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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 every Saturday we share stories from our archive of live performances of the world's best short stories, recorded in LA, New York, and London, brought to life by great actors!
I’m your host, Cedering Fox, WORDTheatre's Founder & Artistic Director.
Please note that WORDTheatre holds the copyright to these recordings so no portion of anything you hear may be reproduced without permission.
On March 19th of 2024, in New York City, we presented a WORDTheatre event in which four great actors stepped into great stories with their performances witnessed by the four wonderfully talented authors along with the audience.If you are a WORDTheatre supporting Patron or Enthusiast Member you will be able to watch a great video of all stories beginning next week in your Members Area. And today, we are bursting the share one with all of you, in hopes that your come out live when we are in your part of the world. On April 12th, if you are anywhere near Santa Monica California, RUN DON'T WALK to pick up your tickets to our eventing with George Saunders. We have an incrfedible lineup of actors and you can read all about it at WORDTheatre.org/events.
Now to WORDTheatre Weekly. This wonderful story is by Sidik Fofana and here to say a few words is the author!
SIDIK FOFANA INTRODUCTION
FEDERATION FOR THE LIKE-MINDED, PERFORMED BY MICHAEL BOATMAN plays…PLEASE NOTE:
WORDTHEATRE DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHTS TO PRINT THE WORDS OF THIS STORY. DOING SO WOULD VIOLATE COPYRIGHT LAWS.
That's our story for today folks, we hope you got as great a kick out of Mr. Murray as we did! You'll find Federation of the Like-Minded in Sidik;s wonderful collection, Stories from the Tenant Downstairs, at Bookshop.org! This is the first book of stories by the outrageously talented Sidik Fofana. They follow the lives of residents in a Harlem apartment building, and flow together beautifully to come full circle in this heartwarming, funny, human and simply brilliant book of fiction. Sidik was named a fellow at the Center for Fiction in 2018 and for his work he has won the 2023 Whiting Award and was a finalist for the 2023 Gotham Book Prize and has many more accolades!
Another thank you to Michael Boatman for his warm and nostalgic performance. Michael is a talented actor and writer, known for his roles in such renowned TV shows as The Good Fight, The Good Wife, Spin City, China Beach, and as Motown in the film Hamburger Hill to name a few. He has appeared in over 60 film and tv shows, making his a familiar and loveable face to audiences worldwide.
If you are enjoying WORDTheatre® Weekly, please, tell your friends about us and if you are anywhere near Santa Monica come see us on April 12th when we present an evening with George Saunders and his Stories!
It's time to wrap it up so I'd like to thank Philanthropist/Benefactor, Ola Strom, Glass Animals for our theme music; the LA County Department of Arts and Culture for their ongoing support. And thank you to all our wonderful interns, our podcast intern Reilly Fox, our executive coordinator, Scout Riley, and our podcast editor Jason Lee!
This is Cedering Fox, until next week, signing off!