If on a winter’s night a traveler

by Italo Calvino
adapted by John Capecci

PRODUCTION SPONSORS: 
Holly Morris
Brock & Chantal McCaman

Directed by Cynthia Meier
Music Direction by Russell Ronnebaum

Calvino’s 1979 novel—frequently ranked among the “top 100 of all time”—follows a protagonist named Reader in his quest to read If on a winter’s night a traveler. Along the way, he encounters ten engaging novels and becomes enmeshed in a dizzying international conspiracy. This classic work of postmodern metafiction contains themes that still resonate: computer-generated texts, book banning— and the simple, singular pleasure of curling up with a good book.