$25 Not-yet-Members
$20 Museum and Mount Members
5 pm Anita Kunz Exhibition open for viewing
6 pm Reading at Rockwell in the Galleries
Cash bar is available. Space is limited, please reserve your tickets.
In partnership with The Mount, the Norman Rockwell Museum presents Readings at Rockwell, featuring local actors reading stories by writers highlighted in Anita Kunz’s exhibition Original Sisters, which honors trailblazing women.
ABOUT THIS PROGRAM
Shirley Jackson’s “The Tooth”
Read by Tod Randolph
Introduced by Jamie Franklin, Director of Collections and Exhibitions, Bennington Museum
Shirley Jackson (1916–1965) was an acclaimed American novelist and short story writer, celebrated for her contributions to the horror and mystery genres. In the 1940s Jackson and her family moved to Vermont where she wrote some of her most notable works including The Haunting of Hill House (1959) and We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962). Jackson’s writing often drew upon her experiences living in rural Vermont as well as her lifelong interest in witchcraft and the occult. Her stories blend the everyday with the uncanny, exploring the darker corners of human nature and the societal tensions of mid-century America. Jackson’s “The Lottery,” is today widely regarded as one of the twentieth century’s most famous short stories.
Tod Randolph has participated for years in the Wharton on Wednesday series at The Mount, reading on the terrace from Edith’s magnificent collection of short stories. Also at The Mount, she played Osric Dane in a stage adaptation of Xingu for the inaugural production of The Wharton Salon in 2007, and Mrs. Wharton in The Inner House, a one-woman biographical play by Dennis Krausnick, in 2012. She has been a member of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox since 1991, where she has played numerous lead roles in both Shakespearean and contemporary plays, directed several readings and one full production, and taught and directed in the actor training programs. She lives in Great Barrington.
ABOUT THIS SERIES
In partnership with The Mount, Readings at Rockwell will take place on the first Wednesday of each month, March to May, in the galleries of the Museum. Each program will begin with a short talk about the author and the featured story. The program will begin at 6:00 pm, doors will open at 5:00 pm for viewing of the Anita Kunz exhibition.
ABOUT THE MOUNT
The Mount is a National Historic Landmark and cultural center that celebrates the intellectual and artistic legacy of Edith Wharton. Located in Lenox, MA, the property offers a wide range of cultural programming, including lectures, exhibitions, and outdoor events. The Mount’s gardens and grounds are open to the public year-round, free of charge. For more information, visit www.EdithWharton.org.
ABOUT Original Sisters
Original Sisters is a series of portraits that reveals and honors the contributions of history-making women. To create the series, award-winning illustrator Anita Kunz carefully researched, wrote about, and portrayed each subject, sometimes compiling scant available information to establish a more complete picture. Her portraits present famed and lesser-known women in the fields of art, science, technology and invention, education, history, and politics, offering a needed expansion and revision of the historical record. For more information, visit www.nrm.org/2024/09/anitakunz/
AUTHORS HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS SERIES