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

Justin Chambers

May 5, 2013 @ A Private Club in West Hollywood at 5PM

Gethin Anthony

April 7, 2013 @ A Private Club in West Hollywood

Tobias Wolff

March 20, 2013 to March 21, 2013 @ The Gallery at Foyles

Jonathan Pryce

A star-studded cast of WordTheatre talents brought the six stories shortlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Award to life, with the authors present, at two very special evenings in at Foyles in London. The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award is the largest prize in the world for a single short story at £30,000. 

7 PM on Wednesday, March 20:

• Helen McCrory (Skyfall, Hugo) performing "The Beholder" by Ali Smith

• Thomas Howes (Anna Karenina, Downton Abbey) performing "The Gun" by Mark Haddon

• Scott Handy (Match Point, A Knight's Tale) performing "Evie" by Sarah Hall

7 PM on Thursday, March 21:

• Olivia Williams (The Sixth Sense, An Education) performing "Call It 'The Bug' Because I Have No Time to Think of a Better Title" by Toby Litt

• Gary Carr (Death in Paradise, Silent Witness) performing "Miss Lora" by Junot Díaz

• Jonathan Pryce (Pirates of the Caribbean, Brazil) performing "The Dig" by Cynan Jones

On Friday, March 22nd the prize was awarded to Junot Diaz at The Oxford Literary Festival with a special WordTheatre performance from:

• David Soul (Starsky & Hutch)

March 10, 2013 @ A Private Club in West Hollywood

Jackson Rathbone

October 6, 2012 @ The Ford Amphitheatre at 8 PM

Dennis Haysbert

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.

September 22, 2012 @ St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church at 8 PM

Jennifer Skura

September 20, 2012 @ Poet's House at 6 PM

Samantha Mathis

WordTheatre Artistic Director Cedering Fox cast and directed her mother's short stories at a celebration of the work of the life of Siv Cedering (1939-2007), the Swedish-born American poet and novelist. Siv is author of four books of translation and 18 books of poetry and prose, including her collection, Cup of Cold Water, in which she paired her poems with her photographs, and The Blue Horse and Other Night Poems.

6:00PM: Dedication of Siv Cedering's “Blueprint for an Ascension” by her husband Hans van de Bovenkamp
7:00PM: Readings of her poetry by poets Philip Appleman, Janice Bishop, Fran Castan, Lucas Hunt,  and Daniel Thomas Moran. Readings of her stories by Samantha Mathis, Harris Yulin and Cedering Fox.

August 26, 2012 @ West Hollywood Location @ 5 PM

Robert Forster

WordTheatre returned to West Hollywood this summer with an exciting line up of actors and writers! Featuring:

• Robert Forster (The Descendents, Jackie Brown)
• Marcia Gay Harden (Detachment, Pollock)
• Jason Ritter (Parenthood, The Event)
• Mae Whitman (Parenthood, Arrested Development)

And stories by:

• Ron Carlson  is the author of eleven books of fiction, most recently Room Service. His short stories have appeared in Esquire, Harper's, The New Yorker, Gentlemen's Quarterly, and other journals, as well as The Best American Short Stories, The O'Henry Prize Series, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, The Norton Anthology of Short Fictionand dozens of other anthologies. He is Director of the Creative Writing Program at UC Irvine. Among his awards are a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, the Cohen Prize at Ploughshares, and a National Society of Arts and Letters Literature Award.

• Meg Howrey is most recently author of The Crane's Dance (Vintage, May 2012), featured in Vogue. Her debut novel was Blind Sight, which James Lapine called  “Smart, witty, and wise... a beautiful story that in its subtlety speaks to the fundamental questions of identity and love.” She is also a classically trained dancer and earned an Ovation Award for her performance in Contact in 2001.

• Ben Loory's book Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day is now in its fourth printing. It was chosen as a selection of the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Program and the Starbucks Coffee Bookish Reading Club. His stories have been featured in The New Yorker and on NPR's This American Life and he was recently a finalist in the Glimmer Train Short Story Award for New Writers Contest. He is an accomplished screenwriter and graduate of Harvard College. http://www.benloory.com/

• Charles Yu's newest short story collection Sorry Please Thank You is forthcoming from Pantheon on July 24, 2012. The New York Times said of his first novel, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, “Like Douglas Adams, Yu is very funny, usually proportional to the wildness of his inventions.” Yu is also the author of a story collection, Third Class Superhero, and one of the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” fiction writers to watch. His stories have been published in Oxford American, The Gettysburg Review, Harvard Review, Mid-American Review, Mississippi Review, and Alaska Quarterly Review, among others. twitter.com/charles_yu
   

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

July 12, 2012 to July 15, 2012 @ Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk

Amanda Maple-Brown

WordTheatre® captivated audiences in the Literary Arena for the fifth year with an international cast giving voice to great writing in three scintillating programs: ‘Obsession’, ‘Intruders in the Night’ and ‘Girls. Boys. Beer.’

Thursday, July 12th: Obsession

• Alastair Mackenzie (Monarch of the Glen) read "Dinner of the Dead Alumni" by Adam Marek
• Gethin Anthony (Game of Thrones) and Diana Vickers (The Rise and Fall of Little Voice on the West End) read "Underneath" by Erinna Mettler
• Lucy Cohu (The Awakening) read "Quiet Please" by Aimee Bender
• John Schwab (The Leisure Society at Trafalgar Studios) read Miss Biggy Itty-Bit by Jan Munroe

Friday, July 13th: Intruders of Sleepless Nights

• Damien Molony (Being Human) read "First Person Shooter" by Charles Yu
• Jane Zingale (Tell Me at the Tate Modern) read "My Burglar" by Carys Bray
• Gethin Anthony, Alastair Mackenzie, and Lucy Cohu read "Intruders of Sleepless Nights" by Pamela Painter
• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Mr. Eko on Lost) read "Blood" by Roddy Doyle

Saturday, July 14th: Girls. Boys. Beer

• Naomi Sheldon read "Breakage" by Dylan Landis
• Alastair Mackenzie read "Crazy Glue" by Etgar Keret
• Tom Greaves, Okezie Morro, Amanda Maple-Brown (Nowhere to Land), Gethin Anthony, Damien Molony, Ben Forster (Miranda), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Alastair Mackenzie read "Beer Trip to Llandudno" by Kevin Barry
• WordTheatre Artistic Director, Cedering Fox, read "The Book" by Ben Loory

Produced & Directed by Cedering Fox. Performances took place in the Literary Arena on July 12 (23:15-0:45), July 13 (20:00-21:00) and July 14 (11:00-12:00). The Latitude Festival takes place at Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk. 

July 11, 2012 @ The private theatre of the 12th Duke of Devonshire

Harriet Walter

Returning to Chatsworth for the second year, WordTheatre presented great actors performing world class stories in the private theatre of the 12th Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth, one of England’s most impressive country homes. 

July 4, 2012 @ Adam Street, UK

Damien Molony

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

June 3, 2012 @ Soho House NY - 5 PM

Emily Meade

We wrapped up our 2012 spring series at Soho House New York with a bang! Film, television and stage actors brought great short fiction to life with the authors present for a post performance Q & A. Featuring:

May 31, 2012 @ M Bar - 6:30 PM

Kirsten Vangsness

Guests joined WordTheatre for an evening of laugh out loud stories about drinking and falling in love from some of the best contemporary short fiction writers.

• Alex Hyde-White (Catch Me If You Can)
• Ian Hart (Luck)
• Johnnie Lyne-Pirkis (The Young Victoria)
• Kevin Kearns (Frost/Nixon)
• Ron Bottitta (The Adventures of Tin Tin)

• Nicholas Brendon (Criminal Minds)
• Kirsten Vangsness (Criminal Minds)

May 6, 2012 @ Soho House NY - 5 PM

Mary Beth Hurt

Advanced ticket sales have closed for this evening's WordTheatre performance. Tickets will be available at the door.

WordTheatre gives voice to great writing at Soho House New York with a brilliant cast of actors and authors! Relax in the gorgeous fifth floor library and listen to your favorite film, television and stage actors bringing great short fiction to life with the authors present for a post performance Q & A. Featuring:

April 29, 2012 @ Soho House West Hollywood

Evgenia Citkowitz

WordTheatre gave voice to great writing at the exclusive Soho House West Hollywood. A selection of well known actors and authors joined us for readings of lauded contemporary stories followed by a Q & A with the artists. 

• Adrian Pasdar (The Lying Game, Heroes) reads Hal Ackerman - Ackerman is the author of two novels, most recently Stein, Stoned; and the co-area head of UCLA’s screenwriting program. His stories have been widely published in literary journals and he is a Warren Adler Award winner, author of one of Southeast Review’s World’s Best Short Shorts, and a Pushcart Prize nominee.
• Ian Hart (Luck, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) reads Evgenia Citkowitz - “How coolly poised, Evgenia Citkowitz’s prose! And how elegantly and richly detailed her fictional worlds!...Sharply observed, resolutely unsentimental, and wholly engaging." - Joyce Carol Oates, The new York Review of Books
• Julian Sands (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 24) reads Ben Okri (not appearing) - Winner of the Booker Prize winn for his novel The Famished Road, Okri is a Nigerian born author and poet. “Okri's magical realism is distinctive; his prose is charged with passion and energy, electrifying in its imagery ... a powerful, compassionate vision of modern Africa and the magical heritage of its myths.” - Publisher’s Weekly

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox. 

Books sold at the event by Small World Books.

April 1, 2012 @ Soho House NY

Dylan Landis

Guests joined us in the fifth floor library of Soho House NY to begin the spring with favorite film, television and stage actors bringing great short fiction to life with the authors present for a post performance Q & A. The evening featured:

March 27, 2012 to March 30, 2012 @ Waterstones Piccadilly Store

Emma Donoghue

On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the last week of March, Waterstone's Piccadilly store will host WordTheatre performances of the six stories shortlisted for the 2012 Sunday Times EFG Bank Short Story Award, a £30,000 prize, the largest in the world for a single short story. This three evening series leads up to the announcement of the award on Friday, March 30th at the Oxford Literary Festival. Guests will be greeted with a glass of wine and a copy of the anthology containing the shortlisted stories. A Q & A and book signings will follow the performances.

March 24, 2012 @ Atherton, CA

Ian Hart

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

March 4, 2012 @ Soho House NY

Manuel Muñoz

WordTheatre's series at Soho House New York continues with an intriguing mix of writers and actors! Join your favorite film, television and stage actors in the fifth floor library as they bring great short fiction to life with the authors present for a post performance Q & A.

Featuring:

• Robin de Jesus  fresh from his Broadway role in the smash hit musical In the Heights, the two-time Tony nominee will be performing a story by...

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February 5, 2012 @ Soho House NY

Deb Olin Unferth

WordTheatre kicked off our fourth season of world class actors giving voice to great writing at Soho House New York with a thrilling line up! Audiences settled in with a glass of wine to hear film, television and stage actors bring great short fiction to life with the authors present for a post performance Q & A with the audience. Featuring:

• Raviv Ullman (Rita Rocks, Russian Transport off-Broadway) performing Dan Chaon - Chaon’s newest collection of short stories, Stay Awake is due out February 7, 2012. He is author of the national bestseller Await Your Reply, which was named one of the ten best books of the year by Publisher's Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, and salon.com, as well as being named among the year's best fiction by the American Library Association and others. He is also the author of the short story collections Fitting Ends and Among the Missing, which was a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award. Chaon is the Delaney Associate Professor at Oberlin.

• Malinda WIlliams (Soul Food, 2 Days in New York City) performing Bernice Mcfadden - Bernice L. McFadden is the author of seven critically acclaimed, award-winning bestselling novels; including the classics Sugar and The Warmest December which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and was lauded as "Searing and expertly imagined" by Nobel Laureate, Toni Morrison.

