Next show: Tuesday, June 16, 7pmET, at Joe’s Pub, NYC

Theme: “Play”

This June, Generation Women is celebrating the publication of our founder Georgia Clark's new novel, Play It Again, with a night of stories on the theme of PLAY. Six women. Six decades. Six true stories about what happens when we let ourselves play — and what we lose when we stop.

Every ticket includes a signed copy of Play It Again, a queer ensemble rom-com about four former theater kids who reunite after twenty years to save the community stage where they first fell in love. Out June 16 from The Dial Press/Penguin Random House.

Come for the stories. Leave with a novel. Don't miss New York's best storytelling night.

Featuring…

Team 20s: Shenba Vairavan is a writer, actress, and comedian. She loves sex, drugs, and rock and roll, but mostly making people feel connected to themselves.

Team 30s: Carly Ciarrocchi is a host, writer, creator and morning enthusiast. She makes TV and podcasts for kids. Carly is a Moth Story Slam winner and the voice of Southwest Airlines. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her partner and dog. 

Team 40s: Piera Gelardi is on a mission to bring play into every room she enters. Author of The Playful Way, co-founder of Refinery29, 29Rooms, and now NoomaLooma, she sparks creative self-expression through books, keynotes, and spontaneous dance party.

Team 50s: Dr. Helen Krug von Nidda is an author, executive coach, and speaker specializing in career fulfillment for professional women. With over 20 years of global HR experience working with Fortune 500 companies and the United Nations, she teaches at Stanford and Columbia. Her book, Closing the Fulfillment Gap, is out September 15, 2026.

Team 60s: Rebecca Thatcher Murcia is the author of Seeking Saúl: an American Mother’s Journey to Colombia. An avid story slammer, she was recently in LoveNotes at West Art in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She lives in Jersey City and Akron, Penn, and belongs to three soccer teams.

Team 70s: Elinor Lipman is the author of 15 novels. Her latest, EveryTom, Dick & Harry, was published by Harper.  She’s been a finalist in the Thurber Prize for American Humor and the Nicholas Kristof Donald Trump poetry contest. She has one son, Benjamin Austin, who turned out great. 

😘 Hosted/created by Georgia Clark, author of Play it Again, Most Wonderful, and others.