Selected Shorts Goes to the Movies with the Tribeca Film Festival

Lewis Carroll (1832 – 1898) was an English author, mathematician, logician and photographer. His given name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, but he used Lewis Carroll as a pen name. His family had strong ties to the Anglican Church and he studied and taught mathematics at Christ Church. He’s best known for his novels and poetry, which include such works as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.

Marin Ireland is a Theatre World and Obie Award winner and has been nominated for multiple Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Outer Critic, and Broadway League awards. She was also nominated for a Tony for Neil LaBute’s Reasons to Be Pretty. Her film credits include Glass Chin and Eileen—she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for both, Hell or High Water, The Irishman, The Man in the Woods, The Dark and the Wicked, Light from Light, The Empty Man, 28 Hotel Rooms, The Boogeyman, Birth/Rebirth, Somewhere Quiet, and Materialists. On television, Ireland has been featured on Sneaky Pete, Y: The Last Man, The Umbrella Academy, Girls, Masters of Sex, Homeland, Feud, Justified: City Primeval, Dope Thief, The Terror, Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy, and His & Hers. Forthcoming screen projects include Anima. Ireland recently starred in the Off-Broadway production of Queens at the Manhattan Theatre Club.

Andrea Martin is a two-time Tony Award winner for her performances in the musicals My Favorite Year and Pippin, and a two-time Emmy Award winner for her work on SCTV. Additional Broadway credits include Oklahoma!, Candide, Young Frankenstein, Act One, Exit the King, My Favorite Year, Noises Off, and Meet The Cartozians. On film, Martin has appeared in Diane, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 1, 2, and 3, Night at the Museum 3, Breaking Upwards, Wag the Dog, and All Over the Guy, among others. Her television credits include 30 Rock,Sesame Street, Will and Grace, UnbreakableKimmy Schmidt, 30 Rock, Modern Family, Hairspray Live, Difficult People, Great News, Elena of Avalor, The Good Fight, Evil, Harlem, Only Murders in the Building, Overcompensating, and The Gilded Age. Martin is the creator of the one-woman show Nude Nude Totally Nude and author of the memoir Lady Parts. She recently starred in the Off-Broadway revival of the 1964 musical High Spirits at New York City Center.

Richard Matheson (1926 – 2013) is the author of many classic novels and short stories. He wrote in a variety of genres including terror, fantasy, horror, paranormal, suspense, science fiction and western. In addition to books, he wrote prolifically for television (including The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, Star Trek) and numerous feature films. Many of Matheson’s novels and stories have been made into movies, including I Am Legend, Somewhere in Time, and Shrinking Man. His many awards include the World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Awards for Lifetime Achievement, the Hugo Award, Edgar Award, Spur Award for Best Western Novel, Writer’s Guild awards, and in 2010 he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.

Mary Orr (1910 – 2006) was an actress and author, best known for her short story “The Wisdom of Eve,” which was adapted into the Academy Award-winning film All About Eve. She frequently collaborated with her husband, Reginald Denham, and wrote five books and forty television scripts. She and Denham also collaborated on the plays Wallflower, Round Trip, Dark Hammock, and Be Your Age.

Michael Stuhlbarg’s Broadway credits include: Patriots (Tony nomination), The Pillowman (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award), The Invention of Love, Cabaret, Taking Sides, and Saint Joan. Off-Broadway, he was honored with an OBIE Award for his performance in The Voysey Inheritance, and has appeared in 11 plays with the Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival, including the title roles in Richard II, Hamlet, and Tim Blake Nelson’s Socrates. His film credits include A Serious Man (Golden Globe nomination), Call Me by Your Name, The Shape of Water, The Post, Bones and All, Shirley, Hugo, Men in Black 3, Lincoln, Blue Jasmine, Steve Jobs, Trumbo, Arrival, Pawn Sacrifice, Doctor Strange 1 & 2, Miles Ahead, The Instigators, and The Amateur. His television credits include Dopesick (Emmy nomination), The Looming Tower (Emmy nomination), Your Honor, The Staircase, Fargo, Boardwalk Empire, Traitors, and Transparent. He recently starred in Luca Guadagnino’s film After the Hunt, opposite Julia Roberts, and this October, he will be seen opposite Tom Cruise in Alejandro G. Iñárritu's upcoming film Digger.

The Tribeca Festival brings artists and diverse audiences together to celebrate storytelling in all its forms, including film, TV, music, audio storytelling, games, and immersive. With strong roots in independent film, Tribeca is synonymous with creative expression and entertainment. Tribeca champions emerging and established voices, discovers award-winning talent, curates innovative experiences, and introduces new ideas through exclusive premieres, exhibitions, conversations, and live performances.

Meg Wolitzer is the New York Times bestselling author of The Female Persuasion, The Interestings, The Ten-Year Nap, The Position, and The Wife, among other novels. A musical of The Interestings is in development. Wolitzer was the guest editor of The Best American Short Stories 2017, and also writes books for young readers. She is a faculty member in the Creative Writing Program at Stony Brook University, where she co-founded and co-directs BookEnds, a yearlong intensive for emerging novelists.

CREDITS

“Button, Button,” by Richard Matheson. © 1970 by HMH Publishing Co., Inc, and renewed 1998 by Richard Matheson. Used by permission of Don Congdon Associates, Inc., and RXR, Inc.

“Jabberwocky,” by Lewis Carroll. From The Complete Stories and Poems of Lewis Carroll (Gramercy Books, 1855). In the public domain.

“The Wisdom of Eve,” by Mary Orr, from Adaptations: From Short Story to Big Screen: 35 Great Stories That Have Inspired Great Films (Three Rivers Press, 2005). First appeared in Cosmopolitan (May 1946). Copyright © 1946 by Mary Orr.