VICTORIA WILSON speaks on Barbara Stanwyck and PHILLIP OFFICER performs

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$60 admission includes a three-course meal payable at the door by cash or check only

Victoria Wilson served for five decades as Vice President and Executive Editor at Alfred A. Knopf, where she worked with many distinguished writers and artists, including Anne Rice, Christopher Plummer, Lauren Bacall, Wendy Wasserstein, Arthur Laurents, Diane Johnson, Amy Klobuchar, and Philippe Sands. She is the author of the acclaimed biography A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907–1940, published by Simon & Schuster, and is currently completing its concluding volume. Wilson has served on the boards of PEN and Poets & Writers, was Vice President of the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, and was appointed by President Clinton to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. She is also the co-creator and host, with cultural historian Foster Hirsch, of the conversation series Talk of the Town and the podcast On the Art of the Arts. A native of Martha’s Vineyard, Wilson lives in New York City and upstate New York.

Phillip Officer is an original Broadway cast member of the Tony-nominated musical Side Show and an original Off-Broadway cast member of Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens. His credits also include Starcrossed at Goodspeed-at-Chester, directed by Martin Charnin with music by Jeanine Tesori, and Cabaret at Majestic Repertory Theatre in Las Vegas, where he portrayed Herr Schultz. His solo performances have been presented at 54 Below, Birdland Jazz Club, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Algonquin Oak Room, Town Hall NYC, the Russian Tea Room, and 92NY. An award-winning vocalist and recording artist, Phillip’s music is available on major streaming platforms. His upcoming performance at Birdland on October 26, 2026, is A Mabel Mercer Broadway Portfolio. www.PhillipOfficer.com

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