taking place on a single day in August 1912 at the seaside cottage of the Tyrone family in Connecticut, the play portrays a family struggling to grapple with the realities and consequences of each member’s failings.
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December 2 at 7 p.m.
In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing. Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy pond, the only clues some tire tracks nearby and a fur coat left in the car―strange for a frigid night. Her World War I veteran husband and her daughter have no knowledge of her whereabouts, and England unleashes an unprecedented manhunt to find the up-and-coming mystery author. Eleven days later, she reappears, just as mysteriously as she disappeared.
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