Guild Hall (158 Main Street, East Hampton) introduces Academy Icons, a new series that spotlights Guild Hall Academy of the Arts members and their work. The program features films by Susan Lacy, an acclaimed director and producer best known for creating American Masters, the PBS biography series, which began in 1986, profiling artists and visionaries who have helped shape our country’s culture. The first of four programs begins this Sunday, July 7 at 7 PM with a screening of August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand, followed by a talk with Susan Lacy and director Sam Pollard.
Tony and Pulitzer-winning playwright August Wilson’s work will be brought to life, including his seminal 10-play cycle chronicling each decade of the 20th-century African American experience and his awarded plays Fences and The Piano Lesson. The film also features interviews featuring Viola Davis, Lawrence Fishburne, James Earl Jones, and Susan Loi-Parks.
Upcoming Academy Icons with Susan Lacy include Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note with guest Jamie Bernstein on August 25, Paul Simon: Born at the Right Time on September 6, and Lou Reed: Rock & Roll Heart on September 15.
Tickets are $25 ($22.50 for Guild Hall members). For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit www.guildhall.org/.
