Selected Shorts

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 Isaiah Sheffer

Isaiah Sheffer is co-founder with Allan Miller of Symphony Space and serves as its artistic director, now preparing for the theatre's 30th anniversary season. At Symphony Space, Sheffer hosts and directs the long-running hit series "Selected Shorts" — live, on tour and in its PRI radio incarnation across the country. He also stages the annual James Joyce celebration "Bloomsday on Broadway," as he has every year on June 16 for the past 26 years. With Martin Sage, Sheffer creates the theatre's hit political cabaret, "The Thalia Follies," writing lyrics and comedy sketches, and performing in such diverse genres as rap, show tunes, exalted poetry and nutty characters. Read full bio.

Little-known fact about Isaiah

He wrote the libretto for the baroque ballet on the subject of the 1787 Constitutional Convention, "A More Perfect Union."