The popular radio show and podcast Selected Shorts returns for an evening of romance and intrigue. Join us as actors including Crystal Dickinson (The Good Wife), David Strathairn (Good Night and Good Luck), and Kirsten Vangsness (Criminal Minds) perform funny, mysterious, and poignant short stories about love, competing desires, and unexpected encounters. Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny, always moving, Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy.
Crystal Dickinson recently starred in The Blood Quilt and Broke-ology at Lincoln Center. She won the Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in the 2012 production of Clybourne Park and subsequently appeared in You Can’t Take It with You on Broadway in 2014. Her additional theater credits include A Raisin in the Sun, The Trees, and Blues for an Alabama Sky. Her film and television credits include The Accidental Wolf, I Origins, The Good Wife, Feed the Beast, New Amsterdam, and recurring roles on The CHI and For Life. Dickinson has taught at Spelman College, Pace University, Princeton University, and the Juilliard School.
In addition to appearing in several films written and directed by John Sayles, David Strathairn's film work includes the portrayal of Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, And Good Luck, for which he received an Academy Award nomination; Howl; The Spiderwick Chronicles; and Temple Grandin, for which he received an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor; Lincoln; Fast Color; the play and film of Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski; and Nomadland. His many theater credits include the American premiere of Vaclav Havel's Leaving; Tom Stoppard's and Andre Previn's Every Good Boy Does Fine; and Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party.
Kirsten Vangsness is best known for playing the bespectacled tech kitten Penelope Garcia on Criminal Minds, which will soon air its 19th season, and Bigelow McFigglehorn on Wizards Beyond Waverly Place. Vangsness has been touring with her third solo piece, Outdated, which she recently performed at San Francisco Sketch Fest, and she is the host of BITS, a monthly performance salon in Hollywood.
