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    SELECTED SHORTS: HISTORY’S CLOWN CAR WITH ANDY BOROWITZ

    SELECTED SHORTS: HISTORY’S CLOWN CAR WITH ANDY BOROWITZ

    WED, MAY 08


    Hosted by Andy Borowitz


    I’m Abraham Lincoln and I Beg Of You, Please Commemorate My Birthday With Mattress Sales by Joe Yan

    Performed by Ikechukwu Ufomadu


    Seneca Falls for You by Alexandra Petri

    Performed by Ophira Eisenberg


    Even I, Satan, Am Appalled at the State of the Republican Party by Carlos Greaves

    Performed by John Cameron Mitchell


    John & Abigail Adams Try Sexting by Alexandra Petri

    Performed by Ophira Eisenberg and Ikechukwu Ufomadu


    Running for Governor by Mark Twain

    Performed by John Cameron Mitchell


    A Very Nixon Halloween by Andy Borowitz

    Performed by Caroline Aaron




    At this performance of Selected Shorts, real-time captioning (CART) will be available in our theater for patrons with hearing loss, deafness, and/or different language and learning needs. CART can be accessed through individual smartphones and tablets at bit.ly/SymphonySpace_Captions.

    The Artists (in alphabetical order)

    The AUTHORS (in alphabetical order)

    MORE INFORMATION

    Credits

    “I’m Abraham Lincoln and I Beg Of You, Please Commemorate My Birthday With Mattress Sales,” by Joe Yan, from McSweeney’s Internet Tendency (February 18, 2022). Copyright © 2022 by Joe Yan. Used by permission of the author.

    “Seneca Falls for You” and “John & Abigail Adams Try Sexting,” by Alexandra Petri, from Alexandra Petri’s US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up) (W. W. Norton & Company, 2023). Copyright © 2023 by Alexandra Petri. Used by permission of the author.

    “Even I, Satan, Am Appalled at the State of the Republican Party,” by Carlos Greaves, from McSweeney’s Internet Tendency (January 15, 2021). Copyright © 2021 by Carlos Greaves. Used by permission of the author.

    “Running for Governor,” by Mark Twain. In the public domain.

    “A Very Nixon Halloween,” by Andy Borowitz. Commissioned by Symphony Space. Copyright © 2023 by Andy Borowitz and Symphony Space.

    SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS

    Selected Shorts is supported by the Dungannon Foundation, creator of The Rea Award for the Short Story.

    Symphony Space’s season of programming is also made possible by the generous support of Susan Bay Nimoy, Estate of Douglas M. Matheson, Seedlings Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, MacMillan Family Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Charina Endowment Fund, Henry Nias Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, PECO Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina, Mustang Foundation, Michael Tuch Foundation, Axe-Houghton Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold and the Arnhold Foundation, The Grodzins Fund, The Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society of North America, and Theatre Development Fund.

    Programming is also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

    Symphony Space thanks our generous supporters, including our Board of Directors, Producers Circle, and members, who make our programs possible with their annual support.

    Floral Design by PlantShed

    Symphony Space Staff

    Kathy Landau Executive Director
    Peg Wreen
    Managing Director
    Isaiah Sheffer
    *
    Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1988)
    Artistic Director (1988-2010)
    Founding Artistic Director (2010-2012)
    Allan Miller
    Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1988)

    Jennifer Brennan Director of Literary Programs
    Drew Richardson
    Lead Producer of Literary Programs
    Vivienne Woodward
    Producer of Literary Programs
    Mary Shimkin
    Director of Broadcast & Literary Initiatives
    Sarah Montague Selected Shorts Radio Producer
    Jenny Falcon Selected Shorts Radio Producer
    Miles B. Smith Selected Shorts Recording Engineer
    Matthew Love Consultant for Literary Programs
    Magdalene Wrobleski
    Literary Assistant
    Sophia Raimondi Literary Intern
    Lulu Chatterjee Literary Intern

    *in memoriam

    Your generosity makes possible a vibrant array of music, literature, film, family, and arts education programs!