May 16, 2013 @ Home of WordTheatre Artistic Director Cedering Fox

Tracie Thoms

October 6, 2012 @ The Ford Amphitheatre at 8 PM

Michael Jace

What happens when you mix a world class author's literary exploration of his African-American heritage with explosions of rap music and hip hop dance? In the rhythmic, spellbinding vernacular of the streets, John Edgar Wideman's characters articulate the human impact of race, politics, violence, sex, love and loss. Brilliant film, television and Broadway actors brought Wideman's words to life and Chuck Inglish of The Cool Kids produced his original tracks live with with special guest, djembe drummer Aboubacar Kouyate, and dancers from Culture Shock LA populating this dynamic cityscape. All the artists donated their work for this one-night-only benefit performance. Featuring:

• Sterling K Brown (Army Wives, Righteous Kill)
• Bill Cobbs (Go On, Night at the Museum)
• Keith David (Crash, The Princess and the Frog, Coraline)
• Omar Dorsey (Django Unchained, The Blind Side)
• Gary Dourdan (CSI, Alien: Resurrection)
• Edi Gathegi (X-Men, Gone Baby Gone, Twilight)
• Jason George (Grey's Anatomy, Barbershop)
• Marla Gibbs (The Jeffersons, 227)
• Roger Guenveur Smith (American Gangster, Final Destination)
• Dennis Haysbert (The Unit, 24)
• Barry Shabaka Henley (The Big Year, FlashForward)
• Michael Jace (The Shield, Forrest Gump)
• Brent Jennings (Moneyball, Witness)
• Kasha Kropinski (Hell on Wheels, Almost Kings)
• Mark Christopher Lawrence (Chuck, The Pursuit of Happyness)
• Joseph Marcell (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Coriolanus at The Globe in London)
• Nicki Micheaux (Lincoln Heights, Their Eyes Were Watching God)
• Ryan Michelle Bathe (Army Wives, One for the Money)
• Dorian Missick (Southland, Lucky Number Sleven)
• Geno Monteiro (Hot Spur in H4)
• Dohn Norwood (Hell on Wheels)
• Nyambi Nyambi (Mike & Molly, Day Night Day Night)
• Dayo Okeniyi (The Hunger Games, The Spectacular Now)
• James Pickens Jr. (Grey's Anatomy, The X-Files)
• Chip tha Ripper (whose most recent album is Charles Worth)
• Ron Simons (Night Catches Us, Law and Order)
• Sterling Sulieman (Pretty Little Liars, In Time))
• Tracie Thoms (The Devil Wears Prada, Rent)
• Lorraine Toussaint (Saving Grace, The Soloist)
• Narration by Dave Fennoy, the voice of Hulu

Storytales contained mature content.

July 4, 2012 @ Adam Street, UK

John Schwab

WordTheatre took over Adam Street, a private club hidden under The Strand in London, for an evening of brilliant actors performing contemporary short stories. Proceeds benefit the Anaphylaxis Campaign, the only UK wide charity dedicated to improving the lives of people with severe allergies. 

• Alastair Mackenzie (Monarch of the Glen) read “Crazy Glue” by Etgar Keret
• Damien Molony (Hal on Being Human) read “First Person Shooter” by Charles Yu
• David Soul (the original Starsky and Hutch) read “Bullet in the Brain” by Tobias Wolff
• Diana Vickers (The Rise and Fall of Little Voice on the West End) and Gethin Anthony (Renly Baratheon on Game of Thrones) read “Underneath” by Erinna Mettler

March 24, 2012 @ Atherton, CA

Mae Whitman

WordTheatre's 'Acts of Love: Parenthood' benefiting Autism Speaks returns this year, to Atherton, California. Our original theatrical collage of quotes, jokes, articles, monologues and music about parenthood enjoyed a triumphant debut in Los Angeles at CAA in the fall of 2010 and this year Facing Autism brings it to the San Francisco Bay Area. Featuring:

