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Where the Best Authors & Actors Meet. Each week, WORDTheatre® shares a brilliant short story performed live in LA, NY or London by a great actor, usually with the author in the room to hear their story being brought to life. Like what you hear? Visit WORDTheatre.org/Membership/ or if you are near the UK, visit WORDTheatreUK.org to enjoy live events and recordings by becoming a Patron or Enthusiast Member! WORDTheatre® is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in the US and a Dual Charitable Trust in the UK. We are on a mission to make a better world one story at a time.
Emma: Hello everyone, this is Emma Zetterberg
Scout: And Scout Riley
Emma: Welcome back to WORDTheatre: Short Story Specialists. This week we have the last of our stories from our June show, California Women: Golden State Writing in Performance. It’s Dominica Phetteplace’s “Early Work” performed by Midori Francis. Midori is an incredibly talented actor who you may have seen in Dash and Lily, the Sex Lives of College Girls, or her new horror movie, Saccharine.
Scout: Dominica Phetteplace is a Pushcart Prize winning author who will introduce her story in a moment, but before we send it over to her, we wanted to spread the word that we have more content of Midori and Dominica speaking about the story and performance on our instagram @shortstoryspecialists. We also have events scheduled for September in New York and London and for October in Los Angeles. You’ll find more updates about those on our main instagram @wordtheatre and by subscribing to our newsletter on our website.
Emma: We appreciate you spreading word about WORDTheatre. If you have a moment, please leave us a review wherever you find your podcasts. And now over to you, Dominica.
DOMINICA: My name is Dominica Phetteplace and I wrote the story Early Work, which will be read by Midori Francis. Everything I write is about work. And how your job affects your identity. This is about someone standing at the portal between two worlds. I love magic and I love writing. Art is about making the invisible into the visible, and that can feel like magic. Maybe it is magic. I’m honored that Midori chose to read this story. She’s an artist of incredible depth and skill, and she knows what it is to receive a message from beyond. You’ll see.
Scout: Please note that WORDTheatre holds the copyright to these recordings, and no portion of anything you hear on Short Story Specialists may be reproduced without permission. Without further ado, here is Midori Francis performing Early Work.
Midori Francis performs “Early Work” by Dominica Phetteplace.
Scout: You just heard “Early Work” by Dominica Phetteplace, performed by Midori Francis.
Emma: We’d like to thank Randy & Jane Sinisi & Palisades Post and the LA Department of Arts & Culture for their ongoing support. And you can help us keep the story of WORDTheatre going by becoming a supporting member at WORDTheatre.org or WORDTheatreUK.org if you’re in the UK.
Scout: Until next week, this is Scout Riley
Emma: and Emma Zetterberg
Scout: Signing off for Short Story Specialists, a WORDTheatre podcast.