Join us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event:

Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 8pm

*Virtual event airs on June 4 at 6pm PT/9pm ET

Casey Wilson & Jill St. Clair*

discussing their book, The Art of Small Talk

*interviewer to be announced

TICKETS:

• $20 General Admission ticket
• $35 General Admission + Audio Book
• *audiobook will be emailed on the morning of the event, May 21.
• Face masks recommended

• The virtual version of this event airs on May 25, at 3pm PT/6PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days.
• Includes access to watch the event on video-on-demand for five days after it airs.
  audiobook will be emailed on the morning of the event, May 25.
• Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the book)
• ASL interpreter provided upon request.
• F ree parking at the venue.

  Hilarious and practical advice for how to up your small talk game from comedians, actors and self-appointed experts on chit-chat, Casey Wilson and Jessica St. Clair..

  Join comedians, actors, and self-appointed experts on chit-chat Casey Wilson and Jessica St. Clair for the launch of their original audiobook, which breathes new life into a lost art. In The Art of Small Talk, they share simple rules for how to achieve the connectedness we all crave with any and everyone. Backed by scientific research (conducted by real experts!) Casey and Jessica explain how to move past the perceived misery of idle chit-chat and start making magic out of the mundane—including entertaining tips that will take you from Hostile Beginner to Confident Expert. They’ll also share compelling insights on the importance of chatting up strangers.

  Casey Wilson is an actress, writer, author, director, and podcaster. Her first book, The Wreckage of My Presence, was a New York Times bestseller and is currently being adapted for TV. Some of her more recent television credits include The Shrink Next Door alongside Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd and The Righteous Gemstones. Together with Danielle Schneider, Casey co-hosts the cult-favorite podcast, Bitch Sesh, which was nominated for a Critic’s Choice Award in 2019.

  Actress and writer Jessica St. Clair initially gained notoriety by performing at the legendary Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York and Los Angeles. She went on to co-create and co-star in Best Friends Forever on NBC in 2012 and the critically-acclaimed Playing House, in 2014, which ran for three seasons on USA Network. She starred in not one—but two—space comedies: Space Force, opposite Steve Carrell, for Netflix and Avenue 5, opposite Hugh Laurie, for HBO.