Selected Shorts
EntanglementsThe hit public-radio series is back for an evening of funny, mysterious and poignant short stories about love, performed live by eminent actors. In collaboration with the Department of English & Creative Writing
Just in time for Valentine's, Palentine's and, for you non-believers, a beautiful Saturday in February, Selected Shorts returns to the Hop with surprising romances, competing desires and unexpected encounters. Grab your partner, best friends or arch-nemesis for this special night! Stay tuned for casting news.
Selected Shorts was conceived at Symphony Space in New York City in 1985 with one simple premise—great short stories performed by great actors. Flash-forward nearly 40 years, and Selected Shorts is broadcast on over 150 radio stations around the country, with more than 100,000 downloads every week. Each Selected Shorts is a completely original and unique evening of literature brought to life.
Dartmouth's Creative Writing Program hosted a short story writing contest for undergraduates, the winner of which has been selected in collaboration with Selected Shorts' producers to be performed as part of the event.
Still North Books will be outside the theater selling related books from 3:15-7:15 pm.
Funded in part by the Lewis A. Crickard '35A Visiting Performing Artists Fund, the David E. Skinner II 1942 Fund, the Donna Bascom 1973 & Paul Biddelman Fund and the Andrew J. Greenebaum 1984 Fund.
Peter Francis James recently directed All's Well That Ends Well for the Old Globe in San Diego. He has appeared on Broadway in Left on Tenth, Funny Girl, Hillary and Clinton, Present Laughter, The Merchant of Venice, On Golden Pond, Drowning Crow and Judgment at Nuremberg. His Off-Broadway credits include Stuff Happens at the Public, for which he won the Obie, Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk Awards, The Maids at Classic Stage Company, for which he also received an Obie Award, The Lady From Dubuque at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, and Signature Theater in New York and Cymbeline with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Television and film credits include Godfather of Harlem, Oz, Boardwalk Empire, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, Rough Night, The Code, The Bold Type and Katy Keene. James has narrated more than 75 audiobooks and taught Acting (Shakespeare) at the Yale School of Drama from 2000–2020.
Ato Blankson-Wood most recently starred in the world premiere production of Jeremy O. Harris's Spirit of the People at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Prior to that, he starred in the Off-Broadway premiere of Wole Soyinka's The Swamp Dwellers at Theatre for a New Audience. He also played the role of Clifford Bradshaw in Cabaret on Broadway. He is best known for his starring role in Jeremy O. Harris's critically acclaimed Slave Play, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award. He also earned Drama League and Lucille Lortel Award nominations for the original production at New York Theatre Workshop. Ato played the titular role of Hamlet in Shakespeare in the Park's production directed by Kenny Leon. Ato also starred opposite Bill Camp and Elizabeth Marvel in Long Day's Journey into Night for Audible, which reunited him with Slave Play director Robert O'Hara. Ato had his breakout performance in the Public Theatre musical The Total Bent (Drama League and Lucille Lortel Award nominations), which explored the life of a black musical prodigy in a nation on the verge of social upheaval. Ato has also been seen on Broadway in Hair and Lysistrata Jones. Films include Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit, Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman, Worth, opposite Michael Keaton and Peter Hedge's The Same Storm. Television includes The Good Fight, She's Gotta Have It and Ava DuVernay's When They See Us. Ato is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and the Yale School of Drama.
Molly Bernard is most recognizable for her role as Lauren Heller on Younger. Additionally, she starred in and executive produced the indie film Milkwater, and has been featured in Hit Man, written and directed by Richard Linklater, the Amazon film Master opposite Regina Hall, the short films Kiss My Ass and A Nice Lady, the features Best Man Dead Man, Dreams in Nightmares, Damned if You Do, Sully, Pay it Forward, The Intern, Otherhood, and the television series Chicago Med, Transparent, Alpha House, High Maintenance, Blindspot and The Black List. Upcoming projects include Lone Star Bull and The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems.
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