Selected Shorts: It Takes Two celebrates the power of two with classic and contemporary short fiction featuring strong characters who push one another to unexpected conclusions, and stories that emphasize what happens in moments of great cooperation, competing desires, and unexpected encounters. At this weekend of literature in performance, renowned actors of stage and screen will be paired with authors to bring the written word to life.
Produced by New York’s Symphony Space, Selected Shorts is an annual series featuring actors from stage, screen, and television reading classic and new short fiction.
Selected Shorts Schedule
Saturday, March 14, and Sunday, March 15, 2020, 4pm
Getty Center, Harold M. Williams Auditorium
Tickets $20
Saturday, March 14, 2020, 4pm
Hosted by Nate Corddry
- He and She by Anton Chekhov (translated by Michele A. Berdy), performed by Melora Hardin and Gildart Jackson
- Something Shiny by Elizabeth Crane, performed by Anika Noni Rose
- A Happy Dream by Steve Almond, performed by Colin Hanks
- Ping-Pong with Pontius Pilate by Greg Ames, performed by Nate Corddry
Sunday, March 15, 2020, 4pm
Hosted by Kirsten Vangsness
- Any Other by Jac Jemc, performed by Busy Philipps
- Grand Union by Zadie Smith, performed by Natasha Rothwell
- Here We Are by Dorothy Parker, performed by Justin Kirk and Kirsten Vangsness
- A Confession in the Spirit of Openness Right from the Beginning by Jonathan Blum, performed by Rainn Wilson
- Shouting Wenkie by Peter Orner, performed by Steven Weber
Additional actors to be announced.
Cast and stories of Selected Shorts: It Takes Two are subject to change.