Selected Shorts

Selected Shorts


Latest Episodes

A Night at the Theater
December 01, 2022

Meg Wolitzer presents a show about the theater, and those who love it. Rachel Kleins Audience Instructions for Our Immersive/Experimental Theatre Production In An Abandoned Middle School In Bushwick

In Dad We Trust--Maybe
November 24, 2022

Host Meg Wolitzer presents three stories about fathers and fatherhood. In Beauty and the Beast by Simon Rich, a self-absorbed producer gets a little Disney sparkle from his daughter. The reader is A

Best Laid Plans
November 17, 2022

Meg Wolitzer presents three stories in which plans go awry, or alter completely. In Ben Loorys Dandelions, read by Wyatt Cenac, a suburb is invaded, and experiences a change of heart. Edwidge Da

Distance Learning
November 10, 2022

Meg Wolitzer hands off to guest host Roxane Gay in this rebroadcast of a show about considering people and feelings at a distance. Italian fabulist Italo Calvino observes young love on the slopes in

Out of Their Element
November 03, 2022

Host Meg Wolitzer presents two works in which characters are out of their element. Literally, in the case of Robert Coovers witty reworking of the fable The Frog Prince, who finds human life exhau

The Me I Used to Be
October 27, 2022

Host Meg Wolitzer presents three works about change. Yalcin Tosuns Muzaffer and Bananas explores the awkward rites of passage of two teenaged boys. Its performed by Arian Moayed. In Anya DeNiro

Beyond Leprechauns
October 20, 2022

Host Meg Wolitzer presents three works in which characters have unusual friends who change their liveswhether they like it or not. In Unicorn Me by Elizabeth Crane, a magical box delivers a unicorn

Complicated Women
October 13, 2022

Host Meg Wolitzer presents three works that explore the many-layered lives of women. Edwidge Danticats essay Women Like Us honors the long line of strong women in her family, but also recognizes h

Miracle Grow
October 06, 2022

Host Meg Wolitzer presents two works about growth helped along by some sort of fantastical assistance. The characters in these pieces are stuck; consciously or not, they're looking for something to gi

TAKING FLIGHT WITH AMY TAN
September 29, 2022

Host Meg Wolitzer presents three works featuring birds, curated by writer and bird aficionado Amy Tan. Ben Loorys The Frog and the Bird, is a twist the traditional fable genre; its performed by M