Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Known World and guest editor of the 2025 O. Henry Prize Stories Edward P. Jones presents an evening of fiction curated from his selections for this year’s prestigious anthology. Join us as stars of stage and screen perform stories from this mixtape of literary gems. Featuring readings by Sonia Manzano (Alma's Way) and more! Take great stories by well-known and emerging writers, add captivating actors of stage and screen, and you have Selected Shorts—unforgettable nights of literature in performance. Did you know that Selected Shorts is also recorded for national public radio? As an audience member, you will be part of what makes Selected Shorts broadcasts and podcasts so special. And you can listen to your favorite stories again on your local public radio station or on the Selected Shorts podcast. To find out more, visit SelectedShorts.org.
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Selected Shorts: Too Hot for Radio with Jeff Hiller (2/25/26-2/25/26)
Selected Shorts: A Passport to Ireland with Colum McCann (3/18/26-3/18/26)
Squirrel Nut Zippers: Jazz From the Back O' Town (4/23/26-4/23/26)
Selected Shorts: Spring Training with Brian Lehrer (4/29/26-4/29/26)
Stéphane Wrembel's Django a Gogo (5/15/26-5/15/26)
Selected Shorts: Generation Gap with Asian American Writers’ Workshop (5/20/26-5/20/26)
Selected Shorts: A First Time for Everything with Meg Wolitzer (6/10/26-6/10/26)
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Selected Shorts: O. Henry Prize Stories with Edward P. Jones (1/28/26-1/28/26)
Sunny Jain's Love Force (1/9/26-1/9/26)
Sing-Along White Christmas (12/16/25-12/16/25)
Selected Shorts: Death, Sex & Money with Anna Sale (12/10/25-12/10/25)
National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step (12/4/25-12/4/25)
Revelry: YahZarah: The First Time Ever - A Love Letter to Roberta Flack (11/20/25-11/20/25)
Selected Shorts: 250 Years of Jane Austen (11/12/25-11/12/25)
Salon: Acting Master Class with Donna Lynne Champlin (11/11/25-11/11/25)
Thornton Wilder's The Long Christmas Dinner (11/10/25-11/10/25)
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Hello, Dolly!
OFC Creations Theatre Center (1/29 - 2/14) | |
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Mars
The Chain Theatre (1/27 - 2/1)
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Hitmakers: Rewind
CenterStage Theatre at the JCC (2/7 - 2/22) | |
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ALL UKE NEED IS LOVE
54 BELOW (2/8 - 2/8) | |
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Anonymous
spit&vigor tiny baby black box theater (1/29 - 2/28)
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Broadway Magic Hour
Broadway Comedy Club (1/1 - 6/30)
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Señor Bolero The Musical - Concert
54 Below (2/3 - 2/3) CONCERT NEW MUSICAL
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An Enemy of the People (Equity Approved Showcase)
American Theatre of Actors (1/28 - 2/8)
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Corona Crazy: The Musical
Teatro LATEA (1/29 - 2/1) | |
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Venus in Fur
Producers Club Theaters (2/4 - 2/9)
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Hamlet
Stag & Lion Theatre (2/5 - 2/15) | |
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FRANK SINGS FRANK
Dont Tell Mama (2/15 - 2/15) | |
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Aubrey Johnson Group Album Release Show
Birdland Jazz Club (3/22 - 3/22) | |
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FRACTURED—presented by SOULSKIN Dance & MAFFEI Dance Company
Ailey Citigroup Theater (2/27 - 2/28) | |
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LIBERTO
Theater for the New City (2/12 - 3/1) | |
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THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
The Museum of Modern Art (11/10 - 4/11) | |
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Archduke
Capital Repertory Theatre (3/6 - 3/29) | |
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