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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Sing-Along White Christmas (12/16/25-12/16/25)
Sunny Jain's Love Force (1/9/26-1/9/26)
Selected Shorts: O. Henry Prize Stories with Edward P. Jones (1/28/26-1/28/26)
Mandy Patinkin In Concert: Being Alive with Adam Ben-David on Piano (2/18/26-2/21/26)
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: 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)
Wall to Wall Stevie Wonder (11/8/25-11/8/25)
National Theatre Live: Vanya (Encore) (11/1/25-11/1/25)
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (Encore) (10/28/25-10/28/25)
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A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play
Hampton Theatre Company (12/12 - 12/14) | |
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Lobby Hero
Manes Studio Theatre of Long Island (1/9 - 1/25)
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Dance, Edita, Dance!
The Factory Series @ The Chain Theatre (12/12 - 12/14) OFF-OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE
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Bette Davis Ain't For Sissies
Triad Theater (12/13 - 12/13) | |
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A Marble Christmas Concert: Everlasting Joy, Narrated by Simon Jones
Marble Collegiate Church (12/14 - 12/14) | |
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That 80s Improv Challenge: HOLIDAY & PUNK ROCK EDITION
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DOM WE NOW OUR GAY APPAREL
The Cutting Room (12/13 - 12/13) | |
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The Understudies Presents: The Demon ____ of ____
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Anonymous
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The New York Pops: A Place Called home
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