AGP Executive Report
Last update: 18 minutes agoCommunity Theater & Dahl: Playhouse 395 in Bishop is casting kids (9–18), adults, and musicians for “Matilda the Musical,” with auditions Aug. 21–22 and callbacks Aug. 23, plus backstage roles like props, set building, and wardrobe. Summer Reading Picks: Club Calvi spotlights three mystery-leaning novels for the season—Bindu Bansinath’s Men Like Ours, Allison Winn Scotch’s The Insomniacs, and Canwen Xu’s Boring Asian Female. Publishing-to-Screen Buzz: Amazon MGM is moving ahead with a film adaptation of Ali Hazelwood’s Love, Theoretically (Sofia Alvarez directing; Colleen Hoover producing), while Red Sage Studios and Sun Distribution are adapting Jessica Cunsolo’s YA hit She’s With Me. AI & Books/Media: Netflix’s Wonka reality series will use an AI-recreated Gene Wilder voice, and Disney has ordered a pilot for The Last Kids on Earth TV adaptation. Literary Culture & Debate: A Pride flag dispute at Skagway’s Red Onion Saloon highlights how Pride visibility can clash with local business policy. Bookish Reflection: A review of Shannon Sanders’s The Great Wherever praises its multigenerational, ghost-narrated family storytelling.
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