• Jodie Markell (Big Love, Snakebit at the Century Theatre) performing Deb Olin Unferth - She is the author of the collection of stories Minor Robberies, the novel Vacation and the memoir, Revolution: The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War. Her work has appeared in Harper's, McSweeney's, The Believer, The Boston Review, Esquire, and other magazines. She has received multiple Pushcart Prizes and was chosen by Harper's Baazar as an "Editors' Choice: Names to Know in 2011". Unferth teaches creative writing at Wesleyan University.

All performances Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox. Associate Produced by Darrell Larson. Special thanks to Jason Nower for videography.

November 3, 2011 @ A Private Home in Santa Monica

Gary Dourdan

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

Kevin Corrigan

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.

July 14, 2011 to July 17, 2011 @ Henham Park

Ian Hart

WordTheatre gave voice to great writing in our three part series Forbidden Fruit: Erotica; Here Hear; Little Monsters; and Sunday Best: Short Stories from The Sunday Times Magazine. Contemporary Short Fiction was brought to life by an international cast* that included Julian Sands (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Ian Hart (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), David Morrissey (Red Riding Trilogy), Harriet Walter (Babel), Tom Riley (Bouquet of Barbed Wire), Helen Atkinson Wood (Black Adder), Emma Hamilton (The Tudors), John Schwab (The Complete Works of William Shakespeare), Matt Barber (Being Human), Juliet Stevenson (Truly Madly Deeply), Amanda Maple-Brown (Home & Away), Okezie Morro (George Lucas' upcoming Red Tales) and Guy Paul (Mary Stuart, Broadway). 

Produced by Cedering Fox, Kirsty Peart and John Schwab and directed by Cedering Fox.

July 3, 2011 @ Chatsworth

Jean Marsh

We gathered in the private theatre of the 12th Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth for an evening of great writing brought to life by well known actors. All writers were present for a Q & A following the performances. Featuring:

• Julian Sands (24) performing a story by Ben Okri, Booker Prize winning author of The Famished Road
• Ian Hart (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) performing a story by Will Cohu, who was on the 2010 and 2011 shortlist for The Sunday Times Magazine EFG Private Bank Short Story Award - the biggest prize for a single short story in the world 
• Caroline Goodall (Schindler's List) performing a story by Ron Carlson, author of The Signal
• Jean Marsh (Upstairs Downstairs) performing a story by Evgenia Citkowitz, author of Ether - recently released to rave reviews from The New Yorker and The New York Times
• John Schwab performing a story by Ron Carlson, prolific American author of five novels and five short story collections, Carlson is the director of UC Irvine's MFA writing program - considered by many one of the best writing programs in America

June 19, 2011 @ Soho House West Hollywood

Jon Tenney

This tour de force ending to WordTheatre Lit by Lulu in Los Angeles featured an intriguing mix of writers from far and near. Well known actors will brought contemporary short stories to life with the authors present for a Q & A and signings of purchased books. Featuring:

• Maggie Siff (Sons of Anarchy, Mad Men) performing a story by Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, one of The New Yorker's 20 Under 40
• Amy Brenneman (Private Practice, Judging Amy) performing a story by Jane Smiley, member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and recipient of the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. 
• Jon Tenney (The Closer, Green Lantern) performing a story by Simon Van Booy, recipient of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. His new novel "Everything Beautiful Began After" will be released on July 5th.

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox. 

WordTheatre Lit by Lulu is a series of events in New York and Los Angeles made possible by Lulu.com. Lulu is creating a new model in publishing — open publishing — that empowers more creators to sell more content to more readers more profitably than ever before. Through its Internet-based creation tools, retail site and global distribution system, Lulu helps creators make and monetize content in a variety of physical and electronic formats connects them to buyers on Lulu.com and in third-party channels, including Amazon.com and the iBookstore, all around the world. Authors retain complete creative, copyright and pricing control and keep 80 percent of their revenue when their works sell. For more information, visit www.Lulu.com

June 5, 2011 @ Soho House NY

Julian Sands

We wrapped up WordTheatre Lit by Lulu New York in the swanky 5th floor library at Manhattan's private Soho House in this final Sunday evening of phenomenal performance and discussion. Authors were present for a Q & A and signings of purchased books. Featuring:

• Halley Feiffer (Mildred Pierce, The Squid and the Whale) performing a story by Julie Orringer, National Endowment of the Arts grantee for her debut novel The Invisible Bridge
• Emily Bergl (Desperate Housewives, SouthLAnd) performing a story by Michelle Latiolais, whose new collection Widow was featured on the cover of the New York Times Book Review  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/books/review/Cohen-t.html
• Julian Sands (Leaving Las Vegas, 24) performing a story by Simon Van Booy, recipient of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. His new novel "Everything Beautiful Began After" will be released on July 5th.

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox. 

WordTheatre Lit by Lulu is a series of events in New York and Los Angeles made possible by Lulu.com. Lulu is creating a new model in publishing — open publishing — that empowers more creators to sell more content to more readers more profitably than ever before. Through its Internet-based creation tools, retail site and global distribution system, Lulu helps creators make and monetize content in a variety of physical and electronic formats connects them to buyers on Lulu.com and in third-party channels, including Amazon.com and the iBookstore, all around the world. Authors retain complete creative, copyright and pricing control and keep 80 percent of their revenue when their works sell. For more information, visit www.Lulu.com

May 22, 2011 @ Soho House West Hollywood

Brendan Sexton III

WordTheatre Lit by Lulu presented Charles Baxter and his collection Gryphon. The LA Times says: 

"Baxter knows how to play with a reader's emotions; he knows when to flatten the curve, when to turn up the volume. He knows exactly what you will feel if the thing you fear is about to happen doesn't happen. Because he is so good, his writing so seemingly effortless, his landscapes and portraits so precisely detailed, the effect is hard to shake." http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan/23/entertainment/la-ca-charles-baxter-20110123

The evening featured performances from:

• Brendan Sexton III (The Killing, Boys Don't Cry)
• Justin Chambers (Grey's Anatomy, The Wedding Planner)
• Edith Fields (The Last Godfather, Next)

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox.

WordTheatre Lit by Lulu is a series of events in New York and Los Angeles made possible by Lulu.com. Lulu is creating a new model in publishing — open publishing — that empowers more creators to sell more content to more readers more profitably than ever before. Through its Internet-based creation tools, retail site and global distribution system, Lulu helps creators make and monetize content in a variety of physical and electronic formats connects them to buyers on Lulu.com and in third-party channels, including Amazon.com and the iBookstore, all around the world. Authors retain complete creative, copyright and pricing control and keep 80 percent of their revenue when their works sell. For more information, visit www.Lulu.com

May 1, 2011 @ Soho House NY

Zach Grenier

We continued our WordTheatre Lit by Lulu New York series with a third evening in the gorgeous 5th floor library of Manhattan's private Soho House featuring world class storytelling and discussion. In this four part WordTheatre Lit by Lulu series, actors brought contemporary short stories to life with the authors present for a Q & A and signings of purchased books. Featuring:

• Vanessa Aspillaga (Morning Glory, Love and Other Drugs) will be performing "Lucho" by Patricia Engel, whose novel Vida was an NPR Best Debut of 2010
• Roger Guenveur Smith (American Gangster) will be performing "Precious Love" a brand new story by John Edgar Wideman, a Macarthur Genius Grant recipient and author of Briefs and Hoop Roots
• Zach Grenier (33 Variations, Fight Club) will be performing "Water Dog God" by Brad Watson, a National Book Award Finalist and author of Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives and 2011 PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist
  

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox. 

WordTheatre Lit by Lulu is a series of events in New York and Los Angeles made possible by Lulu.com. Lulu is creating a new model in publishing — open publishing — that empowers more creators to sell more content to more readers more profitably than ever before. Through its Internet-based creation tools, retail site and global distribution system, Lulu helps creators make and monetize content in a variety of physical and electronic formats connects them to buyers on Lulu.com and in third-party channels, including Amazon.com and the iBookstore, all around the world. Authors retain complete creative, copyright and pricing control and keep 80 percent of their revenue when their works sell. For more information, visit www.Lulu.com

April 14, 2011 @ M Bar

Hina Abdullah

This annual evening of the most talented women from Los Angeles and beyond came to M Bar as part of WordTheatre Lit by Lulu. Top actors brought the words of the best female writers to life:

• Hallee Hirsh (ER, JAG) performing a story by Ramona Ausubel - Author of the novel "No One is Here Except All of Us", due from Riverhead Books in 2012, with the collection of stories "A Guide to Being Born" to follow.  Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, One Story, The Best American Fantasy and elsewhere.
• Cassidy Freeman (Smallville) performing a story by Alethea Black - Black's debut collection, I Knew You'd Be Lovely, is forthcoming from Broadway Books on June 7. Her work has won the Arts & Letters Prize, has been cited as distinguished in The Best American Short Stories, and has appeared in The Kenyon Review, The Antioch Review and Narrative, among others.
• Hina Abdullah (Margaret) performing a story by K. Kvashay-Boyle - A recent graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Kvashay-Boyle has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and published in Best of McSweeney's, Best American Non-Required Reading and Politically Inspired Fiction. Her story "Saint Chola" is currently in development as a feature film
• Kirsten Vangsness (Criminal Minds) performing a story by Tara Ison - Ison is the recipient of a 2008 NEA Creative Writing Fellowship and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times' "Best First Fiction" Award for her first novel, A Child out of Alcatraz. Her words have appeared in Tin House, The Kenyon Review, Nerve.com, Black Clock, Publisher's Weekly, LA Weekly,  Los Angeles Times and numerous anthologies.

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox. 

WordTheatre Lit by Lulu is a series of events in New York and Los Angeles made possible by Lulu.com. Lulu is creating a new model in publishing — open publishing — that empowers more creators to sell more content to more readers more profitably than ever before. Through its Internet-based creation tools, retail site and global distribution system, Lulu helps creators make and monetize content in a variety of physical and electronic formats connects them to buyers on Lulu.com and in third-party channels, including Amazon.com and the iBookstore, all around the world. Authors retain complete creative, copyright and pricing control and keep 80 percent of their revenue when their works sell. For more information, visit www.Lulu.com

April 5, 2011 to April 7, 2011 @ Corpus Christi College at Oxford

Lucy Sheen

The six shortlisted stories for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award, the largest Award for a single short story in the world, were brought to life on April 5, 6 and 7 at the Oxford Literary Festival. The winner was announced on Friday April 8, 2011.

April 3, 2011 @ Soho House NY

Tracee Chimo

The luxurious 5th floor library at Manhattan's private Soho House hosted the second installment of WordTheatre 'Lit by Lulu' New York featuring a Sunday evening of riveting storytelling and discussion. In this four part WordTheatre 'Lit by Lulu' series, actors bring contemporary short stories to life with the authors present for a Q & A and signings of purchased books. Featuring:

• Cindy Cheung (Lady in the Water, One Life to Live) performing a story by Yiyun Li (one of six writers shortlisted for the biggest short story prize in the world, she is a Macarthur fellow and one of the New Yorker's '20 Under 40')
  
• Amy Irving (Carrie, Alias) performing a story by Edith Pearlman (author of Binocular Vision, which received rave reviews in both The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times earlier this year, she has published more than 250 works of short fiction and short non-fiction)
• Tracee Chimo (recently featured in The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/14/theater/14chimo.html) performing a story by Mona Simpson (author of My Hollywood, her first novel, Anywhere But Here was made into a feature film)
  

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox. Doors open at 5 PM for drinks and performances and discussions are from 5:30-7:30 PM. Mobile Libris sold books throughout.

