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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.
Hello and welcome to WORDTheatre Weekly: The Short Story Podcast where great authors and great actors meet! I’m your host, Cedering Fox, WORDTheatre's Founder & Artistic Director.
Today, it is my honor to share our audio capture of Julian Sand performing "On A Winter's Night" by Kate DiCamillo. This story was performed at Venice High School in 2022, just weeks before Julian's tragic accidental death. We trust that his beautiful reading will fill you with his immortal spirit and also instill in you a little holiday wonder. We hope you'll agree that his performance is the perfect finale to WORDTheatre Weekly's 2024 programming. We will be returning from our brief holiday hiatus on January 4th with a whole new crop of short stories for your listening pleasure.
Kate DiCamillo is known as a children's fiction author and at WORDTheatre, we are all children when a great actor reads us a short story. Kate has published over 25 novels, including Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tiger Rising, The Tale of Despereaux, and she is the recipient of two Newbery Medals.
Julian Sands was a great friend to WORDTheatre for many years. A highly esteemed English actor known for his roles in such films as A Room With a View, The Killing Fields, Leaving Las Vegas, and Oceans 13. His death was a devastating loss and we are so grateful that we have a record of his remarkable WORDTheatre performances, recorded live in LA, NY and London.
On A Winter's Night by Kate DiCamillo was first published by Harper's Magazine, (December 2022). Used with permission by Pippin Properties, Inc. Please note that WORDTheatre holds the copyright to these recordings and no portion of anything you hear on the short story podcast may be reproduced without permission.
And now, here is Julian Sands performing "On A Winter's Night" by Kate DiCamillo.
ON A WINTER'S NIGHT PLAYS
Thank you for listening to Julian Sand's performance of "On A Winter's Night" by Kate DiCamillo.
Please consider becoming a WORDTheatre Member. You can join from anywhere in the world and watch videos from the comfort of your own home and if you are near the UK, check out our new website WORDTheatreUK.org. We have a full calendar of live events being planned in LA, NY and around the UK for 2025!
As always, I'd like to thank Philanthropist/Benefactor, Ola Strom and Jane Oster's Phiphen Studios, the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture for their ongoing support and the WORDTheatre Team. We wish you and your loved ones a very happy holidays, and are looking forward to being back in the New Year. Until then, this is Cedering Fox, signing off!!