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Buy Tickets for Selected Shorts: A First Time for Everything with Meg Wolitzer

  • Wed Jun 10, 2026
  • 7:00pm
  • In-Person Ticket
  • Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, 2537 Broadway
  • $19 - $43
  • Wed Jun 10, 2026
  • 7:00pm
  • Livestream Ticket
  • Livestream
  • $26

Symphony Space / Literature

Selected Shorts: A First Time for Everything with Meg Wolitzer

A headshot of author Meg Wolitzer, seated in a theater of red-upholstered seats. The author's name appears in white text on the right side of the image.
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Symphony Space is a non-profit performing arts organization, and ticket sales cover less than 25% of our costs. We rely on donations from friends like you to help keep the magic alive—on our stages and in our classrooms across NYC. Thank you!

Description

First steps, falling in love, heartbreak...life is full of firsts. Join novelist and Selected Shorts host Meg Wolitzer for an evening of hilarious and poignant short stories about the dramatic moments in life where everything changes and nothing will ever quite be the same.

Take great stories by well-known and emerging writers, add captivating actors of stage and screen, and you have Selected Shorts—unforgettable nights of literature in performance.

Did you know that Selected Shorts is also recorded for national public radio? As an audience member, you will be part of what makes Selected Shorts broadcasts and podcasts so special. And you can listen to your favorite stories again on your local public radio station or on the Selected Shorts podcast. To find out more, visit SelectedShorts.org.

There will not be an intermission at this event. Actors subject to change. Casting and special guests will be announced on our website. Please check back for up-to-date information.

Theatre

Peter Jay Sharp Theatre

Expected Run Time is 75 minutes

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