Dixon Place Celebrates Wayward Saints 1/29

Dixon Place has announced a special one night event celebrating the release of Suzzy Roche's novel, Wayward Saints (Hyperion) on Sunday, January 29th 2012 at 6PM.

Suzzy's guest performers and authors include Loudon Wainwright, Lucy Wainwright (singer/songwriter daughter of Suzzy & Loudon), Dick Connette, Meg Wolitzer, Patty Marx and others to be announced.

Rich with wild and quirky characters, Wayward Saints is a tender, emotionally complex, and hilarious look at how the past always bumps up against the present. Punctuated by insider pokes at the music business (written by someone who's been there), as well as loving flourishes about family, faith, and the unpredictability of talent, the novel touches on the very deep pain
of loss, and the possibilities of the miraculous.

Along with her sisters, Maggie and Terre, Suzzy Roche is a founding member of the beloved singing group The Roches, whose debut recording was named Album of the Year by the New York Times. Over thirty years she has toured extensively throughout America and Europe, made more than twenty musical recordings with her sisters, as well as several critically acclaimed solo
projects. The Roches have appeared on Saturday Night Live, The Letterman Show and The Tonight Show. Suzzy has written and performed songs for TV, theatre, and movies, such as the children's classic Land Before Time and the indie hits Crossing Delancey and most recently Please Give. The Roches have collaborated with Paul Simon, The Indigo Girls, Philip Glass, and Laurie Anderson, and they also starred in their own episode of Steven Spielberg's Tiny Toons (where they engaged in a fierce battle with Porky Pig's son.)

Suzzy has been an associate member of the theatrical company Wooster Group, and has performed with them throughout Europe and in New York City Suzzy teamed up with novelist Meg Wolitzer to co-host A Love Affair Between Words and Music for WNYC at Symphony Space in New York, where they presented a song cycle using the texts of such varied authors such as
Mary Gordon, Harlem Renaissance poet Jessie Faucet, Shakespeare, and James Joyce, and Susan Sontag.

At Harvard University's Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue, Suzzy created the performance piece and recording Zero Church a non-denominational collection of prayers based on racial and cultural diversity. Zero Church has been performed all over the United States. Suzzy's first children's book, How to Form a Band will be published in 2013 (illustrated by Giselle Potter) by the Random House imprint, Schwartz and Wade.

ABOUT DIXON PLACE
Dixon Place is a non-profit organization founded in 1986 to provide a space for literary and performing artists to create and develop new works in front of a live audience. While other venues of its kind have since died off, or now only present established artists, Dixon Place remains at the heart of the New York experimental performance scene. Taking risks is crucial to
the life of Dixon Place, its artists and audiences.

Dixon Place's primary commitments are to bring artists and audiences together through live performance in order to expand the understanding of the creative process and its final product, and to provide a supportive environment for emerging artists to present new work. Over the last twenty-five years, Dixon Place has successfully maintained its intimate atmosphere and unique
environment while increasing its programming to fulfill the need for performance opportunities for the New York community of performing and literary artists.

Lounge Opens @ 5:30pm - Showtime @ 6:30pm
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