An Afternoon with Marianne Leone

Sunday, Feb 23, 2025 at 1:30pm
Plymouth Center for the Arts
11 North Street
508-746-7222
$15/person

Actress, screenwriter, and essayist Marianne Leone will read a chapter from her new memoir, Five-Dog Epiphany, followed by a short film that prompted the chapter, starring the author and her husband, Chris Cooper.

This is the story of a bereaved couple and a pack of rescue dogs finding their way to a new life, everyone licking their wounds, both corporal and spiritual, and the rediscovery of joy. 

MARIANNE LEONE is an actress, screenwriter, and essayist. Her essays have appeared in the Boston Globe, Lit Hub, Ploughshares, Post Road, Bark Magazine, Coastal Living, Solstice, and elsewhere. She is the author of two memoirs, Jesse and Ma Speaks Up. She had a recurring role on HBO’s The Sopranos as Joanne Moltisanti, Christopher’s mother. She has also appeared in films by David O. Russell, Larry David, John Sayles, Nancy Savoca, and Martin Scorsese.