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SELECTED SHORTS: JANE AND SARAH'S GUIDE TO DIVORCE AND HAPPILY EVER AFTERS

SELECTED SHORTS: JANE AND SARAH'S GUIDE TO DIVORCE AND HAPPILY EVER AFTERS

WED, APR 17


Hosted by Jane Kaczmarek and Sarah Thyre


Relationship Advice from Your Aunt Who Has Been Divorced Six Times by Meghana Indurti and Tyler Fowler

Performed by Jane Kaczmarek


The Space by Christopher Boucher

Performed by Rob Yang


“Don’t You Want Me” by The Human League

Performed by The DeLorean Sisters


How to Know You’re Married to a Serial Killer by Helen Ellis

Performed by Shannon Woodward


Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street by Wendi Kaufman

Performed by Donna Lynne Champlin


“Bloody Knuckles” by The DeLorean Sisters

Performed by The DeLorean Sisters


Last Look by Sharon Olds

Performed by Jane Kaczmarek


The Ballad of Bagel Rat by Jen Spyra

Performed by Busy Philipps




At this performance of Selected Shorts, real-time captioning (CART) will be available in our theater for patrons with hearing loss, deafness, and/or different language and learning needs. CART can be accessed through individual smartphones and tablets at bit.ly/SymphonySpace_Captions.

The Artists (in alphabetical order)

The AUTHORS (in alphabetical order)

MORE INFORMATION

Credits

“Relationship Advice from Your Aunt Who Has Been Divorced Six Times,” by Meghana Indurti and Tyler Fowler, from The New Yorker (March 3, 2022). Copyright © 2022 by Meghana Indurti and Tyler Fowler. Used by permission of the authors.

“The Space,” by Christopher Boucher, from Electric Literature (January 3, 2024). Copyright © 2024 by Christopher Boucher. Used by permission of the author.

“How to Know You’re Married to a Serial Killer,” by Helen Ellis. Commissioned by Symphony Space. Copyright © 2023 by Helen Ellis and Symphony Space.

“Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street,” by Wendi Kaufman, from Helen on 86th Street and Other Stories (Stillhouse Press, 2014). Copyright © 2014 by Wendi Kaufman. Used by permission of David Kaufman.

“Last Look,” by Sharon Olds, from Stag’s Leap (Knopf, 2012). First appeared in The American Poetry Review (November 1, 2011). Copyright © 2011 by Sharon Olds. Used by permission of Aragi, Inc.

“The Ballad of Bagel Rat,” by Jen Spyra. Commissioned by Symphony Space. Copyright © 2023 by Jen Spyra and Symphony Space.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS

Selected Shorts is supported by the Dungannon Foundation, creator of The Rea Award for the Short Story.

Symphony Space’s season of programming is also made possible by the generous support of Susan Bay Nimoy, Estate of Douglas M. Matheson, Seedlings Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, MacMillan Family Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Charina Endowment Fund, Henry Nias Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, PECO Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina, Mustang Foundation, Michael Tuch Foundation, Axe-Houghton Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold and the Arnhold Foundation, The Grodzins Fund, The Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society of North America, and Theatre Development Fund.

Programming is also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

Symphony Space thanks our generous supporters, including our Board of Directors, Producers Circle, and members, who make our programs possible with their annual support.

Floral Design by PlantShed

Symphony Space Staff

Kathy Landau Executive Director
Peg Wreen
Managing Director
Isaiah Sheffer
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Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1988)
Artistic Director (1988-2010)
Founding Artistic Director (2010-2012)
Allan Miller
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1988)

Jennifer Brennan Director of Literary Programs
Drew Richardson
Lead Producer of Literary Programs
Vivienne Woodward
Producer of Literary Programs
Mary Shimkin
Director of Broadcast & Literary Initiatives
Sarah Montague Selected Shorts Radio Producer
Jenny Falcon Selected Shorts Radio Producer
Miles B. Smith Selected Shorts Recording Engineer
Matthew Love Consultant for Literary Programs
Magdalene Wrobleski
Literary Assistant
Sophia Raimondi Literary Intern
Lulu Chatterjee Literary Intern

*in memoriam

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