An Evening with Derek DelGaudio
DEREK DELGAUDIO, writer, artist and performer in the award-winning film, In & Of Itself – a show described as "mind-blowing," "captivating," "emotionally moving," "stunning," and "beautiful" – has something truly special in store for you.
Derek DelGaudio shares his thought-provoking and entertaining story in his memoir and talks
DEREK DELGAUDIO's book and talks are ultimately about the lies we tell ourselves and the realities we manufacture in others. He believed he was a decent, honest man. But when irrefutable evidence to the contrary is found in an old journal, his memories are reawakened and Derek is forced to confront--and try to understand--his role in a significant act of deception from his past. Using his youthful notebook entries as a road map, Derek embarks on a soulful, often funny, sometimes dark journey, retracing the path that led him to a world populated by charlatans, card cheats, and con artists. As stories are peeled away and artifices are revealed, Derek examines the mystery behind his father's vanishing act, the secret he inherited from his mother, the obsession he developed with sleight-of-hand that shaped his future, and the affinity he felt for the professional swindlers who taught him how to deceive others. And once he finds himself working as a crooked dealer in a big-money Hollywood card game, Derek begins to question his own sense of morality, and discovers that even a master of deception can find himself trapped inside an illusion. A M O R A L M A N is a wildly engaging exploration of the fictions we live as truths.
Derek DelGaudio is a writer, artist and performer, primarily known for his highly acclaimed theater show, and now award-winning film, In & Of Itself. He served as the Artist-in-Residence for Walt Disney Imagineering and co-founded the performance art collective, A.BANDIT.
DelGaudio’s debut book, AMORALMAN is out on Knopf.
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