GableStage Talk with Delia Ephron & Dalia Aleman

GableStage Talk with Delia Ephron & Dalia Aleman

Join us in Coral Gables for a special conversation with Delia Ephron, author of the bestselling memoir Left on Tenth, and Dalia Aleman, who stars as Delia in GableStage’s production of Left on Tenth (Nov 21–Dec 21). Ephron—known for You’ve Got Mail and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants—and Aleman will explore bringing this powerful story of love, loss, illness, and second chances from memoir to the stage. Enjoy a rare glimpse into Ephron’s creative process, the heart behind the book, and the warmth and humor that carried Left on Tenth to Broadway in 2024.

🎟 This event is FREE. RSVP is encouraged to reserve your seat.

Please note: Delia Ephron will join us LIVE via Zoom, projected on screen in-store.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Delia Ephron had struggled through several years of heartbreak. She’d lost her sister, Nora, and then her husband, Jerry, both to cancer. Several months after Jerry’s death, she decided to make one small change in her life—she shut down his landline, which crashed her internet. She ended up in Verizon hell. She channeled her grief the best way she knew: by writing a New York Times op-ed. The piece caught the attention of Peter, a Bay Area psychiatrist, who emailed her to commiserate. Recently widowed himself, he reminded her that they had shared a few dates fifty-four years before, set up by Nora. Delia did not remember him, but after several weeks of exchanging emails and sixties folk songs, he flew east to see her. They were crazy, utterly, in love. But this was not a rom-com: four months later she was diagnosed with AML, a fierce leukemia. In Left on Tenth, Delia Ephron enchants as she seesaws us between tears and laughter, navigating the suicidal lows of enduring cutting-edge treatment and the giddy highs of a second chance at love. With Peter and her close girlfriends by her side, with startling clarity, warmth, and honesty about facing death, Ephron invites us to join her team of warriors and become believers ourselves.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Delia Ephron is a bestselling author, screenwriter, and playwright, known for her sharp wit and warm, character-driven storytelling. She is the author of Left on Tenth (2022), a powerful memoir that recounts her experience with love, loss, and survival after being diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. Born on July 12, 1944, Ephron is the sister of the late writer and filmmaker Nora Ephron. She has written several bestselling novels, including Siracusa and The Lion Is In, as well as numerous essays and screenplays. In film, she co-wrote popular movies such as You’ve Got Mail, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and Michael. Ephron’s work is celebrated for its humor, emotional insight, and explorations of family, relationships, resilience, and the redemptive power of love.

ABOUT DALIA ALEMAN

Dalia Aleman has been a professional actor in Florida for 13 years, performing at numerous regional theatres locally and nationally. She is thrilled to make her GableStage debut in the heartwarming and soul-restoring production of Left on Tenth. Her career highlights include Violet Newstead in 9 to 5 (Broadway at LPAC), Mother Superior in Sister Act (MNM Theatre Co.), Nettie Fowler in Carousel (The Wick Theatre), Bea Singer in Honeymoon in Vegas (Carbonell nominee, Slow Burn Theatre Co.), M’Lynn Eatenton in Steel Magnolias (FL Theatrical Events & Art Buzz Theatrics), Latrelle Williamson in Sordid Lives (Artbuzz Theatrics), Rosalie in #Graced (world premiere, Zoetic Stage), Victoria Grant in Victor/Victoria and The Duchess in Nice Work If You Can Get It (Broward Stage Door Theatre), as well as Harriet in POTUS, Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd, and Camila in In the Heights (Winnipesaukee Playhouse).