Tina Fey at The Richmond Forum

Tina Fey January 19, 2019

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Funny You Should Ask: A Conversation with Tina Fey January 19, 2019

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An acclaimed actress, comedian, screenwriter, playwright, producer, author, and mom, Tina Fey is one of America’s most accomplished and beloved entertainers.

After cutting her teeth in UVA’s drama program and performing improv comedy with The Second City in Chicago, Fey completed nine seasons as head writer and cast member on Saturday Night Live (SNL), and co-hosted the popular “Weekend Update” segment. She won an Emmy Award and two Writers Guild Awards for her writing on SNL and an Emmy for her portrayal of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Fey and frequent collaborator Amy Poehler became the first joint winners of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for co-hosting SNL. In 2006, Fey left the SNL writers’ room to create the award-winning comedy series 30 Rock. She continues to be applauded for the iconic and ground-breaking seven-season run as its executive producer, head writer, and star.

Fey ventured into feature films as screenwriter for and actress in the cult classic comedy Mean Girls. Her on-screen successes continued into roles in Baby Mama and Sisters with co-star Amy Poehler, Date Night opposite Steve Carell, and the films Megamind, Admission, and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

In 2015, Fey and writing partner Robert Carlock premiered the Netflix Original comedy Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. The series, now in its fourth and final season, has been called “the first great sitcom of the streaming era.” Fey and Carlock teamed up again in 2017 to create the NBC mother-daughter sitcom Great News.

With her husband, Jeff Richmond, and SNL creator Lorne Michaels, Fey developed a musical theater adaptation of Mean Girls

that debuted in D.C. in 2017 and opened on Broadway in 2018. Based on Fey’s 2004 film, the musical was co-written by Fey (book), Richmond (music), and Nell Benjamin (lyrics), with direction by Casey Nicholaw. It was nominated for twelve Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and nine Drama Desk Awards.

Fey’s varied body of work in writing, acting, and producing has earned her nine Emmy Awards, three Golden Globes, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and seven Writers Guild of America Awards. She has been named to prestigious lists of top entertainers from The Associated Press, Entertainment Weekly, and People magazine, and twice to the TIME 100 list of the most influential people.

Fey is the youngest-ever recipient of the Mark Twain Award for American Humor.

Her memoir, Bossypants, is a New York Times bestseller and her narration of the audiobook earned a Grammy nomination.

Fey holds a B.A. in Drama from the University of Virginia. She lives in New York City with her husband and their two daughters, Alice and Penelope.

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Last appearing at The Richmond Forum in April 2017 to moderate our program with filmmaker Ron Howard, Linda Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for National Public Radio and the host of Pop Culture Happy Hour.

She also appears regularly on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition.

She covers movies, television, books, and a variety of other cultural topics, and has contributed work about everything from Mad Men to Black Panther to the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton to the intrigue of replacing classic Monopoly pieces.

Her debut novel, the baseball romance Evvie Drake Starts Over, will be out in June.

Holmes has moderated live conversations with B.J. Novak, Shonda Rhimes, and others

for Smithsonian Associates, and took the stage with Daily Show host Trevor Noah for a live interview at NPR’s “Weekend in Washington.”

She regularly engages in conversation with leading authors at the Folger Shakespeare Library in D.C. In her prior life, Holmes practiced labor and employment law, and worked for the Minnesota legislature.

In her free time, she watches far too many romantic comedies and bakes bread.

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The University of Virginia (1988–1992) At UVA, Fey studied drama and playwriting.

According to UVA Magazine, she spent “every waking hour” in the drama building, performing in numerous student productions.

In her fourth year, she wrote her first one-act play, Sunday Girls.

The Second City (1992–1997) After graduating from UVA in 1992, Fey Tina Fey (left) and Cady Garey as “pinheads” moved to Chicago and began taking classes backstage during a production of The Elephant Man at The Second City, a famous improvisational at the University of Virginia in 1991. Photo: UVA comedy troupe whose alumni includes Alan Department of Drama.

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At the time, Second City’s two resident companies wrote and performed original sketches on stage in Chicago, then its three touring companies took the best material on the road to church basements and community centers around the country. Fey performed in the Blue Company, which frequently decided to go off script and opt for their own material instead of the sketches they were directed to perform.

At Second City, she met her long-time collaborator, Amy Poehler; her husband, Jeff Richmond; and Adam McKay, an alumnus who became head writer at Saturday Night Live and opened the door for Fey’s interview with SNL creator Lorne Michaels.

Saturday Night Live (1997–2006) Fey joined SNL in 1997 and built a reputation for her quick wit, observational comedy, and deadpan delivery, becoming head writer in 1999. She also appeared on camera, co-hosting the popular “Weekend Update” segment with Jimmy Fallon (2000–2004) and Amy Poehler (2004–2006). Critics widely praised “Update” with Fey as co-host, crediting her, Fallon, and Poehler for reviving the segment.