WordTheatre 'Lit by Lulu' is a series of events in New York and Los Angeles made possible by Lulu.com. Lulu is creating a new model in publishing — open publishing — that empowers more creators to sell more content to more readers more profitably than ever before. Through its Internet-based creation tools, retail site and global distribution system, Lulu helps creators make and monetize content in a variety of physical and electronic formats connects them to buyers on Lulu.com and in third-party channels, including Amazon.com and the iBookstore, all around the world. Authors retain complete creative, copyright and pricing control and keep 80 percent of their revenue when their works sell. For more information, visit www.Lulu.com

March 19, 2011 @ M Bar

Jeff Goldblum

The Los Angeles arm of our series kicked off at M Bar with a Saturday night of enticing tales. In this four part WordTheatre Lit by Lulu series, actors brought contemporary short stories to life with the authors present for a Q & A and signings of purchased books. Featuring:

• Jeff Goldblum (Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Jurassic Park)
• Sharon Lawrence (Curb Your Enthusiasm, One Tree Hill) 
• Jessalyn Gilsig (Glee, Nip/Tuck) 
• Emily Bergl (Desperate Housewives, Southland) 
• Rock star writer T.C. Boyle, "a writer who chooses a large canvas and fills it to the edges." http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/books/review/Kingsolver-t.html
• Stories from Michelle Latiolais' new collection Widow, which the New York Times calls "bracing, exposed, ruthlessly mercurial and, for all its spiked bales of barbed wire, laden with extreme beauty." http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/books/review/Cohen-t.html

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox.

WordTheatre Lit by Lulu is a series of events in New York and Los Angeles made possible by Lulu.com. Lulu is creating a new model in publishing — open publishing — that empowers more creators to sell more content to more readers more profitably than ever before. Through its Internet-based creation tools, retail site and global distribution system, Lulu helps creators make and monetize content in a variety of physical and electronic formats connects them to buyers on Lulu.com and in third-party channels, including Amazon.com and the iBookstore, all around the world. Authors retain complete creative, copyright and pricing control and keep 80 percent of their revenue when their works sell. For more information, visit www.Lulu.com

March 6, 2011 @ Soho House NY

Jennifer Mudge

We kicked off of WordTheatre Lit by Lulu New York in the exclusive 5th floor library at Manhattan's private Soho House. Actors brought contemporary short stories to life with the authors present for a Q & A and signings of purchased books. Featuring:

• Jason Butler Harner (Next, Changeling) and Jennifer Mudge (The Good Wife, The Philanthropist on Broadway) performing a story by David Means
• Paul Guilfoyle (CSI, The Local Stigmatic) performing a story from Charles Baxter's recently published collection Gryphon
• Owiso Odera (3 Rivers, Romeo and Juliet at NYSF) performing a story from Tiphanie Yanique's collection How to Escape from a Leper Colony

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox. Books sold by Mobile Libris.

WordTheatre 'Lit by Lulu' is a series of events in New York and Los Angeles made possible by Lulu.com. Lulu is creating a new model in publishing — open publishing — that empowers more creators to sell more content to more readers more profitably than ever before. Through its Internet-based creation tools, retail site and global distribution system, Lulu helps creators make and monetize content in a variety of physical and electronic formats connects them to buyers on Lulu.com and in third-party channels, including Amazon.com and the iBookstore, all around the world. Authors retain complete creative, copyright and pricing control and keep 80 percent of their revenue when their works sell. For more information, visit www.Lulu.com

February 14, 2011 @ M Bar

Sean Young

WordTheatre Lit by Lulu proudly presented a very special event for your entertainment and profound delight. Hearts Aflame, an evening of passionate, sweet, uproarious, scathing and devastating love and break up letters spanning the centuries, from the 11th to the 21st, left you weeping with laughter and despair at the follies of the human heart. Featured:

• Christina Pickles (Romeo + Juliet, St. Elsewhere)
• Edi Gathegi (Twilight, New Moon)
  
• Graham Hamilton (Hamlet at the Folger, Romeo and Juliet at the Old Globe)
• Hong Lei (The Young and the Restless, Graduate of USC's MFA Acting Program)
• Ian Hart (Finding Neverland, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)
• Jackson Rathbone (Twilight, The Last Airbender)
• Julia Davis (Timon of Athens, Graduate of USC's MFA Acting Program)
• Mozhan Marno (Traitor, The Stoning of Soraya M.)
  
• Sean Maguire  (Meet the Spartans)
  
• Sean Young (Blade Runner, The Young and the Restless)
• Tava Smiley (General Hospital, Good Luck Chuck)
• Narrated by James Shippy
  

Created, Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

Doors opened at 6:30 PM for dinner and the performance began at 8 PM. M Bar required a $10 food minimum. Hearts Aflame sold out.

'WordTheatre Lit by Lulu' is a series of events in New York and Los Angeles made possible by Lulu.com. Lulu is creating a new model in publishing — open publishing — that empowers more creators to sell more content to more readers more profitably than ever before. Through its Internet-based creation tools, retail site and global distribution system, Lulu helps creators make and monetize content in a variety of physical and electronic formats connects them to buyers on Lulu.com and in third-party channels, including Amazon.com and the iBookstore, all around the world. Authors retain complete creative, copyright and pricing control and keep 80 percent of their revenue when their works sell. For more information, visit www.Lulu.com

Special thanks to:

Eric Raptosh Photography www.raptosh.com

Koko Candles by Paoling Che www.kokocandles.com

January 14, 2011 @ M Bar

Bruce Vilanch

M Bar requires a $10 food minimum, so please come early for dinner! Doors open at 6:00 PM  for dinner and performances begin at 7:30 PM.

A limited amount of tickets are still available at the door for $20.

'WordTheatre Lit by Lulu' is a series of events in New York and Los Angeles made possible by Lulu.com. Lulu is creating a new model in publishing — open publishing — that empowers more creators to sell more content to more readers more profitably than ever before. Through its Internet-based creation tools, retail site and global distribution system, Lulu helps creators make and monetize content in a variety of physical and electronic formats connects them to buyers on Lulu.com and in third-party channels, including Amazon.com and the iBookstore, all around the world. Authors retain complete creative, copyright and pricing control and keep 80 percent of their revenue when their works sell. For more information, visit www.Lulu.com

November 14, 2010 @ Laguna Beach, Ca

John Heard

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

Phil Abrams

'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

October 24, 2010 @ M Bar

Seamus Dever

WordTheatre's Noir featured stories from Southern California's dark underbelly. Featuring:

• Rachel Boston (500 Days of Summer, American Dreams) performing "The Method" by Janet Fitch
• George DelHoyo (Beverly Hills 90210, St. Elsewhere) performing "Bee Canyon" by Susan Straight
• Seamus Dever (Castle, General Hospital) performing "The Toll" by Dan Duling

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox.

All authors were present. Doors opened at 5:30 PM with dinner and performances beginning at 7 PM. M Bar requires a $10 food minimum. Books were sold at the event by Small World Books, a Book Sense Book Store in Venice.

This show is dedicated to WordTheatre's great friend and supporter Richard.

September 25, 2010 @ El Camino College

CCH Pounder

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.

August 27, 2010 @ M Bar

CJ Thomason

WordTheatre's third annual 'The Women', featuring stories penned by LA's best female writers, is coming to M Bar! Authors will be present for readings. Featuring:

• Catherine Dent (The Shield, 21 Grams) performing "Crazy" by Michelle Latiolais
• Marc Menchaca (Generation Kill, Flash Forward) performing "John Wayne Loves Grandma Dot" by Victoria Patterson
• Jodi Long (Eli Stone, Robocop 3) performing "Charlie and Me" by Nina Revoyr
• CJ Thomason (General Hospital, Harper's Island) performing "Three Legged Dog" by Diana Wagman
• Natalija Nogulich (Days of Our Lives, The West Wing) performing "Ithaca" by L. Annette Binder
• Kate Levering (Drop Dead Diva, Cashmere Mafia) performing "Ask Us Anything" by Anne-Marie Kinney

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

M Bar requires a $10 food minimum, so please come early for dinner! Doors open at 6:30 PM and performances begin at 8 PM.

July 15, 2010 to July 17, 2010 @ Henham Park

David Soul

WordTheatre returned to the Latitude Festival with three days of dynamite performances in the Literary Arena and two incredible presentations in the Poetry Arena. Performances featured:

• Amber Tamblyn (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants)
• Belinda Stewart-Wilson (The Inbetweeners, Primeval)
• Ben Miller (Armstrong and Miller)
• Brian Cox (The Bourne Identity)
• David Morrissey (The Other Boleyn Girl)
• David Soul (the original Starsky and Hutch)
• Graham Hamilton (Hamlet at the Folger in Washington, DC)
  
• John Schwab (The Complete Works of William Shakespeare)
  
• Nicole Ansari (Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll)

July 14, 2010 @ The Tabernacle

Belinda Stewart-Wilson

• 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

June 28, 2010 @ Soho House NY

Sarah Paulson

WordTheatre brought two top tier writers to Soho House for performances of their own work. Featuring:

• Rick Moody (author of The Ice Storm)'s "Modern Lovers" performed by Jason Butler Harner (Changeling, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3) and Sarah Paulson (Broadway's Collected Stories, Serenity)
• Michael Cunningham (writer of The Hours)'s "White Angel" performed by Vincent Piazza (Scorsese's Upcoming Series Boardwalk Empire, Rescue Me)
• Both authors will be present for a Q and A following the performances

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox.

There were signings of purchased books beforehand and during intermission. Doors opened at 6:30 PM and performances began at 7 PM. Books were available at the show from Mobile Libris.

Sound production donated by Viper Studio www.viperstudio.com

June 6, 2010 @ M Bar

Carla Gugino

WordTheatre brought three phenomenal actors to M Bar on Sunday, June 6th to perform three powerful stories. It featured:
 

• Carla Gugino (American Gangster, Night at the Museum) performing "Such Fun" by James Salter
• Gary Cole (Pineapple Express, Entourage) performing "Walls" by Tod Goldberg
• Adrian Pasdar (Heroes, Top Gun) and Carla Gugino (American Gangster, Night at the Museum) performing "Three Quarters of the Way to Hell" by T.C. Boyle

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox
 

M Bar requires a $10 food minimum. Doors open at 5:30 PM and performances begin at 7 PM. Books sold by Small World Books. 

May 17, 2010 @ Soho House New York

Carolyn McCormick

WordTheatre brought literary and acting talents to Soho House New York for performances and author Q & A. The show is from 7 to 9 PM. Featuring:

• Mary Gaitskill, widely lauded for her personal and poignant story collections, performed by Carolyn Mc Cormick  (Law & Order, Equus on Broadway)
• Marisa Silver, a New Yorker favorite based in Los Angeles, performed by Larisa Oleynik (10 Things I Hate About You, The Secret Life of Alex Mack)
• Samantha Mathis (American Psycho, Order of Chaos) performing "Between Here and Here" by Amy Bloom, nominee for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox.

May 10, 2010 @ Temple Beth Hillel

John Heard

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

May 2, 2010 @ Canal Club

Cassidy Freeman

 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

April 24, 2010 @ LA Times Festival of Books

Omar Dorsey

WordTheatre is bringing some of our favorite short short stories to the LA Times Festival of Books! Featuring:

• Tess Harper (No Country for Old Men, Tender Mercies) performing a story by Martha Ronk
  
• Omar Dorsey (The Blind Side, Starsky and Hutch) performing a story by John Edgar Wideman
  
• John Heard (Home Alone, Prison Break) performing a story by Ian Frazier
• Nicki Micheaux (Lincoln Heights, The Sheild) performing a story by Kate Milliken
• Andrew Borba (Modern Family, The Shield) performing a story by David Galef
  

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

April 18, 2010 @ Soho House New York

Kathryn Erbe

Online ticket sales have ended for this event, but tickets are still available at the door.

