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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.
Greetings and welcome to WORDTheatre Weekly: The Short Story Podcast where great authors and actors meet! I’m your host, Cedering Fox, WORDTheatre’s Founder & Artistic Director.
This week’s selection is another gem from the most recent installment in our Author•Actor series in New York. This excerpt, titled “The Memory Wing,” comes from Marisa Silver’s novel, At Last, and was performed by Mary Beth Peil.
Before we get started,
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Now, before we begin the performance, we have an introduction from author Marisa Silver.
SILVER INTRODUCES THE PIECE.
And now, here is Mary Beth Peil, bringing Marisa Silver’s “The Memory Wing” to life.
PEIL PERFORMS THE PIECE.
You have just heard “The Memory Wing” by Marisa Silver, performed by Mary Beth Peil.
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Thank you to the LA Department of Arts & Culture, Jane Oster Sinisi and the Oster Family Foundation for their ongoing support. Special thanks to the WORDTheatre team, lead by Scout Riley, and our podcast editor, Catherine Jarvis-Stores. If you are a Patron or Enthusiast Member, we will be holding our annual Swedish Smörgåsbord Event on December 7th in Los Angeles. Come by for food, music and stories performed by Spencer Garrett, Stephen Tobolowsky, Claudia Christian, Jun Munroe, Nicholas Cormier III and more! Until next week, this is Cedering Fox, signing off!