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Each week, WORDTheatre shares a brilliant short story performed live in LA, NY or London by a great actor. Like what you hear? Visit WORDTheatre.org/Membership/ 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.
Welcome to WORDTheatre Weekly where each Saturday we share stories from our archive of live performances of the world's best short stories, recorded in LA, New York and London!
I’m your host, WORDTheatre Founder & Artistic Director Cedering Fox.
Please note that WORDTheatre holds the copyright to these recordings so no portion of anything you hear may be reproduced without permission.
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This week we bring you to the colossal and divine Debra Damo, a cliffside monastery in the Ethiopian Highlands, through the words of Henry Louis Gates Jr. Enjoy hearing Keith David, who is currently featured in the brilliant film, American Fiction, as he transports you to this sacred place through our narrator's anxiety-inducing tale. Here is "Rope Burn."
"Rope Burn" plays… PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION FROM TO PUBLISH THE TEXT OF HENRY LOUIS GATES' STORY.
Stories belong to everyone and in honor of Black History Month,we’ve been shining a spotlight on some of our favorite authors: John Edgar Wideman, Lorna Goodison, and today Henry Louis Gates Jr. whose stories play a quintessential role in defining and understanding what it is to be American. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is a celebrated American writer who has authored over 20 books and written for prestigious institutions such as The New York Times. He has also received multiple awards including a Gold medal from The National Institute of Social Sciences and in 1997 was listed under Times “25 Most Influential Americans”. If you are in Los Angeles on March 9th, please join us for a performance of Randall Kenan's Black GFolk Could Fly, which I first adapted for a performance at The Brooklyn Center for Fiction. Mr Gates gave a quote for the book cover which reads, "This collection is a tribute to one of the great writers in the" African American Tradition and ensures Randall Kenan's place in the canon. It also reminds us how much we need to hear his voice today!"
If you are enjoying WORDTheatre WEEKLY you’ll find books by the authors we feature at Bookshop.Org/shop/wordtheatre! Thanks for tuning in today.
A special shoutout to philanthropist benefactor Ola Strom for believing in WORDTheatre all of these years. Thanks to Glass Animals for our theme music as well as the LA County Department of Arts and culture for their ongoing support. Thank you to our interns, our executive assistant Scout Riley, and our podcast editor Jason Lee! Head over to Wordtheatre.org to learn more and join the WORDTheatre family, we would love to have you! Until next week I’m Cedering Fox signing off!