WordTheatre brings literary and acting talents to Soho House New York for performances and author Q & A.  Featuring:

• Kathryn Erbe (Law and Order: Criminal Intent) performing "Out of the Fray" by Mary Gordon, official writer of the State of New York
• Mary Stuart Masterson (Benny and Joon, Fried Green Tomatoes) performing "A Preference for Native Tongue" by Don Lee, professor at Temple University and former editor of Ploughshares
• Jeremy Davidson (Army Wives, Windtalkers) performing "Bad Advice" by Ian Frazier, The New Yorker's favorite humorist and author of Great Plains

This event is second in a three part WordTheatre series at Soho House.

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox.

The doors, book sales (courtesy of Mobile Libris) and bar open at 5 PM. The performances begin at 5:30 PM at Soho House New York (29 9^th Ave, New York, NY 10014) in the 5^th floor library. Though Soho House New York is a private club, non-member ticket holders will gain admittance on the day of the event and be able to make reservations for a late lunch.

April 11, 2010 @ M Bar

Barry Shabaka Henley

WordTheatre brings selections from John Edgar Wideman's new collection of microstories, Briefs, to life at M Bar in Hollywood.

Featuring performances from:

• Barry Shabaka Henley (Collateral, FlashForward)
• Edi Gathegi (Twilight, New Moon, House)
  
• Howard Hesseman (About Schmidt, All About Steve)
• James Pickens Jr. (Grey's Anatomy, The X-Files)
  
• Keith David (Platoon, Crash)
• Nina Siemaszko (West Wing, The Haunting of Molly Hartley)
• Omar Dorsey (The Blind Side, Starsky and Hutch)
• Paula Newsome (Little Miss Sunshine, Reign Over Me)
  
• Theron Cook (Daydream)
• Narrated by Dave Fennoy (announcer for the NAACP Awards)
  

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

Doors open at 6 PM for dinner and performance begins at 7 PM. Please note that M Bar requires a $10 food minimum.

March 21, 2010 @ Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club

Gary Dourdan

In the third installment of this four part series, John Edgar Wideman came to Santa Monica from New York to debut his forthcoming literary masterpiece, Briefs, a collection of stories that range in length from one to three pages.  WordTheatre cast remarkable actors to perform selections heard for the first time.

Actors included:

• Amy Sloan (The Heartbreak Kid, Heroes)
  
• Barry Shabaka Henley (Collateral, FlashForward)
• Dorian Missick (The Bounty Hunter. Six Degrees)
• Edi Gathegi (Twilight, New Moon, House)
• Gary Dourdan (CSI, Alien: Resurrection)
• Keith David (Platoon, Crash)
• Howard Hesseman (About Schmidt, All About Steve)
  
• Lorraine Toussaint (Dangerous Minds, Saving Grace)
• Robert Wisdom (Face/Off, The Wire)
• Roger Guenveur Smith (American Gangster, Do the Right Thing)

• Theron Cook (can be found performing http://www.lulu.com/john_edgar_wideman)
• Narrated by Dave Fennoy
  
  

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

Briefs available exclusively at www.Lulu.com/JohnEdgarWideman 

March 14, 2010 @ Soho House New York

Len Cariou

John Edgar Wideman, MacArthur Genius Grant recipient and two time winner of the International PEN/ Faulkner Award, came to WordTheatre at Soho House for a world premiere of his new collection of microfiction Briefs.

• Len Cariou (About Schmidt, Damages)
• Jessica Collins (The Nine, The Good Wife)
• Colman Domingo (The Scottsboro Boys currently at the Vineyard)
• Stephen McKinley Henderson (Fences with Denzel Washington opening April 26)
• Dorian Missick (The Bounty Hunter. Six Degrees)
• Ron Simons (Night Catches Us, Law and Order)
• Keith Randolph Smith (Malcolm X, Broadway's Come Back, Little Sheba)
• Lynn Whitfield (Eve's Bayou, The Josephine Baker Story)

• Victor Williams (Cop Land, King of Queens)

• Narrated by Rodd Houston

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

Briefs is available exclusively from Lulu.com. For more information, visit www.Lulu.com/JohnEdgarWideman

The event took place at Soho House New York (29 9th Ave, New York, NY 10014) in the 5th floor library.

February 21, 2010 @ The Edye

Miguel Sandoval

In the second installment of this four part series, WordTheatre brought incredible literary and acting talents to Santa Monica for performances and an author Q & A from 3 - 5 PM. Featuring:

• Miguel Sandoval (Medium, Bottle Shock)  performing "Sin Dolor"
  
• Jere Burns (Surviving Suburbia, Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles) performing "La Conchita"
  
• T.C. Boyle performing his story "The Lie"
  

T.C. Boyle signed purchases. Books sold by Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood.

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

Programs donated by Daniel Lam

February 14, 2010 @ M Bar

Chris Gorham

Slink into M Bar this Valentine's Day with someone special and enjoy a delicious meal while your ears devour all of your favorite movie love scenes from Gone with the Wind to 500 Days of Summer performed by a cast of WordTheatre favorites. Featuring:

• Edi Gathegi (Twilight, New Moon)
• Christopher Gorham (Harper's Island, Ugly Betty)
• Bruce Davison (X Men, X-2, Knight Rider)
• Roma Maffia (Nip/Tuck, Disclosure)
• Anson Mount (In Her Shoes, Crossroads)
• Larisa Oleynik (10 Things I Hate About You, Alex Mack)
• Christina Pickles (Friends, Romeo + Juliet)

• Amy Pietz (Aliens in America, Caroline in the City)
• Meredith Scott Lynn (Legally Blonde, CSI)
• Toni Trucks (Barbershop, All of Us)
• Ricky Ullman (Rita Rocks, Phil of the Future)

• Kevin Weisman (Alias, Flipped)

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

Doors open at 6 PM and performances begin at 7:30 PM. M Bar requires a $10 food minimum, so please come early for dinner.

WordTheatre would like to thank Bee MD (www.BeeMD.com), Hello Mellow (www.HelloMellow.com) and Julia's Kitchen (juliaskitchenonline.com) for their support!

January 17, 2010 @ The Edye

Larisa Oleynik

In the first installment of this four part series, WordTheatre brought incredible literary and acting talents to Santa Monica from 3 to 5 PM for performances and an author Q & A. Featuring:

• Sarah Clarke (Twilight, 24) performing "Two-Step" by Maile Meloy
• Jon Huertas (Castle, Generation Kill) performing "My Ride My Revolution" by Luis Rodriguez
• Larisa Oleynik (10 Things I Hate About You, 3rd Rock from the Sun) performing "Temporary" by Marisa Silver

All authors were in attendance. Books sold by Small World Books of Venice.

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

Programs donated by Daniel Lam

January 10, 2010 @ Ritz Carlton

Anson Mount

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

December 6, 2009 @ M Bar

Chris Gorham

WordTheatre will celebrate with all the family drama that we love.

Featuring:

• Stephen Tobolowsky (Glee, Heroes) performing his original story "The Alchemist"
• Christopher Gorham (Ugly Betty, Harper's Island) performing "Home for Christmas" by Jeffrey Schaffer
• Sally Brooks (The Bernie Mac Show, State of Mind) performing "O Holy Night or The Year I Ruined Christmas" by Laurie Notaro
• Gregg Henry (Payback, Slither) performing "The Swing" by Margaret McMullan
• Kali Rocha (Sherri, Grey's Anatomy) performing "Chop Suey Xmas" by Lorrie Moore

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

Doors at 6 PM, show at 7 PM. M Bar requires a $10 food minimum.

TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ONLY AT THE DOOR. There are still some seats up for grabs, so please drop by for some early December holiday cheer!

November 29, 2009 @ Shoreditch House

Alexis Zegerman

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.

October 25, 2009 @ Restaurant3

Amber Tamblyn

WordTheatre invites you to join actress and author:

• Amber Tamblyn (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) celebrating her new book of poetry and prose, Bang Ditto, with performances of her own writing.
  

• Brendan Constantine
• Sarah Maclay
• Mariano Zaro

Performing their raucous, wild, delirious, dreamlike, and lumious new works.

Show is from 4 PM to 6 PM. There will be a valet. Produced by Cedering Fox.

October 6, 2009 @ V Lounge

Dean Chekvala

We honored Dan Chaon's brand new novel 'Await Your Reply' with an evening of his stories old and new along with a little taste of 'Await Your Reply' from the man himself.

Featuring:

• Marin Hinkle (Two and a Half Men) performing "Prosthesis"
• Mark Moses (Mad Men, Desperate Housewives) performing "The Hobblers"
• Dorian Missick (The Manchurian Candidate) performing "Never Ending Math Equation"
• Dean Chekvala (Harper's Island) performing "To Psychic Underworld"
  
• Graham Hamilton performing "Sure I Will"
  
• Dan Chaon performing a selection from 'Await Your Reply'

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

Dan Chaon's collections and his new novel were available for purchase at the event from Small World Books.

October 3, 2009 @ Eli and Edythe Broad Stage

Amanda Seyfried

WordTheatre's seventh annual Acts of Love in support of Autism Speaks celebrated the Pioneers of our age, of bygone eras and of unknown futures; people who strike out into the unknown to make a better future.

This year's show featured:

• Adam Arkin (Hitch, Chicago Hope)
• Austin Butler (Aliens in the Attic, Ruby & The Rockits)
• Michael Chiklis (Fantastic Four, The Shield)
• Michaela Conlin (Bones, Enchanted)
• Carla Gugino (Watchmen, American Gangster)
• John Heard (Home Alone, Prison Break)
• Jon Huertas (Castle, Generation Kill)
  
• Dorian Missick (Six Degrees, Lucky Number Slevin)
  

• CCH Pounder (The Shield, Orphan)
• Zachary Quinto (Star Trek, Heroes)
  
• Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia, Jennifer's Body)
• Amber Tamblyn (Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants)
  
• Keith David (Crash, The Princess and the Frog) will narrate
• Musical performances featuring vocalist Niki Haris with Tim McAfee-Lewis & New Thought and The Agape House Band
  

Acts of Love 2009 also featured an awards reception to celebrate those who have made a difference in the Autism Community. Awards will be given to remarkable champions in the following categories:

Awareness/Media:Shawn Ryan ("The Shield")

Science/Research:
Bob & Lynn Koegel (UCSB)

Advocacy:
Soryl Markowitz
(Autism Specialist at Westside Regional Center)

Jay Nolan Family Services

Autism is a complex neurobiological disorder that typically lasts throughout a person's lifetime. Today, 1 in 150 individuals is diagnosed with autism, making it more common than pediatric cancer, diabetes, and AIDS combined. It occurs in all racial, ethnic, and social groups and is four times more likely to strike boys than girls.

Since its inception, Autism Speaks has committed an unprecedented $128 million in new research funding to uncover the cause(s), prevention, treatments and cure for autism, making it the nation's top private funder of autism research. They are not only dedicated to funding global biomedical research, but also to raising public awareness about autism and its effects on individuals, families, and society; and to bringing hope to all who deal with the hardships of this disorder.

Acts of Love: Pioneers is created, produced and directed by WordTheatre's Artistic Director, Cedering Fox.

August 16, 2009 @ M Bar

Sarah Clarke

Guests experienced the excitement of high seas, raging rivers and exotic cultures at WordTheatre's Thrill or Peril: Tales of Adventure, featuring short stories of daring exploration recanted lovingly amid the twinklings of M Bar's chandeliers.

Featuring:

• Adrian Pasdar (Heroes, Judging Amy) reading his story "The Oddest Sea"
• Xander Berkeley (Taken, Year One) reading "Hunters" by Eugene Cross
• Sarah Clarke (Twilight, Trust Me) reading "Under Water" by Anne Fadiman
• Andrew Borba (The Shield, Nine Lives) reading "My Date With Neanderthal Woman" by David Galef
• Toni Trucks (Barbershop) "Disco Papa" by Karen Russell
• Nina Siemaszko (The Haunting of Molly Hartley) reading "The World" by Susan Orlean
• Keith David (Platoon, The Princess and the Frog) reading "Rope Burn" by Henry Louis Gates
• Bill Ratner (Moth WInner) performing his short story, "Gold".
• Josh Cereghino (Moth Winner) performing his short story, "Love Letter from Ventura County Jail".
• George Newbern (Father of the Bride) reading "True Story" by Paul Rudnick

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

M Bar requires a $10 food minimum. Doors opened at 6 and the show began at 7 PM.

