Description

From Joan of Arc to Gertrude Stein to Rosa Parks, throughout time, women who challenge the cultural norms of femininity have been labeled as “provocative,” “hysterical,” “persistent”! Activist author Mona Eltahawy (The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls) leads us through an evening of short stories celebrating those who subvert expectations and disrupt the peace, including Charlotte Perkins Gilman's feminist classic, “The Yellow Wallpaper.” With performances by Pascale Armand (Shakespeare in the Park's Merry Wives), Carrie Coon (The Gilded Age), Ann Harada (Schmigadoon!), Pooya Mohseni (Less Than or Equal To), and Lois Smith (The French Dispatch).

Real-time captioning (CART) will be available in our theater for patrons with hearing loss, deafness, different language and learning needs, and anyone whose experience will be enhanced by CART. To access CART on your individual smartphone or tablet, please visit bit.ly/SymphonySpace_Captions.

Selected Shorts is a weekly public radio show broadcast on over 130 stations. The radio show is recorded live at the popular New York City stage show which began in 1985 and still enjoys sold-out performances in our 800 seat theater. Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy.

Recent readers include Ellen Burstyn, Kate Walsh, Bebe Neuwirth, Claire Danes, Michael Shannon, Kyle Maclachlan, LeVar Burton, Jane Curtin, Danielle Brooks, Cynthia Nixon, Rainn Wilson, Holly Hunter, Hugh Dancy, Joan Allen, Josh Radnor, Tony Shalhoub, Maggie Gyllenhaal, BD Wong and more.

Actors subject to change. Casting and special guests will be announced on our website so check for up-to-date information.

This event will not have an intermission.