Main Stage Schedule
10-10:45 a.m. Festival Announcements
11 a.m. NEW LETTERS Readings: Dan Jaffe, Debra Di Blasi & Michelle Boisseau, accompanied by Word Jam Jazz musicians
11:50 a.m. Film Panel: Ron Hansen, Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford; Mitch Brian, screenplay writer; Interviewer: John Tibbets
12:30 p.m. Sharon Robinson, Jackie; Nine and How Jackie Robinson Changed America w/ Joe Posnanski
1:15 p.m. Deborah Rodriguez, Kabul Beauty School
2 p.m. Missouri Poet Laureate: Walter Bargen; introduced by Kay Barnes, former Mayor of Kansas City; Interviewer: Kevin Prufer, poet
3 p.m. Jack Cashill, What's the Matter with California?
3:50 p.m. Crime & Politics: Kansas City Gangsters Terence O’Malley/ Bob Unger/Frank Hayde, The Mafia and the Machine. Moderator: Crosby Kemper, Director. Kansas City Public Library
4:30 p.m. Steven Saylor, Roma
5:20 p.m. Mystery Writing: Dana Stabenow; Prepared for Rage. Interviewer: to be announced
6:10 p.m. Charles Gusewelle, KC STAR Columnist, A Gift of Wings
6:45 p.m. James Joyce’s Ulysses Scene Adaptation (local Kansas City equity actors)
7:30 p.m. David Naster. comedian-writer
Stage authors and times are subject to change. Please check back for any changes.