July 19, 2009 @ The Lyric Hyperion Theatre Cafe

Theron Cook

Guests joined us for an hour and twenty minutes of revolution, followed by cupcakes and lattes (available for purchase) at the Lyric Hyperion Theatre Cafe nestled in the heart of Silverlake.

• Theron Cook reading "Stories" by John Edgar Wideman
• Reynaldo Pacheco reading "I Am Bigfoot" by Ron Carlson
• Graham Hamilton reading "Crazy Glue" by Etgar Keret
• R. Ernie Silva reading "The Voices in My Head" by Jack Handey
• Brian Howe (Gran Torino) reading "Essence and Attribute" by Fernando Sorrentino
• Ravi Kapoor (Crossing Jordan) reading "japanese children with digital cameras in a field" by Tao Lin and Ellen Kennedy
• Valarie Rae Miller (Crank, All About the Benjamins) reading "Tag" by Lisa Glatt
• Michaela Conlin (Bones) reading "The Swim Team" by Miranda July
• Mayim Bialik (Blossom) reading "The Harvest" by Amy Hempel

Doors open at 6:30 PM and the show starts at 7 PM.

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

Associate Producers: Melissa Loftus, Rachael Altman, Heather Fishel, Daphne Ho and Caroline Werlin

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.

June 7, 2009 @ Soho House

Sarah Paulson

WordTheatre brought its favorite east coast authors and actors to Soho House in New York with a series of three events in the luxurious fifth floor library. We talked to the authors (all of whom were present), sold books and enjoyed the silky syllables of great short stories on Sunday afternoons from 3 - 5 PM. The final installment to the series was on June 7th. It featured:

• Carla Gugino (Broadway: Desire Under the Elms, Watchmen) hosting and reading "Such Fun" by James Salter
• Sarah Paulson (The Spirit, Down with Love, Serenity)
  Ben Foster (3:10 to Yuma, X-Men: The Last Stand)
  reading "Modern Lovers" by Rick Moody
• Michael T. Weiss (Broadway's Impressionism, The Pretender)
  reading "Brother on Sunday" by A.M. Homes
  

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

May 10, 2009 @ Warszawa

Di Quon

This Mother's Day, WordTheatre joined its audience at an inviting little Polish restaurant in the heart of Santa Monica called Warszawa.

We enjoyed a gourmet Polish brunch of dried plums wrapped in bacon, potato pancakes, crepes with sweet cream, polish sausage, scrambled eggs, fruit salad and coffee all inside the warm interior of a building reminiscent of grandma's little cottage with white lace curtains, hardwood floors and flowery lamps.

Then, we moved out onto a cozy secret patio and heard the kind of stories that arise when the dust is blowing off our family albums and we are strolling down the photo-lined walls of our mother's house and our grandmother's. 

The show featured:

• Stephen Collins (7th Heaven, Blood Diamond) reading his story "Ace's Big Entrance"
• Tess Harper (No Country for Old Men, Tender Mercies) reading "My Son and the Bicycle Wheel" by Martha Ronk
• Lynn Ferguson (Chicken Run) reading her story "Schopenhauer"
  
• Beata Pozniak (JFK) reading "Family Album" by Siv Cedering
• Anne De Salvo (Arthur, My Favorite Year) reading "Saying Yes to Ryan" by Shelley Burtt

• John Heard (Home Alone, The Sopranos) reading "His Mother Inside Him" by John Updike

• Di Quon (Maid in Manhattan, Boston Public) reading "Water Names" by Lan Samantha Chang
  

• Gary Dourdan (CSI, Perfect Stranger) reading "The Parents" by Kelly Cherry

Directed and Produced by Cedering Fox

Research by Melissa Loftus and Geoffrey Bridgman

May 3, 2009 @ Soho House

Kevin Corrigan

WordTheatre brought our favorite east coast authors and actors to Soho House in New York with a series of three events in the luxurious fifth floor library. We sold books, talked to the authors (all of whom were present) and enjoyed the silky syllables of great short stories on Sunday afternoons from 3 - 5 PM.

• Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy, The Escapist) hosting and reading "The Problem of Human Consumption" by Steve Almond
• Kevin Corrigan (Pineapple Express, The Departed) reading "Shepherdess" by Dan Chaon
• Nicole Ansari (Rock n' Roll on Broadway, As Good as Dead) reading "The Shooting Party" by Susan Orlean

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

Tickets allowed access to this private club for Lunch or Dinner on the day of the event.

For an idea of what the March 1st event was like, visit http://www.flypmedia.com/issues/25/#8/1

April 26, 2009 @ Cafe des Artistes

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

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

March 15, 2009 @ M Bar

Nicki Micheaux

WordTheatre was proud to present our second installment of The Women.

It featured:

• Christina Pickles (Friends, Romeo + Juliet) reading "I Love Saks" by Amy Ephron
• Hallee Hirsh (ER) reading "Three Girls" by Marisa Silver
• Sean Young (Blade Runner) reading "Creep" by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
• Nicki Micheaux (Lincoln Heights) reading "Man Down Below" by Kate Milliken
• Kate Burton (Max Payne) reading "Pretend We're French" by Judith Freeman

Doors opened at 5:30 PM for dinner, and the show started at 6:30 PM.

This evening was sponsored by California State University Fullerton, whose goals in bringing literature to Title 1 schools match those of WordTheatre's Los Angeles education program. You can find out more about CSUF at http://www.fullerton.edu/ 

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

March 1, 2009 @ Soho House

Lynn Whitfield

WordTheatre brought our favorite east coast authors and actors to Soho House in New York with the first in a series of three events in the luxurious fifth floor library. We sold books, talked to the authors (all of whom were present) and enjoyed the silky syllables of great short stories on Sunday afternoon from 3 - 5 PM.

The first installment featured:

• James Franco (Milk, Pineapple Express) hosting and reading "Minotaur" by Jim Shepard
• Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife, ER) reading "Jesus is Waiting" by Amy Hempel
• Lynn Whitfield (Stepmom, Head of State) reading "Lamentations" by John Edgar Wideman

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

Tickets allowed access to this private club for Lunch or Dinner on the day of the event

THIS EVENT SOLD OUT

January 11, 2009 @ M Bar

Brian Howe

WordTheatre's fifth annual Novel and Memoir Beginnings featured

• Amy Sloan (Big Shots, Gilmore Girls) reading Terri Cheney's new memoir Crayons and Suicide

• Xander Berkeley (Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Gattaca) reading Ron Carlson's new novel The Signal
  
• Daniel Hepner reading David Francis' new novel Stray Dog Winter
  
• Nichelle Hines (Ocean's Twelve, The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman) reading Pami Osaki's new novel Drowning
  
• Corena Chase (Scrubs) reading Deirdre Shaw's new novel Love or Something Like It
  
• Brian Howe (Gran Torino, The Pursuit of Happiness) reading William Petrick's new novel The Five Lost Days
• Kevin Weisman (Alias, Illusion) reading Richard Lange's new novel This Wicked World
• Sarah Clarke (Thirteen, 24) reading Samantha Dunn's Trailer Trash

Doors at 6:30 PM, Curtain at 7:30 PM

Directed by Cedering Fox

Produced by Cedering Fox and Lisa Doctor

December 11, 2008 @ M Bar

Matt Dallas

WordTheatre invited audience members to indulge in tasty stories from around the world celebrating food, family and the holiday spirit.

• Matt Dallas (Kyle XY, The Indian) read "The Centerpiece" by Peter Matthiessen
• Richard Cox (Cruising, Salomaybe?) read a letter by Mark Twain
• Nelsan Ellis (True Blood, The Soloist) read "How Come Christmas" by Roark Bradford
• Mozhan Marno (The Stoning of Soraya M., Traitor) read "Malke's Secret Recipe" by David Adler
• Kristy Wu (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) read "Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan

• Cedering Fox read "The World in a Bowl of Soup" by Annie Dillard

• Sean Maguire (Eve, Meet the Spartans) read "Reginald's Christmas Revel" by Saki (H.H. Munro)
• John Heard (Home Alone, The Sopranos) read A Chaparral Christmas Gift by O'Henry

Doors were at 6:30 PM and the show started at 7:30 PM

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

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

Tess Harper

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

September 28, 2008 @ 647 N. San Vicente Blvd.

Mayda Del Valle

WordTheatre presented A Different Kind of Love Story at the West Hollywood Book Fair. We explored the many kinds of love that develop when an unlikely romance is sparked!

• Edi Gathegi (Twilight, Gone Baby Gone, House, M.D.) read an excerpt from Ruby by Cynthia Bond
• Mayda Del Valle (Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry) read "Mighty Mighty" by Marytza Rubio
• Nick Mennell (Halloween, Friday the 13th) read "The Meeting" by Aimee Bender
  

August 23, 2008 @ M Bar

Tia Texada

• Geno Montiero (Heroes, Jericho, The Unit) will read "Dos Ojos" by Sergio Reyes
• Joshua Harto (The Dark Knight, Iron Man) will read "Dolores" by Davin Malasarn
• Edi Gathegi (Twilight, Gone Baby Gone, House, M.D.) will read a story by Cynthia Bond
• Jann Karam (Seinfeld, Letterman) will read "The Night Counter" by Alia Yunis
• Amy Aquino (E.R., Crossing Jordan) will read a story by Libby Flores
• Mayda Del Valle (Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry) will read "Mighty Mighty" by Marytza Rubio
• Gregg Henry (The Riches, Gilmore Girls, Payback) will read "The Last Time" by Melinda Palacio
• Lori Alan (Family Guy, Spongebob Squarepants) will read "Viva Las Vegas" by Shanna Mahin
• Tia Texada (Third Watch, Nurse Betty) will read "White Spaces" by Sonia M. Quinones
• Maurice Compte (All the Real Girls, Big Top) will read "Diego in Sound" by Avi Lall
  

Now in its twelfth year, Emerging Voices serves up-and-coming writers from minority and underserved communities by providing them with an eight-month mentorship with a successful author. Previous mentors have included such literary luminaries as Janet Fitch, Carolyn See, Yusef Komenyaaka, and Sherman Alexie. In addition to the mentor component, the Emerging Voices Fellows take classes generously donated by the UCLA Writers' Extension program and participate in an intensive Master class with a renowned local writer.

Emerging Voices is the only program of its type in the country—focusing not just on creative development, but on professional guidance, with the ultimate goal of creating a generation of voices too powerful to be ignored. By giving these writers the tools to plug in to the publishing industry, and by pushing ceaselessly for their projects to be completed, Emerging Voices empowers these young authors with the freedom to write.

To date approximately 100 fellows have completed the Emerging Voices program and have gone on to write best-selling novels, win prestigious awards and residencies, and publish in renowned literary journals and anthologies. Emerging Voices alumni include published and award-winning writers Nora Pierce, Eduardo Santiago, Jenoyne Adams, Noel Alumit, and Reyna Grande.

To read more about the Emerging Voices program, you can visit:

http://penusa.org/go/voices/section/emerging-voices/

Directed by Cedering Fox

Produced by Cedering Fox and Lisa Doctor

July 17, 2008 to July 20, 2008 @ England

Maureen Lipman

For the second consecutive year, WordTheatre took part in the Latitude Festival on the Suffolk Coast!

For more information about the Latitude Festival, visit: http://www.latitudefestival.co.uk/home/

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

Victor Williams

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.