Her other popular sketches on Saturday Night Live include “Sully and Denise” with Rachel Dratch, “Mom Jeans,” “Kotex Classic,” and her controversial “sheetcaking” sketch following the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.

Fey gained national attention with her impression of Sarah Palin during the 2008 presidential election. She first performed the Tina Fey first appears as Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live. character on September 13, 2008, with Poehler as Hillary Clinton, (continued) September 13, 2008.

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and subsequently in a mock Katie Couric (Poehler) interview, a vice presidential debate with Joe Biden (Jason Sudeikis), twice in “Weekend Update,” and alongside Senator John McCain in an election-week QVC spoof. Her Sarah Palin lived what Fey calls the “life cycle of an SNL character”: first-time jitters to Sneaker Upper (where Sarah Palin herself appeared in an “Update” sketch) to “This again?” in a span of six weeks.

Mean Girls (2004 & 2018) Tina Fey’s first screenplay, Mean Girls, was based on the book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman and on Fey’s experiences in high school, theater camp, and the drama program at UVA (the protagonist is named after her college roommate Cady Garey). The movie gained a cult following with its depiction of high school cliques, “mean girl” stereotypes, and its memorable and “memeable” quotes.

In 2018, the musical theatre adaptation of the story premiered on Broadway. Fey’s book of the musical earned a Drama Desk Award and a Tony Award nomination.

30 Rock (2006–2013) During Fey’s eighth season at SNL, when she was contemplating her “post-graduation” plans, Lorne Michaels urged her to make a development deal with NBC. “A development deal,” Fey explained in her bestselling memoir, Bossypants, “means they pay you while you’re thinking, which is a pretty great deal, unless you’re like me and you feel constant anxiety that you haven’t thought of anything yet.”

She originally pitched a sitcom about a cable news show [like her 2017 show, Great News], but NBC thought it would be better for Fey to write what she knew best: sketch comedy à la Saturday Night Live.

The resulting show, 30 Rock, follows Liz Lemon (Fey), the producer of the fictional NBC sketch comedy show TGS with Tracy Jordan, as she manages the show’s crazy star (Tracy Morgan), her conservative boss (Alec Baldwin), and all of the actors, NBC Pages, and writers who work for her (Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander).

For seven seasons, Fey was executive producer, head

Saturday Night Live Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (2002) Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (2009, 2016) 30 Rock Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series (2007, 2008, 2009) Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (2008) Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (2008, 2013) Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy (2008, 2009) Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy (2009) Mean Girls (Broadway) Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical (2018) Nominated – Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical (2018) Bossypants #1 New York Times bestseller Nominated – Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album (2012) Other Awards & Recognitions Associated Press Entertainer of the Year (2008) Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2010) Hollywood Walk of Fame (2011)

writer, and star of the show, earning six Emmy Awards, three Golden Globes, three Producers Guild Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Writers Guild Awards.

Below: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler co-host “Weekend Update” on Saturday Night Live.

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Little Stranger (2001–present) Tina Fey and Eric Gurian formed the production company Little Stranger to produce Fey’s projects, including 30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Great News, Sisters, and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. It won a 2007 Peabody Award for 30 Rock.

Bossypants (2011) In 2011, Fey published her bestselling memoir, Bossypants, a “spiky blend of humor, introspection, critical thinking and Nora Ephron-isms for a new generation,” according to the New York Times. Her narration of the audiobook earned a Grammy nomination.

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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015–present) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is a criticallyacclaimed Netflix Original comedy about the title character (Ellie Kemper) who escapes from a doomsday cult and moves to New York City to start a new life. Fey, an executive producer, also appears in the series as Kimmy’s drunk therapist.

Other Projects Fey has also appeared in the films Baby Mama and Sisters with Amy Poehler, Date Night with Steve Carrell, Megamind, Admission, and in a cameo role in Anchorman 2. She will star in the upcoming Poehler-directed film Wine Country and in the Amazon series Modern Love.

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Left: Tina Fey stars as sketch comedy show producer Liz Lemon on her award-winning NBC sitcom, 30 Rock (2006–2013).

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Excerpts from Bossypants (2011) ON IMPROVISATION I moved to Chicago in 1992 to study improv and it was everything I wanted it to be. It was like a cult. People ate, slept, and definitely drank improv. They worked at crappy day jobs just to hand over their money for improv classes. Eager young people in khakis and polo shirts were willing to do whatever teachers like Del Close and Martin de Maat told them to. In retrospect, it may actually have been a cult. …Improvisation as a way of working made sense to me. I love the idea of two actors on stage with nothing—no costumes, no sets, no dialogue—who make up something together that is then completely real to everyone in the room. The rules of improvisation appealed to me not only as a way of creating comedy, but as a worldview.