• Alfred Molina (Chocolat, Spider-Man 2) 
• Amber Tamblyn (127 Hours, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants)
• Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy, Private Practice)
• Brenda Strong (Desperate Housewives, Starship Troopers)
• Gil Bellows (Executive Producer of Temple Grandin, Ally McBeal)
• Howard Hesseman (About Schmidt, WKRP in Cincinatti)
• Ian Hart (Luck, Dirt)
• Jessalyn Gilsig (Glee, Nip/Tuck)
• Justin Chambers (Grey's Anatomy, The Wedding Planner)
• Lorraine Toussaint (Saving Grace, The Soloist)
• Mae Whitman (Parenthood, Arrested Development)
• Marcia Gay Harden (Into the Wild, Damages)
• Mary McDonnell (The Closer, Battlestar Galactica)
• Sam Jaeger (Parenthood, Eli Stone)
• Tim Daly (Private Practice, Wings)
• Hosted by Bruce Vilanch, Emmy Award-winning writer for the Academy Awards
• Narrated by Dave Fennoy the voice of Hulu
• Musical performances from John Doe

November 3, 2011 @ A Private Home in Santa Monica

Ian Hart

We kicked off our tenth year with the Authors & Actors of WordTheatre®: Giving Voice to Great Writing in the US & the UK. Contributors are helping us bring WordTheatre to ten Title 1 schools! You can find out more about the program here http://bit.ly/qLmVMC 

All performances were produced and directed by Cedering Fox. 

July 23, 2011 @ Guild Hall

Amy Irving

Diane Ackerman, Steve Almond, Charles Baxter, Ron Carlson, Andre Dubus III, Carol Muske Dukes, Mary Gaitskill, AM Homes, Michelle Latiolais, David Means, James Salter, Philip Schultz, Harvey Shapiro and Simon Van Booy invited you to Guild Hall to celebrate The Pushcart Prize, considered "one of the most important publishing projects in American history" (Publishers Weekly), with a benefit at Guild Hall in East Hampton, New York.

2011 marked the 35th anniversary of the Pushcart Prize. Their "yearly volumes of stories, poems and essays feature much of the best writing available in this country." (New York Times Book Review) 

The celebration featured performances by:

• Amy Irving (Carrie, Alias)
• CCH Pounder (Avatar, The Shield)
• Chris Bauer (True Blood, The Wire) 
• Colman Domingo (Scottsboro Boys Tony Award Nominee)
• Harris Yulin (Death of a Salesman)
• Kathryn Erbe (Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Oz)
• Kevin Corrigan (The Departed, Pineapple Express) 
• Vincent Piazza (Lucky Luciano on Boardwalk Empire)

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

We wish to thank our sponsors, Avi Oster Media & The Oster Family Foundation, for their generous support.

November 14, 2010 @ Laguna Beach, Ca

Rachel Boston

We heard stories that talked about home and what it really means at this benefit for Friendship Shelter in Laguna Beach. Featuring:

• Rachel Boston (500 Days of Summer, American Dreams)
• Richard Burgi (Desperate Housewives, Nip/Tuck) 
• Justin Chambers (Grey's Anatomy, The Wedding Planner)
• Gary Dourdan (CSI)
• Tess Harper (Tender Mercies, No Country for Old Men)
• John Heard (Home Alone, Big)
• Baadja-Lyne Odums (Ladykillers, CSI)
• Brian J. White (Men of a Certain Age, Stomp the Yard)

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

Show began at 3pm

November 4, 2010 @ CAA

Maggie Siff

'Acts of Love: Parenthood' was WordTheatre’s original, one night only theatrical
collage of stories by writers of fiction, memoir, humor and fact, brought to life by an extraordinary cast, with music performed by John Doe. This benefit performance was preceded by the presentation of  Autism Speaks’ Media Awareness Award to Jason Katims, creator and producer of ‘Parenthood,’ as well as a silent auction including artworks curated by Bruce Helander.  Featuring:

• Brian J. White (Men of a Certain Age, Brick)
• Christopher Gorham (Covert Affairs, Ugly Betty)
• Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights, Spin City)
• Craig T. Nelson (Parenthood, Coach)
• Donal Logue (Terriers, Blade)
• Ian Hart (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Finding Neverland)
• Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls, Parenthood)
• Lorraine Toussaint (The Soloist, Saving Grace)
• Maggie Siff (Sons of Anarchy, Mad Men)
  
• Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Galactica, Donnie Darko)
• Max Burkholder (Parenthood, Friends With Money)
• Peter Krause (Parenthood, The Truman Show)
• Phil Abrams (Parenthood, The Island)
• Stephen Tobolowsky (Glee, Heroes)