May 28, 2008 @ M Bar

Parry Shen

WordTheatre partnered with American Bookseller's Association to present our annual Novel and Memoir Beginnings! The first few juicy pages of ten new and upcoming novels and memoirs were performed on stage among the lush velvet tapestries and glittering chandeliers of M Bar in Hollywood on Wednesday, May 28th. Doors opened at  7 PM and perfomances began at 8 PM. Book signings followed.

Program:

• T.C. Boyle's The Women, was performed by Parry Shen (Better Luck Tomorrow)

• Carolyn See's There Will Never Be Another You, was performed by Natalija Nogulich (Steal Big, Steal Little)

• Dinah Lenney's Bigger Than Life, actor/author, (ER) performed her own work

• Scott Phillips's Frogs in the Snow, was performed by Mozhan Marno (Charlie Wilson's War)

• Rachel Resnick's The Blue Flame, was performed by Nancy Bell (Little Man)

• Kerry Madden's Gentle's Holler, was performed by Autumn Chiklis (The Shield)

• Ronald Alexander's The War On Dogs, was performed by Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights)

• Diana Wagman's Cookies, was performed by Catherine Dent (The Shield)

• Evan Handler's It's Only Temporary:The Good News And The Bad News Of Being Alive, actor/author, (Californication) performed his own work

• Joseph Olshan's The Conversion, was performed by Joel David Moore (Dodgeball)

April 26, 2008 @ M Bar

Tobias Wolff

Tobias Wolff joined WordTheatre on April 26th to celebrate the release of Our Story Begins with selected readings from his new book!

• David Clennon (Miles on Thirty Something) read "That Room"
• Wendy Makkena (State of Play, Listen Up, Oliver Beene) read "The White Bible"
• Robert Forster (Jackie Brown, Mullholland Falls, Karen Sisco) read "Down to Bone"
• Tobias Wolff read "Her Dog"

The L.A. Times called Our Story Begins "a volume that belongs on everybody's shelf along with Hemingway's 'In Our Time,' Salinger's 'Nine Stories' and the collected works of Flannery O'Connor, Raymond Carver, Gabriel Garcia Maquez, William Trevor and Alice Munro. [Wolff's] stories ... build in your mind like summer storms."

To read the LA Times' review of Our Story Begins, visit:

http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-bk-wiggins23mar23,0,2228386.story

March 30, 2008 @ Canal Club

Nina Revoyr

WordTheatre celebrates Small Press Month, a Nationwide Promotion highlighting the valuable literary works published and distributed by the Independents (as differentiated from the Conglomerates), at 11 AM Sunday, March 30th at Canal Club at the end of Venice Boulevard in Venice, California.

Program:

• Tess Harper (No Country for Old Men, Academy Award for Tender Mercies)  read "A Walk in the Park" by Hal Ackerman (Words and Pictures Magazine)
  
• Rae Dawn Chong (Wild Card, Mysterious Ways) read "Such Fun" by James Salter (Tin House Books)
  
• Gary Dourdan (C.S.I.) read "Hang the Moon" by Jim Lewis (Tin House Books)
  
• Sarah Maclay read from her own book of poetry Whore (University of Tampa Press)
  
• Nina Revoyr read from her upcoming memoir The Age of Dreaming (Akashic Books)
• Graham Hamilton (How I Got Lost) read "The Two Reasons" by Ron Carlson

February 14, 2008 @ Social Hollywood 6525 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood 90068

Raviv Ullman

WordTheatre celebrated Valentine's Day in old Hollywood style in the ballroom at Social on Thursday, February 14, 2008 from 7 PM to 10 PM.  Guests feasted on scrumptious appetizers from the new kitchen of Citrus at Social and then took a trip down memory lane as stars of today performed classic and contemporary love scenes from the best movies of all time in Hot Flicks: Love Scenes from the Silver Screen...

Narrated by Blair Bess

Program:

• Jack Conley (Over Her Dead Body, LA Confidential, Payback)

• Illeana Douglas (Six Feet Under, Goodfellas, Ghost World)
• Robert Forster (Jackie Brown, Mullholland Falls, Karen Sisco)
  

• Chris Gorham (Ugly Betty, Out of Practice, Jake 2.0)
• Kali Rocha (Grey's Anatomy, Over Her Dead Body, Meet the Fockers)
  

• Christina Pickles (Friends, The Wedding Singer, St. Elsewhere)
  
• Michael Rodgers (Auto Focus, The Patriot, The Triangle)
  
• Amanda Seyfried (starring in this summer's Mamma Mia!, Big Love, Mean Girls)
• Toni Trucks (Will Smith's All of Us, Barbershop)
• Raviv Ullman (series lead in Phil of the Future, Cold Case, Big Love)
• Kevin Weisman (Alias)

7:00 P.M.              Doors Open, Cash Bar, Valet Parking is available
7:15 - 8:15 P.M.     Passed Hors D'Oeuvres
8:30 - 10:00 P.M.   Hot Flicks: Love Scenes from the Silver Screen

We recommended guests make a night of it by booking dinner reservations at Citrus at Social. http://www.chinagrillmgt.com/social/main.cfm

January 11, 2008 @ M Bar

Lindsey Shaw

Stories by some of Los Angeles' finest authors were performed by some of Los Angeles' finest actors...
 

• Aimee Bender was performed by Roma Maffia (Nip/Tuck)

• Dylan Landis was performed by Amanda Seyfried (Big Love, Mean Girls)

• Mary Otis was performed by Dinah Lenney (Internal Affairs, ER)
• Holiday Reinhorn was performed by Meredith Scott Lynn (Hollywood Homicide, Legally Blonde)
• Ellen Slezak was performed by Rusty Schwimmer (State of Grace, North Country )
• Diana Wagman was performed by Lindsey Shaw  (Aliens in America, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide)
• Deborah Vankin was performed by Nina Siemaszko (The American President, Private Practice)

December 9, 2007 @ MBar

Stephen Tobolowsky

Celebrate the Holidays in true WordTheatre style!
WordTheatre CDs make great stocking stuffers. And the 2007 Pushcart Prize is the perfect book for anybody who loves great writing. Feast and drink for an hour and then sit back and listen as...

Doors opened for dinner at 6:30pm. Performances began at 7:30pm.

• Craig Bierko (Cinderella Man) read "The Birds for Christmas" by Mark Richard
• Donal Logue (The Tao of Steve) read "The H Street Sledding Record" by Ron Carlson
• Stephen Tobolowsky (Heroes) read "A Christmas Memory" his original story
• Spencer Garrett (Law & Order) read "Dancing Dan's Christmas" by Damon Runyon
• Julie Warner (Nip/Tuck) read "The Loudest Voice" by Grace Paley

Writers Mark Richard and Ron Carlson were in attendance.

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

Marcia Firesten

• 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

Gil Birmingham

• 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
  

September 30, 2007 @ MBar

James Franco

The opening pages of new novels by new and established writers!

Program:

• My Waters by Mary Yukari Waters performed byJeanne Sakata
• Snake Oil by Helena Kriel performed by Miguel Sandoval
• L'Ange du Diable by Michael Peterson performed by Jeff Elam
• A Day of New Beginnings by Lisa Rosenbaum performed by Natalia Nogulich
• Act Busy by Anna Lefler performed by Anna Lefler
• Walking on Crooked Highways by Robert Rotstein performed by Joel Polis
• Away by Amy Bloom performed by Rachel Miner
• Five Skies by Ron Carlson performed by James Franco

August 12, 2007 @ Aphrodisiac Restaurant

Michael O'keefe

Program:

• Lili Taylor (The Haunting, Six Feet Under) read "The Story" from A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You (First Vintage Contemporaries)

• Michael O'Keefe (The Hot Chick, Vanished) read "Faultlines" from Come to Me (HarperCollins)

• Annette O'Toole (Smallville, The Huntress) read "Silver Water" from Come to Me (HarperCollins)

• Amy Bloom read from her novel, Away (Random House)

July 14, 2007 to July 15, 2007 @ Henham Park

Julian Gough

June 17, 2007 to @ MBar

Robert Hall

Program:

• Robert David Hall (CSI, The Practice) read "The Frank Orison", a 2007 Pushcart Prize winning story by Scott Geiger.

• Sharon Lawrence (Hidden Palms, NYPD Blue) read "The Labrador Fiasco" by Margaret Atwood.

• Nick Mennell (My Little Eye, Halloween) read "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Animal Kingdom", a 2000 Pushcart Prize winning story by Dan Chaon.

• Edi Gathegi (Lincoln Heights, Gone, Baby, Gone) read "Shades" from William Henry Lewis' new story collection I Got Somebody in Stanton.

May 20, 2007 to @ Aphrodisiac

Kirk Douglas

May 13, 2007 @ Aphrodisiac Restaurant

Lucy Brown

WordTheatre presented Our Fourth Annual Mother's Day Brunch and Not All Warm and Fuzzy Stories.

Program:

• The Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy by Fiona Neil
  Read by Lucy Brown

• Letter to the Lady of the House, by Richard Bausch
  Read by Kurtwood Smith

• Love, Your Only Mother, by David Michael Kaplan
  Read by Amy Pietz

• The Odds It Would Be You, by Alice Mattison
  Read by James Franco

• Thank You, Ma'am, by Langston Hughes
  Read by Lorraine Toussaint

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox.

April 29, 2007 @ Canal Club

Philip Baker Hall

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

April 1, 2007 @ The Egyptian Arena Theatre

Taylor Negron

A unique fusion of stories and soul-stirring music. Taylor’s presented his spin on Karen Carpenter, Charles Manson, and the storm surge of Katrina accompanied by Lili Haydn (called “the Jimi Hendrix of the violin” by George Clinton), Ben Hong on cello (principle cellist with the LA Philharmonic) and Adam MacDougall on piano.

March 12, 2007 @ Cafe de Paris

Lucy Brown

Program:

• Ian Hart (Finding Neverland; Harry Potter) read Testicular Cancer vs The Behemoth by Adam Marek

• Lucy Brown (Primeval, Sharpe) read 21st Century Juliet by Rose Tremain

• Ray Panthaki (East Enders, 28 Days Later) read Paki by Gautam Malkani

• Richard Schiff (The West Wing) read Vanilla Bright by Michel Faber

February 14, 2007 @ MBar

Catherine Dent

**Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, Anais Nin, D.H.Lawrence, Sappho, E.E. Cummings, Hillary Rollins & more...***
 

Performed by:

• Andrew Borba
• Jessica Collins
• Catherine Dent
• Marcia Firesten
• Edi Gathegi
• Anson Mount
• Christina Pickles
• Michael E. Rodgers

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

January 21, 2007 @ Aphrodesiac

Ian Hart

Program:

• Ashton Holmes read Twister, The Ring of Brightest Angels Around Heaven
• Ian Hart read Drawer, Demonology
• Dana Delany read On The Carousel, Demonology
• James Franco read Lamoine, a story hot-off-the-press.
• Rick Moody read a selection from his upcoming collection.

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

November 18, 2006 @ M Bar

Toni Trucks

From Lord Byron to Harriet Tubman to Paul McCartney, a compilation of quotations from literature and life.

Performed by:

• Ike Amadi
• Nick Mennell
• Mila Pesko
• Rosemary Maciel
• Sean Davis
• Tony Mouleart
• Loreni Delgado
• Linda Tan
• Josephine Hagerty
• Graham Hamilton
• Ellen Lawson
• Toni Trucks
• Geno Monteiro

Originally performed September 18th, 2006 at the Geffen Playhouse as a benefit for Cure Autism Now

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

November 12, 2006 @ Aphrodesiac

Tobias Wolff

• Chris Gorham read The Poor Are Always With Us, Back in the World (Random House 1996)
• John Heard read Bullet In The Brain, The Night in Question (Random House 1997)
• Camryn Manheim read The Night in Question, The Night in Question (Random House 1997)
• Johnny Simmons read Powder, The Night in Question (Random House 1997)
• Tobias Wolff read Her Dog from his upcoming collection.

