OPENING NIGHT FILM
IN THE COMPANY OF ROSE
THURS, 11/30, 8:00pm, 85 min SAG HARBOR CINEMA
Director James Lapine in attendance for Q&A, Rose Styron by Zoom
Cocktail reception to follow
Director: James Lapine
Producers: James Lapine, Jack Shear, Grace Sin, Miky Wolf
Editor: Miky Wolf
Cinematographer: James Lapine
On Martha’s Vineyard, Tony-winning playwright and director James Lapine meets Rose Styron, the widow of the great American novelist William Styron. Over six years of periodic meetings, 95-year old Rose shares the fascinating story of her complex life as a poet, journalist, human rights activist, and life partner to William. During their 53-year marriage the Styrons befriended and hosted the political and literary luminaries of their time at their Martha’s Vineyard home, including President Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Leonard Bernstein, Truman Capote, Philip Roth, Arthur Miller, James Baldwin and Jerzy Kosinski, to name a few.
James Lapine is an American stage director, playwright, screenwriter, and librettist. He has won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical three times, for Into the Woods, Falsettos, and Passion. He has frequently collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and William Finn. Lapine wrote the book and directed Sunday in the Park with George, while Sondheim created the music and lyrics. Lapine’s HBO documentary about Sondheim, Six by Sondheim, won a Peabody Award and an Emmy nomination for his direction.
Opening Night film is sponsored by EPIC