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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.
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Hello before get into today's episode of WORDTheatre Weekly, we want to take a moment to say how deeply affected we are by the devastation being wrought here in our home city of Los Angeles. So many friends and members of the WORDTheatre community have lost their homes along with everything they have created their entire lives. This situation is ongoing and the fear is traumatizing. Our thoughts are with everyone who is suffering from this tragedy.
At WORDTheatre, we believe great stories bring people together and so we will continue our mission to do just that by sharing a new story with you each week here on WORDTheatre Weekly.
Today we bring you "Oiga," a story by the 2014 Los Angeles Poet Laureate, Luis Rodriguez.
PLEASE NOTE: THERE WAS A TECHNICAL GLITCH IN THE AUDIO AT 22:53 AND ONE SENTENCE SOUNDS GARBLED. IT SHOULD READ ––
"I didn't know what to do. I wanted to yell, but the sergeant looked at me, telling me with a look that I'd better not say nothing."
Here now is Luis to introduce his story.
LUIS INTRO
Diana Maria Riva is a Dominican American actress who you've seen in television shows such as The Good Guys, Telenovela and Gordita Chronicles, as well as The West Wing, The Bridge, Dead to Me and Glamorous.
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.
Here now is Diana Maria Riva performing "Oiga" by Luis Rodriguez.
OIGA PLAYS
Thank you for listening to Diana Maria Riva's performance of "Oiga" by Luis Rodriguez.
Please consider joining WORDTheatre as a Member in 2025. Check out our calendar of events this year. We're at wordtheatre.org/events. And if you are near the UK, check out our new website WORDTheatreUK.org.
We will be in NYC on January 28th, we will be in Los Angeles on February 2, and we will be in London on March 6th.
As always, on behalf of Kirsty Peart, my UK producing partner and myself, we'd like to thank Philanthropist/Benefactor, Ola Strom, the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, Jane Oster and Phiphen Studios, our US Board of Directors and our UK Trustees, thank you everyone for your ongoing support Thank you to the WORDTheatre staff and the WORDTheatre Team, which includes our most beloved interns . Until next week, this is Cedering Fox, please everybody, say a prayer, signing off!!