WordTheatre to return with ‘Twilight’ and ‘Vampire Diaries’ actors reading stories by David Means


sterling

Sterling Sulieman from “The Vampire Diaries” and “Pretty Little Liars” will be among the actors reading at the next WordTheatre hosted at Chapman University.


Following a
standing-room-only debut
in September, Chapman University’s Department of English will once again host WordTheatre’s Actor/Author Series on Monday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. Casting has just been announced for the evening, which will feature acclaimed short stories read by some of the world’s finest actors from television and motion pictures.

New York writer
David Means
will make a rare West Coast appearance to hear his stories brought to life by
Xander Berkeley
(
24
,
Nikita
),
Sarah Clarke
(
Twilight
,
24
,
Covert Affairs
) and
Sterling Sulieman
(
The Vampire Diaries
,
Pretty Little Liars
) as well as a Chapman University student. In addition, Means will read a piece of his own work and sign purchased books.

The performance will take place in the Wallace All Faiths Chapel, Fish Interfaith Center. Tickets are on sale now on the Chapman WordTheatre website,
www.chapman.edu/wordtheatre
.  General admission is $20 and $10 for Chapman faculty and staff with valid I.D.  Chapman University students are free with valid student I.D.

david-means-book

David Means, the award-winning author of “The Secret Goldfish: Stories” will be in attendance at Word Theatre to read and sign purchased books.


Check for cast updates at 
www.WordTheatre.com
; casting is subject to change. WordTheatre is produced and directed by WordTheatre artistic director Cedering Fox.

Casting for the third WordTheatre performance at Chapman University, on Nov. 4, featuring the stories of 
Percival Everett
and
Danzy Senna
, will be announced soon.

Meet the October 14 cast:

  • Sarah Clarke – Sarah Clarke is best known for her role on Fox’s acclaimed television series 24, where she portrayed “Nina Meyers” for three seasons. She recently starred on Trust Me and has had recurring roles on Men of a Certain Age, the hit drama Covert Affairs, and Nikita. In film, she is known for her role in the teenage vampire phenomenon Twilight (portraying Renee Dwyer, Kristen Stewart’s mother). Clarke returned to the role in Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. She also co-starred in the independent feature Women in Trouble and the independent film The Signal. She is currently recurring on the new sci-fi drama The Tomorrow People and filming the highly anticipated pilot of the new drama Line of Sight.
  • Xander Berkeley – Xander Berkeley made his film debut in the cult classic Mommie Dearest. He went on to land roles in films ranging from the offbeat - Sid and Nancy, Terminator 2, Leaving Las Vegas and Gattaca - to modern classics including The Rookie, Apollo 13, A Few Good Men, and Amistad, making him one of the most well-respected actors around. Television credits include the Fox hit 24 and the CW’s Nikita. His next feature film will be Louder Than Words, and he’s recently completed roles in the upcoming films Interstellar and Solace.  He is married to Sarah Clarke, whom he met on the set of 24.
  • Sterling Sulieman – Sterling Sulieman has appeared in TV’s The Vampire Diaries, 24, Pretty Little Liars, NCIS, Bones, Entourage and many more series.  He had a long run on the daytime drama All My Children, in which he starred as “Dre Woods” from 2007-08.  On film, he appeared in 2011’s In Time with Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried.
  • Author David Means – Winner of a 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship, Means is a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize winner. He has published more than 50 stories in magazines ranging from Esquire to The New Yorker to Zoetrope, and his writing can be found in the O. Henry Prize collections, The Best American Short Stories, and several other anthologies. He joins us from New York, where he teaches at Vassar.


Los Angeles-based WordTheatre has partnered with Chapman and distinguished author and Chapman University professor Richard Bausch to bring this series of world-class writers and actors to Orange. WordTheatre’s artistic director, Cedering Fox, selects the stories, casts esteemed film and television actors and directs the performances.  Each event features one Chapman theatre student.

The first Chapman University WordTheatre performance, on Sept. 16, featured
Downton Abbey’s
Lesley Nicol and
Longmire’s
Cassidy Freeman reading the works of Jill McCorkle.

Mary Platt

Mary Platt is director of the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University

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