Created, Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

Narrated by Dave Fennoy

Autism, a life-long neurological disorder, has reached epidemic proportions over the last decade. Today 1 in 151 children and 1 in 70 boys - one percent of the American population - is now on the spectrum of Autism. This crisis demands our attention. Since merging with Cure Autism Now, Autism Speaks has become the nation's largest autism advocacy organization. Last year, Autism Speaks raised over $38 million to support groundbreaking genetic research; community, national and global autism awareness efforts; and programs to support those with autism and their families. For more information visit www.AutismSpeaks.org

September 25, 2010 @ El Camino College

Erika Christensen

Produced, Directed and Created by Cedering Fox

Hosted by Bruce Vilanch and Narrated by Dave Fennoy

Tickets are available at http://www.elcaminocollegefoundation.org/roadahead/index.html. The event begins at 7:30 PM.

July 14, 2010 @ The Tabernacle

David Cross

• Amber Tamblyn (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants)
  
• Belinda Stewart-Wilson (The Inbetweeners, Primeval)Nicole Ansari (Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll on Broadway)
  
• Brian Cox (The Escapist, The Bourne Identity)
• David Cross (Arrested Development, Year One)
• Graham Hamilton (Hamlet at the Folger in Washington, DC)
  
• Gemma Jones (Bridget Jones's Diary)
  
• John Schwab (The Complete Works of William Shakespeare)
• Nicole Ansari (Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll on Broadway)
  
• Prunella Scales (Fawlty Towers)
  
  

Produced by Cedering Fox and Kirsty Peart. Directed by Cedering Fox.

Macmillan Cancer Support improves the lives of people affected by cancer. They provide practical, medical and financial support and push for better cancer care. Their primary goal is to reach and improve the lives of everyone living with cancer. Macmillan Cancer Support, registered charity in England and Wales (261017). www.macmillan.org.uk

May 10, 2010 @ Temple Beth Hillel

Keith Randolph Smith

WordTheatre's original performance piece Mysteries of the Mind is coming to Minding Your Mind's 5th annual Mental Health Forum in Philadelphia.

Featuring:

• Nicole Ansari (Tom Stoppard's Rock n' Roll on Broadway and The West End, Deadwood)
• Linda Cardellini (E.R., Brokeback Mountain)
• Ben Foster (3:10 to Yuma, X-Men)
• Edi Gathegi (Twilight, New Moon, House)
• John Heard (Home Alone, Big)
• Carolyn Mc Cormick (Law & Order, Equus  on Broadway)
• Keith Randolph Smith (Law and Order, Malcolm X)
  
• Linus Roache (Law & Order, Wings of the Dove)
  

Created, Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

January 10, 2010 @ Ritz Carlton

Linda Cardellini

Sunny Florida welcomes WordTheatre actors:

• Nicole Ansari-Cox (As Good as Dead, Deadwood)

• Linda Cardellini (ER, Grandma's Boy)
  
• Brian Cox (Bourne Identity, LIE)
  
• Catherine Dent (The Shield, 21 Grams)
  
• Gary Dourdan (CSI, Perfect Stranger)
  
• Tess Harper (No Country for Old Men, Tender Mercies)
  
• John Heard (Prison Break, Home Alone)
• Anson Mount  (Conviction, In Her Shoes)
  

performing Mysteries of the Mind at the Sunshine from Darkness Gala in Sarasota, Florida.

Mysteries of the Mind is an original WordTheatre production featuring the words and stories of visionary artists, inventors, scientists and scholars who have wrestled with mental illness, woven together with music and performed by world class actors.

Sunshine from Darkness, has raised more than $200,000 in 2009. Every penny of which goes to research because their expenses are underwritten by corporate and private sponsors and donors. Through symposiums and other events, their goal is to provide funding and resources for research and awareness efforts supporting mental health and brain disorders.

The Gala takes place on Sunday, January 10, 2010, at 6:30 pm at The Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota, Florida. The evening begins with cocktails and a gourmet dinner Followed by the presentation of the 2009 Luminary Award to Gary Foster, producer of the feature film “The Soloist” starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Jamie Foxx. Mysteries of the Mind will then take the stage to wrap up the evening.

