Mar 29 2025
3pm and 7pm
Getty Center
Harold M. Williams Auditorium
$20
Tickets must be purchased for event entrance and are non-refundable. Your event ticket will also serve as your Center entrance reservation. Please note there is an additional fee for parking.
About
A cherished childhood toy an unexpected letter a long-lost friend: when we lose the things we hold dear the ache can be profound. Yet within the heartache lies a glimmer of hope. The notion that these beloved pieces of our past might find their way back to us transformed but still familiar anchors us through life's chaos. Join us for a delightful and poignant evening of storytelling as actors of stage and screen breathe life into tales of nostalgia mischief missed connections and the whimsical journey of a nepo baby navigating a world that feels a bit like a scavenger hunt.
Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature film theater and comedy.
Hosted by current Selected Shorts radio show host Meg Wolitzer (The Interestings The Wife).
Book sales provided by Village Well Books & Coffee
Confirmed cast:
3pm
Geoffrey Arend (Madam Secretary)
Colton Dunn (Superstore)
Brendan Hunt (Ted Lasso)
Suzy Nakamura (Dead to Me)
Kirsten Vangsness (Criminal Minds)
7pm
Jason Alexander (Seinfeld)
Melora Hardin (The Office)
Emily Skeggs (The Miseducation of Cameron Post)
Nicole Kang (You)
Michael Urie (Shrinking)
Program
3pm
Hosted by Meg Wolitzer
"Participation Trophy" by Simon Rich
Performed by Colton Dunn
"A Fable with Slips of White Paper Spilling from the Pockets" by Kevin Brockmeier
Performed by Geoffrey Arend
"The King of Sentences" by Jonathan Lethem
Performed by Brendan Hunt
"Factory Town" by Betsuyaku Minoru
Translated by Royall Tyler
Performed by Suzy Nakamura
"Mama Mama" by Lauren Pruneski
Performed by Kirsten Vangsness
7pm
Hosted by Meg Wolitzer
"Where’s Dad?" by Claire Fridkin
Performed by Emily Skeggs
"Little Free Library" by Naomi Kritzer
Performed by Melora Hardin
"Lady Tigers" by Nick White
Performed by Michael Urie
"The Cage" by Tania James
Performed by Nicole Kang
"The Dark" by Jess Walter
Performed by Jason Alexander
Please note actors and line up are subject to change.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90049, United States
