Selected Shorts on Tour: The Getty Museum in Los Angeles, CA

Description

From gilded saints to charming rogues, the struggle between virtue and vice has always made for a good story. The popular podcast Selected Shorts returns with an evening of short fiction inspired by the Getty Museum’s exhibition of early modern drawings—works that once sought to teach moral lessons (and occasionally to tantalize).

Join us for two captivating performances as actors of stage and screen bring literature to life through readings of humorous and poignant tales of saints, sinners, and everyone in between. Delve into moral quandaries, tempting missteps, and just enough wickedness to keep things delightfully unpredictable.

Hosted by Selected Shorts radio show host Meg Wolitzer (The Interestings, The Wife).

Actors will be announced in early 2026.

3PM Show

7PM Show

Selected Shorts is produced by Symphony Space and broadcast on more than 150 stations around the country. The Selected Shorts podcast consistently ranks as one of the most popular podcasts on iTunes. The series began in 1985 and enjoys sold-out performances to this day. Selected Shorts was conceived with a simple premise: take great stories by well-known and emerging writers and have them performed by terrific actors of stage and screen. Featuring stories around a lively theme, the favorite works of a guest author, or a special collaboration, each Selected Shorts event is a unique night of literature in performance.

Actors subject to change.

Expected Run Time is 120 minutes