Ilana Levine is best known to musical theater fans for her comedic turn as Lucy Van Pelt in the Broadway revival of the musical You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Ilana also starred in the Broadway productions of Jake's Women, Wrong Mountain, and The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Ms. Levine made her television debut on the award-winning HBO series Tanner ’88, directed by Robert Altman. Her additional television credits include Seinfeld, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Divorce, Rescue Me, Cashmere Mafia, Damages, The Job, One Hundred Centre Street, Tanner on Tanner, and more. Levine has been seen in the films 5 Flights Up, Friends with Kids, Girl Most Likely, Anything But Love, Greetings from Tim Buckley, Ira and Abby, Gigantic, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Kissing Jessica Stein, The Accidental Husband, Failure to Launch, The Nanny Diaries, and more. She is a member of the Naked Angels Theater Company. In May of 2016, Levine began hosting Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine, which now has more than 500 episodes and a global audience. She also hosts the Tony Award podcast And The Award Goes To...

BD Wong has been a “Selected Shorts fave” for years, having discovered that unicorn of programs way back in the (Symphony Space Founder) Isaiah Sheffer days and returning to the program steadily ever since. He succeeded Mr. Sheffer as host of the live event, so the spirit of Selected Shorts (and Symphony Space) is installed in his creative identity. BD is a Tony-winning and Emmy-nominated actor who worked for eleven seasons on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He has also appeared in two Broadway plays, two Broadway revivals, four Jurassic movies, two Mulan movies, and two Father of the Bride movies. Among his many currently developing projects (like Fictional Yuniverse) is an upcoming new production of Tennessee Williams’ classic play The Glass Menagerie, reimagined as a solo performance featuring him as Tom Wingfield conjuring the haunting memories of his mother, his sister, and the night that changed their lives (Philadelphia Theater Company, Spring 2027). He is also the co-creator of the musical adaptation of the beloved film Mr. Holland’s Opus, for which he wrote the book and lyrics with composer Wayne Barker.

Nikki Lint (Stage Manager) loves working with BD Wong! Previous BD credits include Mr. Holland’s Opus (Ogunquit Playhouse) and Yes, I Can Say That (Primary Stages). Select additional credits include the national tours of Cabaret (ASM) and The Band’s Visit (SM). Her Broadway credits include School of Rock (SM Sub) and King Kong (PA, SM Sub); and Off-Broadway The Imaginary Invalid (Red Bull Theater) and Laowang (Primary Stages). Her regional credits include Ogunquit Playhouse, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, and Gateway Playhouse, plus various readings, workshops, variety shows, and benefits. Nikki also works with her amazingly talented partner, Shai Wetzer, creating, recording, and producing music. Their new album, You Can Hear It Your Own Way (Volume One), was just released on all major music platforms.

Charles Yu is the New York Times bestselling author of Interior Chinatown, winner of the National Book Award for fiction and a Hulu original series starring Jimmy O. Yang and Ronny Chieng, and the novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, a New York Times Notable Book and a Time magazine best book of the year, as well as two short story collections. He is currently developing projects for Searchlight, Amazon, and Paramount, and his work in television and film has been nominated for three WGA awards as well as the Humanitas Prize. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired, among other publications. Together with TaiwaneseAmerican.org, he established the Betty L. Yu and Jin C. Yu Writing Prizes, in honor of his parents.