Get lost in the moment as some of the most talented actors from the stage, screen and television bring short stories to life. This award-winning series presents a compelling work of short fiction each week, recorded live at New York’s Symphony Space. Classic authors and bold new writers are showcased equally, from Chekhov, Hemmingway and Updike to Alice Walker and Pulitzer Prize-winner Jhumpa Lahira. Produced by Symphony Space.
About Selected Shorts
Selected Shorts is a weekly public radio show broadcast on over 130 stations to about 300,000 listeners. It is produced by Symphony Space and WNYC Radio and distributed by Public Radio International. The radio show is recorded live at the popular New York City stage show which began in 1985 and still enjoys sell-out audiences today at the Peter Sharp Theater at Symphony Space Street in New York City. The Selected Shorts podcast consistently ranks as one of the most popular podcasts on iTunes.
There is a theme to each Selected Shorts episode. Several stories are presented around each theme. The stories are always fiction, sometimes classic, sometimes new, always performed by great actors from stage, screen and television who bring these short stories to life. Performers have included Stephen Colbert, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Alec Baldwn and others. In 2013, after the death of long time host, Isaiah Sheffer, Selected Shorts began featuring guest hosts as part of the radio show. These hosts have been a fun mix of actors and writers such as David Sedaris, Neil Gaiman, John Lithgow, Cynthia Nixon and more.
