Selected Shorts returns to the Dallas Museum of Art with an evening of stories devoted to new friends, chosen family, and the sometimes fraught stages in between. Actors of stage and screen perform funny, moving, captivating short fiction about finding and holding on to your people. Tony Award–winning actors Michael Cerveris and John Benjamin Hickey join Cindy Cheung to bring stories about friendship to life on stage. Promotional Partner: KERA
Enjoy an evening of captivating short fiction devoted to finding and holding on to your people: the new, the old, and the mysterious.
MICHAEL CERVERIS
performs “The Man and the Moose” by Ben Loory
JOHN BENJAMIN HICKEY (HOST)
performs “The Last Words of Benito Picone” by Anthony Marra
MICHAEL CERVERIS
performs “True Friendship” by Jorge F. Hernández
CINDY CHEUNG
performs “Dance in America” by Lorrie Moore
Cindy Cheung’s many television and film credits include The Flight Attendant, Thirteen Reasons Why, House of Cards, and Homeland. On stage Cheung has been seen in numerous productions, including Catch As Catch Can, Tiny Beautiful Things, The Seagull and her self-penned solo show, Speak Up Connie, directed by BD Wong. Cheung is a recipient of a 2022 Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre.
John Benjamin Hickey won a Tony Award for his performance in The Normal Heart. and received a Tony nomination for The Inheritance. Other Broadway appearances include Cabaret, The Crucible, and Six Degrees of Separation. His screen credits include an Emmy-nominated performance in The Big C, Manhattan, The Good Wife, The Good Fight and many more. Hickey recently directed the hit Broadway revival of Plaza Suite starring Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker.
Michael Cerveris won Tony awards for his performances in Assassins and Fun Home. Additional Broadway credits include Evita, Sweeney Todd, Titanic, and Who's Tommy. His screen credits include The Gilded Age, Fringe, Treme, and The Good Wife.