For more information about the event, please visit
http://www.sunshinefromdarkness.org/events-gala

November 29, 2009 @ Shoreditch House

Alfred Molina

WordTheatre: A World Class Literary Salon, presents UPHEAVAL:

• Lucy Brown (Primeval, Sharpe's Challenge) performing "Up at a Villa" by Helen Simpson
  
• Alastair Mackenzie (Monarch of the Glen) performing "Joyas Voladoras" by Brian Doyle
  
• Ian Hart (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) performing "Man in the Water" by Rose Tremain
  
• Alexis Zegerman (Happy-Go-Lucky, Two Thousand Years) performing "The Wave" by Julie Myerson
  
• Alfred Molina (An Education, Spiderman) performing "Nipple Jesus" by Nick Hornby
  
• John Schwab (The Complete Works of William Shakespeare) performing "Stories" by John Edgar Wideman

Author Julie Myerson will be in attendance.

A portion of the proceeds to support Fairbridge, a national charity supporting young people aged 13-25 to develop the confidence, motivation and skills they need to turn their lives around.

June 27, 2009 @ Guild Hall

Amber Tamblyn

James Franco (Board Member)
Amanda Seyfried (Honorary Board Member)
Jane Oster (Board Member)   
Kieran Beer & Melissa Benson
Michelle Murphy & Robert Strada
Heidi Banks                        
and Bill Henderson (Editor of the Pushcart Prize)

Invited you to Guild Hall as WordTheatre once again honored the Pushcart Prize, considered "one of the most important publishing projects in American history" (Publishers Weekly), with a benefit at the newly renovated Guild Hall in East Hampton, New York.

This year marked the 33rd anniversary of the Pushcart Prize, and WordTheatre's fifth year working with them. Their "yearly volumes of stories, poems and essays feature much of the best writing available in this country." (New York Times Book Review). 

This year's celebration featured performances of Pushcart Prize winning stories by:

Act I

• Darrell Larson (The Manchurian Candidate, Rachel Getting Married) read "The Face" by David St. John
• Lynn Whitfield (The Josephine Baker Story, Head of State) read "By Love Possessed" by Lorna Goodison
• Linus Roache (Law and Order, The Wings of the Dove) read "Joyas Voladores" by Brian Doyle
• Samantha Mathis (Broadway's 33 Variations; American Psycho) read "Sundays" by Ellen Wilbur
• Nicole Ansari (Rock n' Roll on Broadway, As Good as Dead) read "One Moment on Top of the Earth" by Naomi Shihab Nye
• Edi Gathegi (Twilight; The Twilight Saga: New Moon; Gone, Baby, Gone) read "Bons" by Beth Tashery Shannon
• Amy Irving (Carrie, Hide and Seek) read "The Dead Boy at Your Window" by Bruce Holland Rogers

• Janel Moloney (The West Wing, Desperate Measures) read "Recorded Message" by Philip Dacey
• John Heard (Home Alone, The Sopranos) read "Tomorrow's Bird" by Ian Frazier
• Sean Young (Bladerunner) read "Not the Plaster Casters" by Janice Eidus
• Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy, The Escapist) read "The Human Table" by Marvin Cohen
• Amber Tamblyn (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Joan of Arcadia) read "The Kiss" by Pamela Painter

• Jackson Rathbone (Twilight; The Twilight Saga: New Moon) read "The Bank Robbery" by Steve Schutzman

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

Technical Director Todd J. Goldblatt

Sound Design Craig Ryan Freeman

Lighting Design Sebastian Paczynski

Special thanks to Jane Oster, WordTheatre Board Member, for her enormous contribution to making the event such a success, and to Darrell Larson for his continual support. 

Special Thanks to our friends at East Hampton Wines and Liquors and Park Place Wines and Liquors for donating to the after party.

April 26, 2009 @ Cafe des Artistes

Peri Gilpin

Megan and Craig Ferguson (host of CBS' The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson) hosted this event alongside Dr. Lisa Masterson in support Maternal Fetal Care International.

Dr. Lisa Masterson of the daytime medical series, The Doctors, founded MFCI in 2005 to help mothers and children survive and enjoy better health in the poorest regions of the world. MFCI brings volunteer physicians to treat needy women and children. MFCI also provides training to local healthcare personnel to elevate the standard of available medical care and decrease mother-child transmission of HIV/AIDS.

Every minute a woman in the developing world dies from pregnancy-related causes that are mostly preventable or treatable. Every 30 seconds a child dies as a result of its mother's death.

WordTheatre compiled a program of original monologues and celebrated short stories about mothers and their children to benefit this charity.

