Selected Shorts

Name: Selected Shorts
Address: 2537 Broadway, New York, NY, 10025, US
Telephone: (212) 864-1414

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10/28/2026

On this week’s episode of Selected Shorts, “Unexpected Guests,” actors Santino Fontana, Dylan Marron, Sarah Mezzanotte, and Patricia Clarkson perform two stories about unexpected guests. The stories are written by Carlos Greaves and Willa Cather. Take a listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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Photo Credit: Kevin Yatarola

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1. Dylan Marron stands in front of a music stand and a microphone, reading a story.
2. Sarah Mezzanotte stands in front of a music stand and microphone, reading a story.
3. Patricia Clarkson stands in front of a music stand and microphone, reading a story.
4. Santino Fontana stands in front of a music stand and microphone, reading a story.

10/27/2026

Last week, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen hosted Selected Shorts: The Best American Short Stories 2026 with performances from Sanjit De Silva, Jessica Hecht, and Denis O’Hare, and special appearances from authors Nathan Blum, Sigrid Nunez, and Akhil Sharma. Thank you to the incredible writers, actors, and everyone who joined us for a fantastic night celebrating one of the premier anthologies of contemporary American fiction.

Photo Credit: Sean Sime

1. Nathan Blum, Denis O’Hare, Jessica Hecht, Sanjit De Silva, Sigrid Nunez, Akhil Sharma, and Viet Thanh Nguyen pose in front of a step and repeat with a copy of The Best American Short Stories 2026.
2. Denis O’Hare stands in front of a music stand and microphone, reading a story.
3. Jessica Hecht stands in front of a music stand and microphone, reading a story.
4. Sanjit De Silva stands in front of a music stand and microphone, reading a story.
5. Viet Thanh Nguyen stands in front of a music stand and microphone, speaking.

10/21/2026

Last weekend, WAMC’s Joe Donahue and acclaimed actors Griffin Dunne, Colby Minifie, Denis O’Hare, and Bhavesh Patel gathered at the Stissing Center for a great afternoon of Selected Shorts. Thank you to this incredible group and everyone who joined us for an amazing time!

Image 1: Bhavesh Patel, Denis O’Hare, Colby Minifie, Griffin Dunne, and Joe Donahue pose together in front of a brick wall.

Image 2: Bhavesh Patel, Denis O’Hare, Colby Minifie, Griffin Dunne, and Joe Donahue pretend to read in front of a brick wall.

10/14/2026

On this week’s episode of Selected Shorts, “Fitting In,” actors The Approved Kirsten Vangsness Page, Karen Pittman, and Joanna Gleason perform stories about the power and the price of “fitting in." These stories are by Diana Spechler, Uche Okonkwo, and Simon Van Booy. There is an interview with Van Booy after the story. Take a listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Images: Karen Pittman, Kirsten Vangsness, and Joanna Gleason stand in front of music stands and microphones, reading stories.

[Photos by Kevin Yatarola]

10/06/2026

Selected Shorts is popping up at Japan Society! Join acclaimed readers Ophira Eisenberg , Midori Francis, Sonia Manzano, and Josh Radnor for an evening featuring fiction writer Mieko Kawakami’s groundbreaking work alongside her extraordinary peers, Han Sang, Banana Yoshimoto, and more. October 26 at 7pm. Tickets available now!

Image: A rotation featuring Josh Radnor, Midori Francis, Sonia Manzano, and Ophira Eisenberg, in front of a pink background and text that reads, "Selected Shorts on Tour: Japan Society New York Mon Oct 26 at 7pm."

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10/01/2026

On this week’s episode of Selected Shorts,
“The New American West,” actors Tate Donovan and John Benjamin Hickey perform two stories that reassess and redefine our ideas of “the West.” The stories are written by Louise Erdrich and Rick bass. Take a listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Images: Tate Donovan and John Benjamin Hickey stand onn the stage in front of a music stand and microphone, reading a story.

(Photos by Rahav Segev.)

10/01/2026

Last week, Cynthia Nixon hosted our first Selected Shorts of the season, with readings from Bobby Cannavale, Sam Kebede, Sonia Manzano, and Shirley Rumierk. Thank you to this incredible group of actors, and everyone who joined us for a fantastic night!

Photo Credit: Sean Sime

09/24/2026

On this week’s episode of Selected Shorts, “Love and UFOS,” actors Sonia Manzano and Javier Muñoz perform two stories that combine different sorts of unknowables: unidentified—or hard to identify—flying objects, and romantic love. The stories are written by Ben Loory and Haruki Murakami. Take a listen wherever you get your podcasts.

(Photo of Sonia Manzano by Kevin Yatarola. Photo of Javier Muñoz by Stefanie Candelario.)

Images: Sonia Manzano and Javier Muñoz stand on the stage in front of a music stand and microphone, reading a story.

08/05/2026

On this week’s Selected Shorts episode, "Shifting Identities,” actors David Costabile and Yetide Badaki perform stories about characters who reckon with shifting identities, first impressions, and what happens when the selves they thought they knew begin to fracture or transform. These works are by Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Carol Brown Janeway, and Chika Unigwe. Take a listen wherever you get your podcasts.

[Photo of Yetide Badaki by Kevin Yatarola.]

Images: The first image is of Yetide Badaki standing on stage in front of a microphone, reading a story. The second is a headshot of David Costabile.

07/31/2026

This week, Madeline, our Director of All Write! is Dreams of Trespass, by Fatima Mernissi. She tells us, "Through the eyes of its feisty young protagonist, it took me behind the walls of a harem in Fez Morocco in the 1940s. The home of an extended family where all the women - wives, aunts, children, servants - were cloistered inside, they dreamed of "trespassing" out of the house and into the world. Often this was accomplished via their imaginations, especially the children's, through storytelling and staging plays. The writing, by an acclaimed Muslim feminist, was insightful and entrancing. I learned a lot!! (Fun fact: she was a graduate student at Brandeis University when I was an undergraduate. Sadly, we never met.)" Have a book you love? Let us know in the comments!

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