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

Gary Cole

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

August 19, 2006 @ M Bar

Jodi Long

• Robert Forster read The Human Table by Marvin Cohen
• Loreni Delgado read Aching for Mr. Dovebar by Rose Solomon
• Anna Nicholas read her piece Quinn
• Rosemary Maciel read Homunculus, Homuncula by Elvira Pearson
• Jodi Long read Happiness: A Manifesto by Marilyn Chin

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

July 30, 2006 @ Guild Hall

John Heard

July 29, 2006 @ Guild Hall

Anson Mount

• 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

July 28, 2006 @ Guild Hall

Xander Berkeley

Staged reading performed by Xander Berkeley.

Adapted and directed by Darrell Larson

Produced by Cedering Fox

June 17, 2006 @ M Bar

Brooke Bastinelli

• Andrew Borba read from Chuck Freadhoff’s novel
• Brooke Bastenelli read from Lauren Schwartzback’s novel
• Michelle Joyner read from Jo-e Sutton’s novel
• Jill Andre read from Lois Hamlish’s novel
• Esperanza Catubig read from Nina Wong’s novel
• Anna Nicholas read from Bridget Sampson’s novel
• Deborah Puette read from Linzi Glass’s novel
• Jessica Collins read from Fran Johnson’s novel
• Laura Leigh Hughes read from Terri Cheney’s novel
• Linda Tan read from Kelly Sullivan Walden’s novel
• Nick Mennell read from Mark Venaglia’s novel
• Amy Sloan read from Keri La Salle’s novel
• Graham Hamilton read from David Seligman’s novel

Produced by Cedering Fox and Lisa Doctor
Directed by Cedering Fox

June 11, 2006 @ Aphrodesiac

Chris Payne Gilbert

• Nina Siemaszko & Chris Payne Gilbert read Victory Mills
• Dermot Mulroney read Night Nurse
• Becca Godinez read Coins

Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox

May 14, 2006 @ M Bar

Roma Maffia

• John Shea read Love by Todd James Pierce from The Australia Story
• Jorja Fox read Backyards by Catherine Austin Alexander
• Roma Maffia read Working The Room by Deborah Vankin
• Judd Nelson read She Forgot by Rick Moody

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

May 7, 2006 @ M Bar

Esperanza Catubig

• Graham Hamilton read from Jon Del Barrio’s novel
• Rae Allen read from Charlene Kodimer’s novel
• Kristina Lear read from Terry Hoffman’s novel
• Geno Monteiro read from Kevin Brewerton’s novel
• Deborah Puette read from Terri Cheney’s novel
• Esperanza Cutabig read from Myra Oiga’s novel
• Josephine Hagerty read from Linzi Glass’s novel
• Mitchell Fink read from Philip Pfeifer’s novel
• Maureen DaRosa read from Kara Rosella’s novel
• Caroline Hall read from Iris Chayet’s novel
• Lori Alan read from Lisa Doctor’s novel

Produced by Cedering Fox and Lisa Doctor
Directed by Cedering Fox

April 23, 2006 @ The Cutting Room

Chris Noth

• Jodi Long read Boys from Demonology
• Chris Noth read Drawer from Demonology
• Anson Mount read The Grid from The Ring of Brightest Angels Around Heaven
• Rick Moody read Grocery List from his new upcoming collection.

March 26, 2006 @ Aphrodesiac

David Krumholtz

• Jessica Capshaw read What You Left in The Ditch, The Girl in the Flammable Skirt (Anchor Books 1998)
• David Krumholtz read Loser, The Girl in the Flammable Skirt (Anchor Books 1998)
• Mark Moses read The Meeting, Willful Creatures (Doubleday 2005)
• Jon Tenney read Motherfucker, Willful Creatures (Doubleday 2005)
• Aimee Bender read Hymn, Willful Creatures (Doubleday 2005)

March 11, 2006 @ M Bar

The stories were:

• Dick Lit
• I Have the Perfect Life
• Where a Lawn Ought to Have Been
• My Mother
• I Am Moving to Seattle

Intermission

• California Gothic
• Tuesdays with Lucy

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

February 12, 2006 @ MBar

Bill Brochtrup

An Evening of all new Love and Hate Letters, 18th Century Missives to 21st Century Emails.

Performed by:

• Jordan Baker,
  
• Xander Berkeley,
  
• Bill Brochtrup,
  
• Sarah Clarke,
  
• Edi Gathegi,
  
• Kevin Kilner,
  
• Amanda Seyfried,
  
• Julie Warner.

January 29, 2006 @ MBar

Marin Hinkle

• Mary Kay Place read Funktionslust, Disappearing Ingenue (Anchor Books 2002).
• Victor Williams read Sweet Feed, The Instinct for Bliss (Zoland Books 1995).
• Marin Hinkle read Hallie: How Love is Found When the Heart is Lost, The Instinct for Bliss. (Zoland Books 1995)
• Melissa Pritchard read her unpublished essay Notes from Kalighat, January 2006.

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

December 4, 2005 @ The Cutting Room

Arliss Howard

• Jamey Sheridan read Arlington
• Arliss Howard read Cinema from Dusk and Other Stories
• Debra Winger read Last Night
• James Salter read Comet

Produced and directed by Darrell Larson and Cedering Fox

November 13, 2005 @ M Bar

Martin Jarvis

• Xander Berkeley read Rastrow’s Island (first published in Harper’s)
• Martin Jarvis read Swept Away (first published in The New Yorker)
  
• Elizabeth Perkins read Hands On (a hot-off-the-press story)
  
• TC Boyle read CHICXULUB (first published in The New Yorker)
  

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

June 25, 2005 to @ Guild Hall's John Drew Theatre

Samantha Mathis

An Evening of Unusual Love Stories Benefiting The Pushcart Prize Fellowships

Program:

• Bob Balaban (Ghost World, Gosford Park) read Tomorrow’s Bird by Ian Frazier, Pushcart 2002
• Samantha Mathis (American Psycho, Pump Up the Volume) read Three Girls by Joyce Carol Oates, Pushcart 2004
• Peter Boyle (Everybody Loves Raymond, Monster’s Ball) read Young Man On Sixth Avenue by Mark Halliday, Pushcart 1997
• Andrew McCarthy (ABC's Kingdom Hospital, Neil La Bute’s FAT PIG) read What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver, Pushcart 1981-1982
• David Strathairn (Dolores Claiborne, Passion Fish) read The Moor by Russell Banks, Pushcart 2002
• Marcia Gay Harden (Mystic River, Pollock) read Reading In His Wake by Pamela Painter, Pushcart 2005 Pushcart Founder

Editor Bill Henderson was on hand to sign The 2005 Pushcart Prize Best of The Small Presses

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

May 21, 2005 @ M Bar

Wilson Cruz

Story readings from Issues 1 and 2. All of the writers (except Etgar Keret who lives in Israel) in attendance and available to sign copies of their stories.

Program:

• Julie Warner ("Nip/Tuck, "Mr. Saturday Night") read Breakage by Dylan Landis
• Howard Hesseman ("About Schmidt", "Head of the Class") read Pride and Joy by Etgar Keret
• Amanda Seyfried ("Big Love", "Mean Girls") read Fatso by Leelila Strogov
• Edi Gathegi (Gone, Baby, Gone; Twilight) read Waltraud by Ben Ehrenreich
• Wilson Cruz ("My So Called Life", "Party Monster") read The Comeuppance of Lupe Rivera by Manuel Muñoz

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

May 18, 2005 to @ M Bar

Dana Delany

WordTheatre’s Second Annual Brunch followed by Short Story Readings about - you guessed it - Mothers! Writers Ron Carlson, Ellen Slezak and Janet Grillo in attendance. 

Program:

• Michael O'Keefe reads Richard Mc Cann's Crepe de Chine, Mother of Sorrows (Pantheon 2005)
  
• Eliza Pryor Nagel reads Ellen Slezak's The Russian Children Aren't Happy (The Sun, April 2003)
  
• Lolita Davidovich reads Ron Carlson's On the U.S.S. Fortitude, A Kind of Flying (W.W.Norton and Co. 2003)
  
• Dana Delany reads Janet Grillo's Sea World 
• Philip Baker Hall reads Kevin Brockmeier's Small Degrees, Things that Fall from the Sky (Vintage 2002)
  

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

April 21, 2005 to @ M Bar

Chris Gorham

Program:

• Chris Gorham ("Medical Investigation"; "Jake 2.0" ) read A Happy Dream
• Wendy Mackena ("Listen Up";"Sindeman" on Broadway) read Wired for Life
• Enrico Colantoni ("Veronica Mars";"Just Shoot Me") read Summer, As in Love
• Robert David Hall "(C.S.I.:Crime Scene Investigation") read The Pass The first three stories are in Evil
• B.B. Chow (Algonquin, 2005). The Pass won the 2003 Pushcart Prize.

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

April 3, 2005 to @ M Bar

Brian Cox

An evening of 2005 Pushcart Prize Winning Stories and others by Umberto Eco, Nelson Eubanks & Rachel Seiffert 

Program:

• Anson Mount read Wonder: Red Beans and Ricely by Sydney Lea, The 2005 Pushcart Prize XXIX Best of the Small Presses
  
• Jason George read Ninth Grade by Nelson Eubanks, The First Thing Smoking (Ballantine Books 2003)
  
• Nicole Ansari read The Crossing by Rachel Seiffert, Field Study (Pantheon Books 2004)
  
• Brenda Strong read Reading in His Wake by Pamela Painter, The 2005 Pushcart Prize XXIX Best of the Small Presses
  
• Brian Cox reads Granita by Umberto Eco, Misreadings (Harcourt Brace, translation 1993)

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

February 14, 2005 to @ M Bar

Bill Brochtrup

An Evening of Love and Hate Letters From 18th Century Missives to 21st Century E-Mails

Performed by:

• Caroline Aaron,
• Bill Brochtrup,
• Rocky Carroll,
• Kevin Kilner,
• Dani Klein,
• Joey Slotnick,
• Amanda Seyfried,
• Julie Warner

"Hearts Aflame" was created from the following anthologies:

• Hell Hath No Fury Edited by Anna Holmes Carroll & Graf Publishers ©2002
• The Fifty Greatest Love Letters Of All Time Edited by David Lowenherz Crown Publishers ©2002
• A Love No Less Edited by Pamela Newkirk Doubleday ©2003

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

January 16, 2005 to @ MBar

Dylan Landis

Program:

• Andrew Borba read Email Offer by Ron Carlson
• Jeremy Davidson read Introduction to Speech by Ron Carlson
• Samantha Mathis read Rana Fegrina by Dylan Landis
• Eric Balfour read Eastwood by Jim Ruland
• Kevin Kilner read Olympus Hills by Ron Carlson
• Taylor Negron read his new story Tuesdays with Lucy Barry
• Barry Shabaka Henley read Oh America by Ron Carlson

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

December 4, 2004 @ M Bar

Craig Shoemaker

• Enrico Colantoni,
  
• Gary Dourdan,
  
• Patricia Heaton,
  
• David Hunt,
  
• Lucinda Jenney,
  
• Dani Klein,
  
• Craig Shoemaker,
  
• Margaret Smith

November 14, 2004 @ Lunaria

Bill Pullman

• Bill Pullman performs "Hopes Rise"
• John Heard performs "Greasy Lake"
• Rae Allen & Nina Siemaszko perform "The Sinking House"
• T.C. Boyle performs "Modern Love"

October 10, 2004 @ Lunaria

Michael Paul Chan

Program:

• Ming Na read The Flame.
• Tzi Ma read The Bridegroom.
• Sung Kang read The Report.
• Michael Paul Chan read A Contract.
• Ha Jin read from his new novel, War Trash (Pantheon, October 2004).

