Q&A w/ Bestselling Author & Emmy Award-Winning Producer Kwame Alexander

The Crossover, Kwame Alexander's Newbery Medal-winning novel in verse about twin brothers who play basketball, is on its way to the stage. Chautauqua Theater Company has commissioned a musical adaptation, developed in workshops in Chautauqua and New York City, with Tony winner Thomas Kail as creative consultant. That project anchors this evening at Bookstore1Sarasota, where Alexander talks with store owner Georgia Court about storytelling, reinvention and collaboration across poetry, fiction, television and theater. He knows adaptation firsthand: he was writer, showrunner and executive producer of the Disney+ series of The Crossover, which won a Children's and Family Emmy. Audience questions and a book signing follow the conversation.