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. 

MARISA SILVER INTRODUCES THE EXCERPT FROM HER NOVEL, AT LAST

And now, here is Mary Beth Pei.

MARY BETH PEIL PERFORMS THE PIECE.

You have just heard “The Memory Wing” by Marisa Silver, performed by Mary Beth Peil. 
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