Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story
The Getty Center
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Produced by New York's Symphony Space and hosted by Isaiah Sheffer, Selected Shorts is an annual series featuring actors from stage, screen, and television reading classic and new short fiction. The series is held each spring at the Getty Center.
All performances take place in the Harold M. Williams Auditorium at the Getty Center. Parking $15; $10 after 5:00 p.m.
All performances take place in the Harold M. Williams Auditorium at the Getty Center. Parking $15; $10 after 5:00 p.m.
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Next in the series
Selected Shorts 2012: Objects of Desire
Date: Saturday, March 3 and Sunday, March 4, 2012
Time: 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Saturday; 3:00 p.m. on Sunday
Location: Getty Center, Harold M. Williams Auditorium
Admission: Tickets $20, students/seniors $15. Call (310) 440-7300 or use the "Get Tickets" buttons below.
The hit public-radio series returns for its annual weekend of live performance at the Getty. A great lineup of actors from stage and screen read funny, passionate, and mysterious classic and modern tales about objects of desire. Historical, religious, magical, humorous, beloved, or bewitched—every object tells a story.
Check back on this page for casting updates as they become available.
Check back on this page for casting updates as they become available.
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Stuff Happens
Saturday, March 3 at 3:00 p.m.
Cast includes Leonard Nimoy, Tate Donovan, and Corey Stoll.
"The Bureau" by J. Robert Lennon
"The Empty Room" by Jonathan Lethem
"Why Don't You Dance?" by Raymond Carver
"In the Reign of Harad IV" by Steven Millhauser
Saturday, March 3 at 3:00 p.m.
Cast includes Leonard Nimoy, Tate Donovan, and Corey Stoll.
"The Bureau" by J. Robert Lennon
"The Empty Room" by Jonathan Lethem
"Why Don't You Dance?" by Raymond Carver
"In the Reign of Harad IV" by Steven Millhauser
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The Lives of Things
Saturday, March 3 at 7:00 p.m.
Cast includes Jane Kaczmarek, Isaiah Sheffer, Bryan O'Beirn, and Kate Burton.
"Rocking Chair" by Abigail Thomas
"The Counterfeit Secret Circle Member Gets the Message, or The Asp Strikes Again" by Jean Shepherd
"The Music of the Sphere" by John Banville
"To the Measures Fall" by Richard Powers
Saturday, March 3 at 7:00 p.m.
Cast includes Jane Kaczmarek, Isaiah Sheffer, Bryan O'Beirn, and Kate Burton.
"Rocking Chair" by Abigail Thomas
"The Counterfeit Secret Circle Member Gets the Message, or The Asp Strikes Again" by Jean Shepherd
"The Music of the Sphere" by John Banville
"To the Measures Fall" by Richard Powers
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Lost and Found
Sunday, March 4 at 3:00 p.m.
Cast includes Kirsten Vangsness, Edi Gathegi, Jane Levy, and Robert Sean Leonard.
"The Book" by Ben Loory
"Counting the Ways" by Susan Perabo
"The Tablecloth of Turn" by Rob Carlson
"Americca" by Aimee Bender
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Most recently in the series
Selected Shorts 2011: Delicious Fictions
March 26 and 27, 2011
Leonard Nimoy, Tim Curry, Denis O'Hare, and Josh Radnor lead this year's lineup of terrific actors reading luscious tales of food and passions, politics, mystery, and deep-sea adventure. Classic and new, the stories are set in diverse locales: a shabby Brooklyn kitchen, a submarine off the West African coast, a fancy Manhattan society dinner party, Don Quixote's Karaoke Bar in Oklahoma City, and beyond.
March 26 and 27, 2011
Leonard Nimoy, Tim Curry, Denis O'Hare, and Josh Radnor lead this year's lineup of terrific actors reading luscious tales of food and passions, politics, mystery, and deep-sea adventure. Classic and new, the stories are set in diverse locales: a shabby Brooklyn kitchen, a submarine off the West African coast, a fancy Manhattan society dinner party, Don Quixote's Karaoke Bar in Oklahoma City, and beyond.
Selected Shorts 2010: At Home
May 1 and 2, 2010
The annual literary series returned in 2010 with a weekend of stories about home. Moving, comical, romantic, heart wrenching, heartwarming, and thought provoking, these readings examined the way we live. Featuring readings by René Auberjonois, Kirsten Vangsness, Fionnula Flanagan, Ed Asner, Jane Kaczmarek, and others, the programs included works by Richard Ford, Miranda July, Yasunari Kawabata, John Updike, and Julie Otsuka, to name a few.
May 1 and 2, 2010
The annual literary series returned in 2010 with a weekend of stories about home. Moving, comical, romantic, heart wrenching, heartwarming, and thought provoking, these readings examined the way we live. Featuring readings by René Auberjonois, Kirsten Vangsness, Fionnula Flanagan, Ed Asner, Jane Kaczmarek, and others, the programs included works by Richard Ford, Miranda July, Yasunari Kawabata, John Updike, and Julie Otsuka, to name a few.
Selected Shorts 2009: Unforgettable Journeys
May 2 and 3, 2009
The 2009 lineup explored destinations real and imaginary, far flung, and close at hand, with journeys featuring wild adventures, comic mishaps, and unexpected encounters. Stories by Todd McEwen, Lorrie Moore, Hunter S. Thompson, Marguerite Yourcenar, and more were read by a distinguished lineup of actors including James Cromwell, Kate Burton, Alec Baldwin, and Fionnula Flanagan, and more.
May 2 and 3, 2009
The 2009 lineup explored destinations real and imaginary, far flung, and close at hand, with journeys featuring wild adventures, comic mishaps, and unexpected encounters. Stories by Todd McEwen, Lorrie Moore, Hunter S. Thompson, Marguerite Yourcenar, and more were read by a distinguished lineup of actors including James Cromwell, Kate Burton, Alec Baldwin, and Fionnula Flanagan, and more.
How to Get Here
The Getty Center is located at 1200 Getty Center Drive in Los Angeles, California, approximately 12 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. See Hours, Directions, Parking for maps and driving directions.
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