Selected Shorts: Virtue & Vice

Performance in Selected Shorts series
A woman in a black top with yellow scarf stands in a theater with the stage behind her. Overlaid on the image are the words "Selected shorts. Let us tell you a story."

Photo: Kevin Yatarola

Saturday, Mar 14, 2026

3pm and 7pm

Getty Center

Harold M. Williams Auditorium

$25

Tickets must be purchased for event entrance and are non-refundable. Your event ticket will also serve as your Center entrance reservation. Please note, there is an additional fee for parking.

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About

From gilded saints to charming rogues, the struggle between virtue and vice has always made for a good story. The popular podcast Selected Shorts returns with an evening of short fiction inspired by the Getty Museum’s exhibition of early modern drawings—works that once sought to teach moral lessons (and occasionally to tantalize).

Join us for two captivating performances as actors of stage and screen bring literature to life through readings of humorous and poignant tales of saints, sinners, and everyone in between. Delve into moral quandaries, tempting missteps, and just enough wickedness to keep things delightfully unpredictable.

Hosted by Selected Shorts radio show host Meg Wolitzer (The Interestings, The Wife).

Actors to be announced.

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Duration

Approximately 1.5 hours

Planning your arrival

Please bring your tickets with you and have them open on your mobile device or printed. Your event ticket is also your entry to the Getty Center and will be checked upon arrival as you go through security before taking the tram or walking up the hill.

Your ticket will also be checked at the event entrance.

Note that during busy times of year and weekends, we recommend planning your visit to allow for at least 30 minutes to park, go through security, and make your way up to the event.

Event Check-In

Check-in begins 90 minutes before program start time at the Harold M. Williams Auditorium.

Doors open 30 minutes before program start time.

Seating

Unless otherwise noted, ticketed events have open seating. We recommend arriving early to make your seat selection.

Accessibility

Wheelchairs are available for free rental on a first-come, first-served basis at the Lower Tram Station above the parking structure and at the Coat Check Room in the Museum Entrance Hall.

Seating for wheelchair users and their party is available at the back of the auditorium, as well as at the front of the space. If you'd like to sit in the front, please let a Visitor Services associate know when you check in and they can escort you to these seats.

Assisted listening devices are available for this event. Please request one from our Visitor Services associates when you check in.

For more information on how we can support your visit to the Getty Center, learn about accessibility at Getty.

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