Eikenberry, Sternhagen & Taylor in Wesport 'Selected Shorts' Jan.15

Golden Globe Award and five-time Emmy nominee Jill Eikenberry, two-time Tony Award-winner Frances Sternhagen and Broadway actress Myra Lucretia Taylor will read short stories at 'Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story,' the live performance version of the renowned public radio show of the same name, on Tuesday, January 15 at 8PM, at Westport Country Playhouse.

Hosted by Isaiah Sheffer, the evening's program will be "The MacDowell Colony:  A Centennial Celebration," featuring the short stories "A Curtain of Green" by Eudora Welty, "Nineteen Fifty-Five" by Alice Walker and "Pilgrims" by Julie Orringer.  The three authors were nurtured and inspired by the isolation and vital community of The MacDowell Colony for artists, which James Baldwin called a place "to crouch in order to spring."

Jill Eikenberry starred in Broadway productions of Moonchildren, Watch on the Rhine, Summer Brave, Onward Victoria, and All Over Town. Off Broadway, she appeared in Uncommon Women and Others and Eccentricities of a Nightingale, and won an Obie Award for her performances in Lemon Sky and Life Under Water.  She earned a Golden Globe Award and five Emmy Award nominations as Ann Kelsey on NBC's "L.A. Law." Her films include "Between the Lines," "Arthur" and "Hide in Plain Sight."  She received the Humanitas Prize for "Destined to Live," a breast cancer documentary she co-produced and hosted on NBC. Most recently, she appeared in "A Picasso" at Manhattan Theatre Club. She and her husband, Michael Tucker, recently debuted a cabaret show based on the story of their 35-year relationship which will be presented at venues throughout the country in the coming year.

Frances Sternhagen has been nominated for the Tony Award seven times, and has received it twice: once for multiple roles in The Good Doctor, and most recently for the role of Aunt Penniman in The Heiress.  Her theatre work also includes Equus, On Golden Pond, Driving Miss Daisy, A Perfect Ganesh, Misalliance, and most recently, Seascape. She has received the Clarence Derwent Award, the Drama League Award, two Drama Desk Awards and two Obies, and she is a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame. She has appeared in films such as "Starting Over," "Bright Lights, Big City," "Doc Hollywood" and "Independence Day." Her numerous television appearances include "Sex and the City," "ER," "Tales from the Crypt," "Reunion," "Law & Order" and "Cheers." Currently, she has a recurring role on TNT's "The Closer."

Myra Lucretia Taylor's Broadway credits include Nine, Macbeth, Electra, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Mule Bone and A Streetcar Named Desire. Off Broadway, she appeared in Crazy Mary, All's Well That Ends Well, Fabulation, Force Continuum and The American Clock, among other productions. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, she appeared in "The Winter's Tale" and "Pericles" in London and Stratford-upon-Avon. Her film work includes "Changing Lanes," "Unfaithful," "Music of the Heart," "Everyone Says I Love You" and "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead." Her television work includes all three "Law & Order" series, "Oz," "The Black Donnellys" and "Conviction." She has just appeared in the play "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" at Baltimore's Center Stage, and will be seen in the forthcoming films "The Understudy" and "A Dog Year."

Tickets to "Selected Shorts" are $15, $20 and $25. For more information or reservations for "Selected Shorts," visit www.westportplayhouse.org, or call Westport Country Playhouse box office at (203) 227-4177, or toll-free at 1-888-927-7529.  Westport Country Playhouse is located at 25 Powers Court, off Route 1, Westport.

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