Performers Included:

• Maria Bello (The Private Lives of Pippa LeeKathy Baker (Last Chance Harvey) reading "Level" by Keith Scribner
• Lynn Ferguson (Chicken Run) reading her story "Schopenhauer"
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Without a Trace) reading her story "The Titty Monster"
  
• Amy Brenneman (Private Practice) reading "Where the World Is" by Karen Kasaba
  
• Roma Maffia (Nip/Tuck) reading "Zoe" by Diane Ackerman
• Peri Gilpin (Frasier) reading "Saying Yes to Ryan" by Shelley Burtt
  
• Kathy Baker (Last Chance Harvey) reading "My Son and the Bicycle Wheel" by Martha Ronk
  
• Lisa Gay Hamilton (The Soloist) reading "The Stones" by Richard Shelton
• Amy Brenneman (Private Practice), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Without a Trace), Roma Maffia (Nip/Tuck), Meri Danquah (Editor of Shake the Tree) reading "The Message" by Ama Ata Aidoo
• Angela Bassett (Akeelah and the Bee) reading "Gifts From My Mother" by Dr. Lisa Masterson

November 10, 2008 @ The Geffen Playhouse in Westwood Village, CA

Marc Blucas

WordTheatre enjoyed its sixth annual Acts of Love to benefit Autism Speaks which took place at The Geffen Playhouse in Westwood on November 10, 2008. Acts of Love: Miracle Workers was a literary and musical celebration of the people who work to make seemingly impossible things happen.

Nelson Kole led a jazz combo with Nita Whitaker, Amy Keys and Valerie Pinkston performing musical numbers woven throughout the stories. Several members from the cast of the 2008 Emmy Winning Documentary "Autism: The Musical" performed songs from the film.

Woven between the thoughts and stories was live music featuring the voices of Nita Whitaker, Amy Keys and Valerie Pinkston. The spoken performances featured *

• Cast members from 2008 Emmy winner, Autism: The Musical
• Shohreh Agdashloo (House of Sand and Fog, X-Men:The Last Stand)
  

• Linda Cardellini ( ER, The Scooby-Do Movies, Freaks and Geeks)
  
• Peri Gilpin (Frasier)
  
• Adrian Pasdar (Heroes, Near Dark, Top Gun)

• Tess Harper (No Country for Old Men, Tender Mercies)

• Marc Blucas ( I Capture the Castle, We Were Soldiers, They)
  
• Gil Birmingham (Ten Canoes, Twilight)
  

• Matt Dallas (Kyle XY, The Indian)
• Julia Sweeney (Pulp Fiction, Saturday Night Live)
• Keith David (Crash, Mr. and Mrs. Smith)
• Gil Bellows (The Shawshank Redemption, The Weather Man)
• Sung Kang (Better Luck Tomorrow, The Fast and the Furious)
• Brenda Strong (Desperate Housewives, Starship Troopers)
• John Glover (Smallville, Robocop 2)
• John McCook (The Bold and the Beautiful)
• Jack McGee (Crash, 21, Basic Instinct)
  
• Nicki Micheaux (God's Waiting List, Lincoln Heights)
• Kristy Wu (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cry_Wolf)
• Robert Wisdom (The Wire)
  
  *cast subject to change without notice

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

It is with great sadness that I share with you the passing of one of the most wonderful men I have ever known, Don La Fontaine. This great man, the Voice of God, has lent his enormous talents to Acts of Love by acting as the Narrator for the past several years. He generously infused his spirit, his heart and his intelligence into his every word and action. Don was a Miracle Worker and this year's show is dedicated to him.
                                               ---Cedering Fox, Artistic Director

June 28, 2008 @ 93 Merchant’s Path (corner of Ranch Court)

Rae Dawn Chong

WordTheatre presented Mysteries of the Mind, an original concert of spoken monologues woven together from fiction and memoir, accented with live musical performances and created exclusively for NARSAD. The event will took place at Twin Oaks Farm in Sagapnoack, NY.

7:30 arrival and 8:00 PM Show Time.

Cocktails, dinner and dancing followed.

