The Huntington Welcomes Author & Actor Martin Moran for Book Reading Today

The Huntington Theatre Company presents a free reading, performance, and discussion with author and actor Martin Moran (Vanya in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at the Huntington) at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA today, June 9 at 7:30pm. Free and open to the public. RSVP at huntingtontheatre.org/alltherage.

ALL THE RAGE: A QUEST is Moran's new memoir, based on his 2013 Lucille Lortel Award-winning show. His book explores how anger meets compassion and how our traumas may unexpectedly open us to the humanity of others.

Martin Moran appeared most recently at the Huntington Theatre Company as Vanya in the hit comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. He is the author of the Obie Award-winning solo play The Tricky Part, which became an award-winning memoir published by Boston's own Beacon Press.

Martin Moran's previous memoir The Tricky Part received the 2005 LAMBDA Belles Lettres Award, and his one-man play of the same name was honored with a 2004 Obie Award. His recent play All the Rage won the 2013 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Off Broadway Solo Show. Mr. Moran's writing has appeared in Ploughshares, the Pushcart Prize anthology, and The New York Times. As an actor he has appeared on television and on and off Broadway in many shows, including Spamalot, Titanic, Cabaret, Bells Are Ringing, Floyd Collins, 3 Kinds of Exile, and A Man of No Importance. Mr. Moran lives in New York City with his husband, Henry Stram.

Recipient of the 2013 Regional Theatre Tony Award and named Best of Boston 2013 and 2014 by Boston magazine, the Huntington Theatre Company is Boston's leading professional theatre and one of the region's premier cultural assets since its founding in 1982. Bringing together superb local and national talent, the Huntington produces a mix of groundbreaking new works and classics made current to create award-winning productions, runs nationally renowned programs in education and new play development, and serves the local theatre community through its operation of the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. Under the direction of Artistic Director Peter DuBois and Managing Director Michael Maso and in residence at Boston University, the Huntington cultivates, celebrates, and champions theatre as an art form. For more information, visit huntingtontheatre.org.