Studying improvisation literally changed my life. It set me on a career path toward Saturday Night Live. It changed the way I look at the world, and it’s where I met my husband. What has your cult done for you lately?

ON WORK AND GENDER It seems to me that the fast remedy for this “Women are Crazy” situation is for more women to become producers and hire diverse women of various ages. That is why I feel obligated to stay in the business and try hard to get to a place where I can create opportunities for others, and that’s why I can’t possibly take time off for a second baby*, unless I do, in which case that is nobody’s business and I’ll never regret it for a moment unless it ruins my life. *Editor’s Note: Tina Fey’s second daughter, Penelope, was born in August 2011, four months after the publication of Bossypants.

ON THE SUCCESS OF 30 ROCK Now, I know I’m not saying anything that hasn’t been said hundreds of times, but 30 Rock is the perfect symbol for the pro-life movement in America. Here’s this little show that no one thought would make it. I’m sure NBC considered getting rid of it, but by the time we won the Emmy, they were too far along.

As the mother of this now five-year-old show, would I still rather have a big, strong Two and a Half Men than our sickly little program? No, I would not because I love my weird little show. I think this show was put on earth to teach me patience and compassion.

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Captain Scott Kelly Lessons from a Year in Space

In November at The Forum, former U.S. astronaut Captain Scott Kelly distilled his lessons learned from a career as a Navy fighter pilot and test pilot, and as a NASA astronaut who spent 340 consecutive days in space.

Carroll Swenson of Wells Fargo, the evening’s Lead Patron, introduced Captain Kelly to the Forum audience with anecdotes and videos.

Elizabeth Wise performed a mix of original music, blues standards, and songs from Scott Kelly’s playlist “Songs of a Year in Space.”

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Guests of Hourigan, the Host Patron for the evening, enjoyed dinner conversation with Captain Kelly before the program.

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He took the stage to a standing ovation from the packed house at Altria Theater.

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Kelly concluded his presentation with these parting thoughts about his year in space: “It was about having a goal and a plan, it was about taking risks, being willing to make mistakes, at times being willing to fail. It was about focusing on the things I could control, and ignore what I couldn’t. It was about testing the status quo, and about working as a team. When I put all of these things together, what I learned is that the sky is not the limit.”

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Our 2018-2019 Richmond Forum Scholars Engaging students from the region’s public and independent schools in our programs has always been an important aspect of fulfilling the mission of The Richmond Forum. This season, 50 students are participating in our page program, seating patrons and collecting questions during intermission. Another 500 students will attend our sold-out programs in our Student Room, where they will have the unique opportunity to interact directly with our speakers, and 550 students will hear a keynote from geopolitical analyst Ian Bremmer when the Governor’s School Model United Nations convenes in March.

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Trinity Episcopal School advocates service to one’s community as an important aspect of individual character development and the creation of a strong community. These Trinity students, selected from the School’s Honor Roll, serve as pages for The Richmond Forum this season. Through their service, the students facilitate an exchange of ideas that broadens our understanding of the trends and issues shaping our lives and our community.

Jillian Allen Caroline Benedetti Anna Black Lucy Bolin Sophie Bruns Alexandra Clark Lauren Coffey Mary Conklin Felicity Davies Marina Eichenberger Joseph Gaidos Abigail Gaidos Mathilde Gammino Rose Goodpasture

Nicholas Goradia Claire Gorey Owen Gorey Cabell Haneberg Shraddha Harikumar Riley Hogge Paloma Hoover Chloe Jepson Anna Kelley Brendan Kelley John Kenzakowski Lauren Kinslow John Larus Catherine Lee DeSouza

Gareth Lockwood Grace MacDougall Daniel Majikes Elisabeth Miller Lily Moghanaki Catherine Monaco Allison Moore Jessica Moore Meredith Orne McCall Phillips Lindsay Reedy Jay Sabharwal Madeline Schleicher Bryn Shannon

Lucie Speck Christian Sprinkle Clay Swinger Caitlyn Teal Jane Watt Morgan Williams Sofia Wolfe Emily Woomer

Elizabeth Kelley, Advisor Maria Bartz, Advisor Sarah McDermott, Advisor

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Trinity and The Forum are grateful to the Perkinsons for their continued support.

