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Performance Selected Shorts

Actors of stage and screen transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time.

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Richa Moorjani performs at Selected Shorts, 2024. Photo: Jessie Mar

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A delightful and poignant evening of storytelling, Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy. Produced by New York's Symphony Space, this annual series features celebrated actors from stage, screen, and television reading classic and new short fiction by literary greats.

Past readers include Judy Greer, Tony Hale, Hope Davis, Nate Corddry, Catherine O'Hara, Kirsten Vangsness, and Natasha Rothwell, performing the work of such authors as Anton Chekhov, Shirley Jackson, Sam Shepard, Carson McCullers, and Hilary Mantel. 

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