Phillipa Soo and Maris Pasquale Doran in Conversation with Hilarie Burton: Piper Chen Sings - The 92nd Street Y, New York
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Phillipa Soo and Maris Pasquale Doran in Conversation with Hilarie Burton: Piper Chen Sings

Phillipa Soo, Maris Pasquale Doran and Hilarie Burton
Piper Chen Sings

Join Grammy-winning and Tony and Emmy Award-nominated actress Phillipa Soo (Hamilton) with her sister-in-law and co-author Maris Pasquale Doran for a conversation about resilience, the soul-sustaining power of singing, family, and their new picture book, Piper Chen Sings.

Phillipa Soo is no stranger to stage jitters — as a young girl, she learned to channel it into exuberant performances with the help of her grandmother, carrying it with her into original roles in Hamilton, Into the Woods, Camelot and more. How do we transform anxiety into confidence? Soo and Doran tackle the question with heartfelt aplomb in Piper Chen Sings, drawing on their own life experiences — on the stage and in everyday life. Hear Soo and Doran discuss the real-life stories that inspired it — from childhood to Broadway — their unique family collaboration, and much more.

This is an exclusive book launch event. Soo and Doran will stay after for a signing and meet & greet. 

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Phillipa Soo

Phillipa Soo is an actor and singer, best known for originating the role of Eliza in Broadway’s critically acclaimed Hamilton …

Phillipa Soo

Phillipa Soo is an actor and singer, best known for originating the role of Eliza in Broadway’s critically acclaimed Hamilton, which earned her a Grammy win and Tony and Emmy nominations. She has also starred as Cinderella in Into the Woods, for which she won another Grammy; as Guenevere in Aaron Sorkin’s Broadway revival of Camelot; and in many other plays, musicals, television shows, and films. When Phillipa was younger, she was just like Piper—she sang everywhere to everything. This story is inspired by her own journey dealing with her stage fright as a young child. She resides in Brooklyn with her husband and fellow actor Steven Pasquale.

Maris Pasquale Doran

Maris Pasquale Doran, LCSW, has always loved listening to and learning from people’s personal narratives …

Maris Pasquale Doran

Maris Pasquale Doran, LCSW, has always loved listening to and learning from people’s personal narratives and has evolved her career in social work to include writing and creating her own characters and stories. Piper Chen Sings is her first publication. She continues to work as a private psychotherapist and is an adjunct lecturer at Columbia University’s School of Social Work. She lives in Maplewood, New Jersey, with her husband and two young children. Reading to them is always her favorite part of the day.

Hilarie Burton

Hilarie Burton Morgan has built a dynamic career as an actress, businesswoman, author, and producer …

Hilarie Burton

Hilarie Burton Morgan has built a dynamic career as an actress, businesswoman, author, and producer.

Most notably, she established a loyal fan base for her role as Peyton Sawyer on the hit CW series One Tree Hill, which ran for six seasons. In June 2021, Burton reunited with her co-stars Sophia Bush and Bethany Joy Lenz to launch the Drama Queens, a Podcast for iHeartRadio.

Burton is the host of True Crime Story: It Couldn’t Happen Here on SundanceTV and AMC+, AMC Networks’ premium streaming bundle. The powerful and captivating series, which is a part of the True Crime Story franchise on AMC Networks’ Sundance TV, will return for a seond season April 18, 2024. In It Couldn’t Happen Here, life-long small-town community member and advocate Burton visits different small towns in an effort to shine a much-needed light on the unique ways in which crime impacts rural communities and their judicial systems. Too often the heartbreaking events in these towns are largely overlooked because they lack the national media platforms and advocacy resources found in larger cities. In each episode, Burton hears the facts of the case from family members and local insiders in an attempt to understand the challenges the community faced investigating the crime, learn the lasting impact the crime has had on the fabric of the town, and ultimately call attention to where justice currently stands. Burton embraces these communities, where many know not just the victims, but the perpetrators and those who enable them. Burton also hosts a companion podcast of the same name for iHeartRadio.

Burton is also the author of The New York Times bestselling book, The Rural Diaries and runs the production company Mischief Farm. In her debut memoir, Burton tells the inspiring story of leaving Hollywood for a radically different kind of life in upstate New York—a celebration of community, family, and the value of hard work in small-town America.

Born and raised in Sterling, Virginia, Morgan began her career as a former host of MTV’s Total Request Live and has since established herself as a versatile multi-hyphenate who has moved effortlessly throughout film and television as an actress and producer.

Her episode of The Walking Dead opposite her husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan was one of the production’s top 5 rated episodes for the entire series. She and Jeffrey also starred in and produced AMC’s weekly talk show Friday Night in with the Morgans. Her other television credits include Council of Dads, Lethal Weapon, White Collar, Togetherness, Grey’s Anatomy, Hostages, Extant, and Forever. Her film credits include Growing Up Smith opposite Jason Lee, acclaimed feature The Secret Life of Bees, and producing and starring roles in numerous Lifetime and Hallmark holiday films.

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