Actress, director, and producer Salli Richardson-Whitfield will join the Girls Club for a discussion about her latest project, “The Gilded Age,” on Tuesday, February 8, at 3 p.m. EST. The virtual chat is open to the public but be sure to register in advance.
Founded by Women and Hollywood publisher and founder Melissa Silverstein, the Girls Club is a community for women creatives, culture-changers, and storytellers to connect, create, network, advocate, support, and redefine entertainment. The Girls Club is offering a one-month membership free of charge when you sign up. If you identify as a woman and would like an invitation to this community, please email girlsclubnetwork@gmail.com and let us know a bit about who you are and what you do.
Find Girls Club event details, a trailer and synopsis for “The Gilded Age,” and Richardson-Whitfield’s bio below.
Synopsis: The American Gilded Age was a period of immense economic change, of great conflict between the old ways and brand new systems, and of huge fortunes made and lost. Against the backdrop of this transformation, HBO’s “The Gilded Age” begins in 1882 with young Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson) moving from rural Pennsylvania to New York City after the death of her father to live with her thoroughly old money aunts Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) and Ada Brook (Cynthia Nixon). Accompanied by Peggy Scott (Denée Benton), an aspiring writer seeking a fresh start, Marian inadvertently becomes enmeshed in a social war between one of her aunts, a scion of the old money set, and her stupendously rich neighbors, a ruthless railroad tycoon and his ambitious wife, George (Morgan Spector) and Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon). Exposed to a world on the brink of the modern age, will Marian follow the established rules of society, or forge her own path?
Bio: Salli Richardson-Whitfield entered the industry as an actor and transitioned to directing and has directed numerous shows including “Queen Sugar,” “Scandal,” and recently “The Wheel of Time.” She directed four episodes from the first season of “The Gilded Age” and also serves as an executive producer.
