"WordTheatre is a great, freewheeling, passionately engaged interpreter of contemporary short fiction. Whereas other such enterprises are content to cherry pick a few classics in a predictable setting, WordTheatre finds work that can bring about great performances in its constituency of first-rate performers, always in search of the ineffable and the uncanny that are at the heart of the very best in world literature. Their ambition is for the new, the challenging, and the emotionally rich. In my own case, I have never heard such wonderful and illuminated performances of my own work." - Rick Moody, author of The Ice Storm
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WordTheatre with Aimee Bender, Brad Watson and Ron Carlson presented by PEN USA
May 2, 2010 @ Canal Club
 Philip Baker Hall |
 Cassidy Freeman |
 Nicki Micheaux |
WordTheatre brought incredible literary and acting talents to Venice for performances and a Q & A with the writers. Doors opened at 2 for cash bar and appetizers available to order. Actors performed stories beginning at 3.
Featuring:
- Cassidy Freeman (Smallville) performing "Tiger Mending" by Aimee Bender
- Nicki Micheaux (Lincoln Heights) performing "Vacuum" from Brad Watson's new collection
- Philip Baker Hall (Boogie Nights, Zodiac) performing "One Quarrel" by Ron Carlson
All authors were in attendance. Books sold by Small World Books.
Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox
Location
Canal Club2025 Pacific Avenue ( at the corner of Venice Boulevard) Venice, California 90291