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Selected Shorts: Grace Paley Centennial

SELECTED SHORTS: GRACE PALEY CENTENNIAL WITH LAUREN GROFF

WED, DECEMBER 07


Hosted by Lauren Groff



Injustice

Performed by Jackie Hoffman


Wants

Performed by Adina Verson


The Contest

Performed by Justin Bartha


Ruthy and Edie

Performed by Rita Wolf


Fidelity

Performed by Adina Verson


Goodbye and Good Luck

Performed by Joanna Gleason



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.

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The Performers (in alphabetical order)

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Credits

The works of Grace Paley are under copyright, and they are featured here with the permission of Union Literary and Nora Paley.

“Injustice” © 1995 by Grace Paley. Reprinted in A Grace Paley Reader (2017), edited by Kevin Bowen and Nora Paley.

“Wants” © 1974 by Grace Paley. Reprinted in The Collected Stories (1994) by Grace Paley.

“The Contest” © 1958 by Grace Paley. Reprinted in The Collected Stories (1994) by Grace Paley.

“Ruthy and Edie” © 1985 by Grace Paley. Reprinted in A Grace Paley Reader (2017), edited by Kevin Bowen and Nora Paley.

“Fidelity” © 2008 by Grace Paley. Reprinted in A Grace Paley Reader (2017), edited by Kevin Bowen and Nora Paley.

“Goodbye and Good Luck” © 1956 by Grace Paley. Reprinted in A Grace Paley Reader (2017), edited by Kevin Bowen and Nora Paley.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS

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

Support is also provided by the Howard Gilman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, the MacMillan Family Foundation, the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, The Achelis and Bodman Foundation, the Henry Nias Foundation, the Charina Endowment Fund, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Michael Tuch Foundation, the Vidda Foundation, the Axe-Houghton Foundation, and The Grodzins Fund.

Selected Shorts 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.

Pianos by Steinway & Sons – the Artistic Choice of Symphony Space.

Flowers courtesy of 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
Matthew Love
Consultant for Literary Programs
Magdalene Wrobleski
Literary Assistant
Mollie Gordon Program Assistant
Madeleine Hearn
Literary Intern
Gabriela Parra
Lambis Literary Intern

*in memoriam

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