AUTHOR EVENT | Charles Busch: Leading Lady

Charles Busch- Actor, playwright, cabaret performer, and drag legend discusses his memoir in conversation with Corey Roskin.

CHARLES BUSCH is the author of The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, which ran nearly two years on Broadway and received a Tony nomination for Best Play, and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, one of the longest running plays in Off-Broadway history. He wrote and starred in the film versions of his plays, Psycho Beach Party and Die Mommie Die, the latter of which won him a special jury prize for outstanding performance at the Sundance Film Festival. Mr. Busch is the recipient of an Honorary Obie Award for career achievement as both performer and playwright and in 2024, he was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame.

www.charlesbusch.com

6PM Conversation

6:45 PM Audience Q + A

7PM Booksigning

Moderator Corey Roskin

Corey Roskin is a writer, social services professional and cultural arts organizer based in Palm Springs, California. For 29 years he worked for the City of West Hollywood, most notably coordinating special events and projects as part of the City’s Social Services Division.

For the past 23 years he has also been programming and producing literary events including the West Hollywood Book Fair, Lambda Lit Fest and Palm Springs Pride on the Page among others. Roskin currently serves on the Board of the Palm Springs Public Library Foundation and on the special events team at the Palm Springs Cultural Center. He also dabbles in writing fiction and personal stories and has volunteered for a variety of social services and cultural arts programs for almost 40 years.

Info: Join Author Charles Busch in conversation with Corey Roskin in Theatre 1. Audience Q + A to follow.

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