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Thirty-Three Seasons of The Richmond Forum

1987 January Ted Koppel February Hodding Carter and Larry Speakes with Paul Duke March General Brent Scowcroft with Diane Sawyer April Charles Kuralt

1988 January Oprah Winfrey February Jeane Kirkpatrick and Vladimir Pozner

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1989 January Sam Donaldson February Henry Kissinger with John Chancellor March William Buckley and Charles Rangel

April Dr. Carl Sagan

1990 January Paul Duke, Howard Fineman and Charles McDowell February Frank Carlucci, George McGovern, William Proxmire and William Rusher with Bettina Gregory March Mike Wallace April Alistair Cooke 1 990–1991 October Chancellor Helmut Schmidt January Admiral William Crowe, General Alexander Haig

and Robert McFarlane with Edwin Newman February H. Ross Perot March Art Buchwald and Andy Rooney April Captain James Lovell and Dr. Frank Drake

with James Burke 1 991–1992 October Barbara Walters January PM Margaret Thatcher February General H. Norman Schwarzkopf with Larry King March Dr. Marc Micozzi and Dr. Victor McKusick with Patricia Cornwell April Mark Russell 1 992–1993 October Terry Anderson January Hiroki Kato and T. Boone Pickens February Dr. Joyce Brothers March Dr. Bill Cosby April President Mikhail Gorbachev with Cokie Roberts 1993–1994 November Senator Warren Rudman, Lamar Alexander and Dr. Marvin Cetron with Chris Wallace January Frank Capiello and Michael Holland

with Louis Rukeyser February President George H. W. Bush March Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross April Bob Newhart 1994–1995 November General Colin Powell January Walter Cronkite February Dave Barry March Tom Clancy April Jack Kemp and George Mitchell

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with David Hartman February Calvin Trillin March Charles Kuralt April David Gergen, Pierre Salinger, Sheila Tate and

Bob Woodward with Ed Bradley 1996–1997 November Carl Reiner with Dick Cavett January Paul Volcker with Ray Brady February Doris Kearns Goodwin and David McCullough March Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber with Sir David Frost April Marcia Clark, Philip K. Howard, Dr. Rodney Smolla

and Kym Worthy with Prof. Arthur Miller 1997–1998 November Bill Moyers January Wynton Marsalis February PM Shimon Peres March Mary Tyler Moore April Peter Lynch 1998–1999 November PM John Major January Robert Bennett and Dr. William Bennett with Tim Russert February Harry S. Dent, Jr. and Lou Dobbs March Lily Tomlin April Dr. Robert Ballard and Jean-Michel Cousteau 1999–2000 November Julie Andrews January Todd Brewster and Peter Jennings February John Krubski and Michael Connors with Ray Brady March Archbishop Desmond Tutu April James Carville and Newt Gingrich with Tim Russert 2 000–2001 November Senator John Glenn January Tom Brokaw February PM Benjamin Netanyahu March Frank McCourt April Dr. William Kelso 2 001–2002 November Hal Holbrook January Rabbi Marc Gellman and Msgr. Thomas Hartman February Dick Clark March Doris Kearns Goodwin and David McCullough April Madeleine Albright and James Baker with Gwen Ifill 2 002–2003 November Ken Burns January Rudolph Giuliani February PM Benazir Bhutto and Queen Noor with Gwen Ifill March Louis Freeh April Senator Fred Thompson 2 003–2004 November Cal Ripken, Jr. January Robert Shiller and Jeremy Siegel February Candice Bergen March President Mary Robinson April Thomas L. Friedman

2012–2013 November Platon January Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner and

Doris Kearns Goodwin with Tim Reid February President Bill Clinton March Captain Mark Kelly and Gabrielle Giffords

April Dr. Jane Goodall

2005–2006 November Robert Redford with Pat Mitchell January Sherry Lansing February General Colin Powell (Ret.) March Tom Wolfe April Rick Wagoner

2013–2014 November Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and

Maajid Nawaz with John Donvan January Dan Buettner February President George W. Bush March PM Gordon Brown April Steve Martin and Martin Short

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April Dr. Jared Diamond

2014–2015 November Diana Nyad January Garry Trudeau March Ben Bernanke with Paul Solman

April Dr. Daniel Levitin and Rosanne Cash

May General Keith Alexander and Robert Mueller

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2 007–2008 November President Vicente Fox January Carly Fiorina February Michael Douglas March Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. April David Brooks 2 008–2009 November PM Tony Blair January Reza Aslan and Jon Meacham February Smokey Robinson with Daphne Maxwell Reid March Terry Bradshaw and Howie Long April Marion Nestle and Michael Pollan 2 009–2010 November January March

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Michael Sandel Alan Alda James Balog PM Julia Gillard Russell Wilson and Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

2016–2017 November Nate Parker January Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon Meacham with Steve Inskeep February Krista Tippett March PM Ehud Barak and Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei

with Robin Wright

April Ron Howard with Linda Holmes 2017–2018 November President Barack Obama January Glenn Close February Peter Diamandis March Ambassador Samantha Power

April Joe Scarborough and Newt Gingrich

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2011–2012 November Dr. Robert Ballard January Robert Gates February Quincy Jones with Tim Reid March Charles Krauthammer and Robert Reich

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April Sir Ken Robinson and Rafe Esquith

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