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Our production of Moby Dick was an 2022 Audie award finalist in Literary Fiction and Classics.

Melville’s epic tale of one man versus a great white whale will delight Melville devotees as well as those who have yet to sail on this adventure in this mesmerizing new recording read by Jonathan Epstein.

The mountain whose whale-like shape first gave Melville the idea of writing Moby Dick rests in the Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts, a short drive away from The Alison Larkin Presents recording studio. “I’d been wanting to produce Moby Dick ever since I moved to Western Massachusetts” says producer Alison Larkin, “but I wanted to wait to find the perfect actor first. Then I found Jonathan Epstein, who drove up from Florida during the pandemic to record this.”

At the end of the recording, Larkin interviews Jonathan Epstein and recording engineer Galen Wade about the experience recording the great novel during the pandemic.

Jonathan Epstein is an acclaimed actor who has performed on and Off-Broadway, in London’s West End, and with the world-renowned Shakespeare & Company. Epstein is the two-time recipient of Boston’s coveted Elliot Norton acting Award.

Production ℗ 2021 by Alison Larkin Presents. All rights reserved.
Cover design by Lisa Cavender

On Monday, June 7, Arrowhead, the home of Melville in Pittsfield, hosted a release party/fundraiser, which included live readings by Epstein, conversations with the actor, Larkin and recording engineer, and wine and dessert in the 1840s barn. Larkin donated the proceeds from the evening’s sales of the audiobook to Arrowhead. “To launch the audiobook where Melville wrote it is miraculous,” she said. Read the full article here.