December 3, 2007 @ Beverly Hilton Hotel

Lisa Gay Hamilton

Performances by:

• Gary Dourdan
  

• John Heard
  
• Tess Harper
  
• Richard Schiff
• Catherine Dent
  
• Jon Tenney
• Lisa Gay Hamilton
• Blair Bess as the Narrator

October 22, 2007 @ Cafe des Paris

David Soul

• Mark Addy (The Full Monty) read an introduction by Nick Hornby
• Amanda Seyfried (Mean Girls, Mamma Mia!) read "The Kiss" by Pamela Painter
  
• Alastair Mackenzie (Monarch of the Glen) read "A Happy Dream" by Steve Almond;
• Lindsay Duncan (Under the Tuscan Sun, Rome) read "Extra Geography" by Rose Tremain;
• Niall Buggy (Translations on Broadway, Casanova) read "Tomorrow's Bird" by Ian Frazier;
• Ben Miller (Johnny English, Primeval) and Marcia Firesten (CSI-NY, Laughter on the 23rd Floor on the West End) read "The Woman at the Window" by James Lasdun together;
• John Schwab (The Complete Works of William Shakespeare) will read "Stay" by David Schuman;
• David Soul (Starsky and Hutch) read "Bullet in the Brain" by Tobias Wolff;
• David Ashton (The Last King of Scotland) read his original story, "Crack".

October 15, 2007 @ Geffen Playhouse in Westwood, California

Richard Cox

• James Franco (Spiderman 1, 2 & 3; In the Valley of Elah)
  
• Lorraine Toussaint (Ugly Betty, Saving Grace)
  
• Dermot Mulroney (Zodiac, My Best Friend's Wedding)
  
• Ian Hart (Dirt, Finding Neverland)
  
• Stephen Tobolowsky (Heroes, Deadwood)
  
• Barry Shabaka Henley (Heroes, Miami Vice)
  
• Wendie Malick (Just Shoot Me, Frasier)
  
• Ming Wen (Vanished, George Lopez)
  
• Annette O'Toole (Smallville, Nash Bridges)
  
• Michael McKean (For Your Consideration, Best in Show)
  
• Gil Birmingham (Veronica Mars, Into the West)
  

• Nita Whitaker, Julie Delgado and Valerie Pinkston
  

April 29, 2007 @ Canal Club

CCH Pounder

WordTheatre presented a Benefit Brunch for the Pushcart Prize at Canal Club, Venice. Prize winning stories from the last 31 years of the Pushcart Prize.

Program:
 

• The Kiss by Pamela Painter was performed by Josephin Hagerty
• Oblivion, Nebraska by Peter Moor Smith was Performed by Gil Bellows
• Young Man on 6th Avenue by Mark Halliday was performed by Phillip Baker Hall
• Tomorrow's Bird by Ian Frazier was performed by John Heard
• Self Knowledge by Richard Bausch was performed by Wendy Mackena
• By Love Possessed by Lorna Goodison was performed by CCH Pounder
• Stay by David Schuman was performed by Nicholas Brendon

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

September 18, 2006 @ The Geffen Playhouse in Westwood Village, CA

Samantha Mathis

Acts of Love: Dreams
A very special, one-night only celebration of dreams and dreamers performed by some of today’s finest actors, singers and musicians

Performed by:

• Keith David
• Richard Schiff
• Amanda Seyfried
• Nita Whitaker
• Gary Cole
• Christopher Gorham
• Samantha Mathis
• Elizabeth Perkins
• Talia Shire
• Gary Dourdan
• James Denton

Narrated by:

• Don La Fontaine

Band:

• Gary Dourdan and His All-Star Friends
• Ryan Cross,
• Dorian Cheah,
• Frank Fontaine,
• Michael Raye

Singing Trio:

• Ryan Bathe,
• Anita Dashiell-Sparks,
• Dionne Williams

Soloist:

• Nita Whitaker

Created, produced and directed by Cedering Fox
Associate Producer and Dramaturge: Mila Pesko

July 29, 2006 @ Guild Hall

Samantha Mathis

• Samantha Mathis read Jinx by Aimee Bender
• Carla Gugino read Gina’s Death by Charles Baxter
• Anson Mount read Red Beans and Ricely by Sydney Lea
• Bob Balaban read Tomorrow’s Bird by Ian Frazier
• Chris McDonald read Today Will Be A Quiet Day by Amy Hempel
• Wendi Makkena read Self-Knowledge by Richard Bausch
• Siv Cedering read her poem The Juggler
• Dana Delany read The Party by Joyce Carol Oates

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