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

October 1, 2004 @ The Coronet Theatre

John P Connolly

• Lily Tomlin,
  
• Brad Whitford,
  
• Janel Moloney,
  
• Nicole Robinson,
  
• John Spencer,
  
• Gary Cole,
  
• Nina Siemasko,
  
• John Amos,
  
• Marlee Matlin,
  
• Rocky Carroll,
  
• Jesse Bradford,
  
• John P. Connolly,
  
• Bill O'Brien.

• Hell Hath No Fury Edited by Anna Holmes Carroll & Graf Publishers ©2002
  

• The Fifty Greatest Love Letters Of All Time Edited by David Lowenherz Crown Publishers ©2002
  

• A Love No Less Edited by Pamela Newkirk Doubleday ©2003.
  

September 18, 2004 @ M Bar

A Program of Original Stories Performed by their Authors

• Stephen Collins read Ace's Big Entrance
• Steven Cragg read The Burden
• Gary Dourdan read Rockstar
• Michael Kearns read Blood
• Dani Klein read Le Cinema Avec Mon Amour
• Margaret Smith read Mr. Right, an excerpt from her novel
• Stephen Tobolowsky read The Call
• Steve White read Untitled
  

June 30, 2004 @ The MET Theatre

Chris Payne Gilbert

Program:

• Chris Gilbert read Collected Works of Billy the Kid by Michael Ondaatje
• Jesse Shepard read Thirty Head of Killers by Jesse Shepard
• Percival Everett read God’s Country by Percival Everett
  
• David Clennon read Ghost Town by Robert Coover
  
• Darrell Larson read The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford by Ron Hansen
  

Produced and directed by Darrell Larson & Cedering Fox

June 29, 2004

Program:

• Rob Morrow read Welcome to Hard Times by E. L. Doctorow
• John Heard read Blood Meridian by Cormac MacCarthy
  
• Chris Sarandon read Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
  
• Lucinda Jenny read True Grit by Charles Portis
  

Produced and directed by Darrell Larson & Cedering Fox

June 23, 2004 @ The Autrey

• Richard Schiff read A Piano at Dead Man’s Crossing by Johnny D. Boggs
  
• Bruce Boxleiter read The Attack on the Mountain by Glendon Swarthout
• Samantha Mathis read Reunion by Lenore Carroll
  
• James Cromwell read Indian Fighter by Brian Garfield

June 22, 2004 @ The Autrey

Program:

• Tess Harper read Charity by Sandy Whiting
  
• Mike Blakely read Laureano’s Wall by Mike Blakely
• Wendie Malick read River Watch by Lori Van Pelt
  
• DB Sweeney read The Burial of Letty Strayhorn by Elmer Kelton 

Produced and directed by Darrell Larson & Cedering Fox

June 15, 2004 @ The MET Theatre

Lou Diamond Phillips

• Lou Diamond Phillips read The Tonto Woman by Elmore Leonard
• William Schallert read The Kid by Elmore Leonard
• Jason George read Hurrah for Captain Early by Elmore Leonard
• Troy Garity read Saint with a Six-Gun by Elmore Leonard

Produced and directed by Darrell Larson & Cedering Fox

June 14, 2004 @ The MET Theatre

Program:

• Lee Purcell read Sweet Cactus Wine by Marcia Muller
• Sheila Kelley read Journey to the Fort by Dorothy M. Johnson
• Scott Terra read A Time of Greatness by Dorothy M. Johnson
• Kathy Baker read Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
  
• Brooke Adams read Cabin Fever by Dorothy Scarborough

June 9, 2004 @ The MET Theatre

Deborah Puette

• Miguel Sandoval read The Vengeance of Padre Arroyo by Gertrude Atherton
• Gary Dourdan Naked Gun by John Jakes
• Kane Richotte read I Never Saw a Buffalo by Frank Roderus
• Will Scott, Paul Koslo, Allison Gammon, Kamala Lopez, Deborah Puette. Miguel Sandoval, Martin Kove, Cedering Fox and Christian Davis read The Death(s) of Billy the Kid by Arthur Winfield Knight

Produced and directed by Darrell Larson & Cedering Fox

June 8, 2004 @ The MET Theatre

Rex Linn

• Ed Harris read Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
• Bobby Knott read The Last of the Plainsmen by Zane Grey
• Rex Linn The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark

June 2, 2004 @ The MET Theatre

Scott Paulin

• Xander Berkeley read Let the Cards Decide by Louis L’Amour
• Gregg Henry read To Make a Stand by Louis L’Amour
• Scott Paulin read One Night Stand by Louis L’Amour
• W. Earl Brown read Top Hand by Luke Short

June 1, 2004 @ The MET Theatre

Richard Cox

• Robert Forster read The Young Rush In by Alan LeMay
• Richard Cox read Useless Cowboy by Alan LeMay
• Tom Bower read The Searchers by Alan LeMay
• Chris Mulkey read The Sergeant Hour by Jack Schaefer

Produced and directed by Darrell Larson & Cedering Fox

May 26, 2004 to @ The MET Theatre

Dermot Mulroney

• Bill Pullman read The Virginian by Owen Wister
• Michael O’Neill read Timberline by Owen Wister
• Dermot Mulroney read The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane

Produced and directed by Darrell Larson & Cedering Fox

May 25, 2004 @ The MET Theatre

Harris Yulin

• Cain Devore read Frank James on the Trail
• James Gammon read Holding Up a Train by O. Henry
• Harris Yulin read At the Rainbows End by Jack London
  
• Amy Madigan read Deadwood Dick by Edward Wheeler
• Jan Munroe read The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid by Pat F. Garrett

May 9, 2004 @ Lunaria

Billy Campbell

• Billy Campbell read Firelight by Tobias Wolff.
• Judy Geeson read Nobody Say a Word by Mark Van Doren.
• Julianna Margulies read Admissions by Mona Simpson.
• Taylor Negron read an original story, My Mother.

April 15, 2004 to @ M Bar

Stephen Tobolowsky

Presented in Association with Dani Klein A Program of Original Stories Performed by their Authors

Program:

• Stephen Tobolowsky read The Call
• Caroline Aaron read Weighing In
• Stephen Collins read Ace's Big Entrance
• Carol Schlanger read Redemption Song
• Dani Klein Modisett read Baby Aneurysm
• Joanna Gleason read They Caroline Goodall read Frequent Fliers
• Peter Horton read A Neighborly Day for a Beauty.

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox and Dani Klein

March 30, 2004 to @ The Rex

Aimee Bender

A literary salon to benefit Cure Autism Now 

Program:

• Ian Hart read a monologue written for Cure Autism Now by Nick Hornby.
  
• Gina Mc Kee read Mrs. Thing by Donald Hall.
  
• Kate Miles read Jinx, a Pushcart Prize winning story by Aimee Bender.
  
• Bill Nighy read The Gold Lunch by Ron Carlson.
  
• James Thorne read Blue by Rachel Seiffert.

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

February 14, 2004 to @ M Bar

Bill Brochtrup

From 18th Century Missives to 21st Century E-Mails

Performed by:

• Amy Aquino,
  
• Xander Berkeley,
  
• Bill Brochtrup,
  
• Sarah Clarke,
  
• Jason George,
  
• Kevin Kilner,
  
• Shawnee Smith
  

"Hearts Aflame" was created from the following anthologies:

• Hell Hath No Fury Edited by Anna Holmes Carroll & Graf Publishers ©2002
  
• The Fifty Greatest Love Letters Of All Time Edited by David Lowenherz Crown Publishers ©2002
  
• A Love No Less Edited by Pamela Newkirk Doubleday ©2003.

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox & Dani Klein Production Associate/Dramaturge: John Jenkins

January 11, 2004 to @ The Canal Club

Anson Mount

Program:

• Elisabeth Moss read Julie Orringer's Note to Sixth Grade Self from How to Breath Underwater, Knopf 2003.
• Jesse Bradford read Ryan Harty's story September, from Bring Me Your Saddest Arizona, University of Iowa Press 2003.
• Anson Mount read Mark Richard's Her Favorite Story from Charity: Stories, Doubleday 1998.
• David Prete, read Not Because I'm Thirsty from his debut collection Say That to My Face, W.W. Norton 2003

Produced by Cedering Fox Production Associate: John Jenkins

December 11, 2003 @ The Rex - London

Program:

• Brian Cox read an excerpt from his published memoir: Salem to Moscow: An Actor's Odyssey.
• Richard Hawley read Nipple Jesus by Nick Hornby.
• Fenella Woolgar read The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde.
• Elizabeth McGovern read Keith by Ron Carlson.
• Alan Cox read The Birds for Christmas by Mark Richard

Produced by Kirsty Peart and Cedering Fox
Directed by Christian Banfield

November 9, 2003 @ Canal Club

Actors read stories from Russell Banks' most recent collection, The Angel on the Roof:

Program:

• Lolita Davidovich read The Child Screams and Looks Back at You.
• Todd Field read The Mistake.
• Robert Forster read The Visit.
• Russell Banks read X-mas.

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

October 12, 2003 @ Canal Club

Program:

• Glenne Headly read On the U.S.S. Fortitude, first published in The New Yorker, and featured in A Kind of Flying (W.W.Norton 2003).
• Mimi Rogers read Kieth, recently reprinted in A Kind of Flying (W.W. Norton 2003).
• Saul Rubinek read the 2001 Pushcart Prize winning story The Ordinary Son, from Ron's collection At the Jim Bridger (Picador 2003).
• Ron Carlson read Disclaimer from At the Jim Bridger (Picador 2003).

September 28, 2003 @ Café des Artistes - Hollywood

Musings on Parenthood, a Program of Original Stories Read by their Writers

Program:

• Stephen Tobolowsky read The Call.
• Caroline Aaron read Weighing In.
• Stephen Collins read Ace’s Big Entrance.
• Carol Schlanger read Redemption Song.
• Dani Klein Modisett read Baby Aneurysm.
• Joanna Gleason read They.
• Caroline Goodall read Frequent Fliers.
• Peter Horton read A Neighborly Day for a Beauty.

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox and Dani Klein

September 14, 2003 @ Canal Club

Presented in association with Jan Eliasberg

Program:

• Caroline Goodall read Silent Movie from A Relative Stranger (W.W. Norton 1990).

• William Schallert read The Cliff from Harmony of the World (Vintage 1997).
• Adam Arkin read Gryphon from Through the Safety Net (Penguin Viking 1985).
• Catherine Dent read Chapter 18 from Feast of Love (Pantheon 2000).
• Charles Baxter read an excerpt from his new book Saul and Patsy (Pantheon 2003).

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

June 1, 2003 @ Canal Club

Program:

• Sarah Clarke read Jinx by Aimee Bender, winner of the 2003 Pushcart Prize, edited by Bill Henderson.
• Joanna Gleason read Cordials by David Kranes, winner of the 1976 Pushcart Prize and published in The Pushcart Prize of Short Stories: The Best From a Quarter Century of Winning Stories (Pushcart Press 2002).
• Howard Hesseman read Bicoastal by Aram Saroyan from his collection Artists in Trouble: New Stories (Black Sparrow Press 2001).
• Noah Watts read Pretend Dinners by W.P. Kinsella, winner of the 1980 Pushcart Prize and published in The Pushcart Prize of Short Stories: The Best From a Quarter Century of Winning Stories (Pushcart Press 2002).
• Xander Berkeley read The Night Guide by Thomas Steinbeck from his collection of stories Down to a Soundless Sea (Ballantine 2002).

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

May 4, 2003 @ Canal Club

Program:

• Ming-Na read The Way Love Works by Mary Yukari Waters from Mary's debut collection The Laws of Evening (Scribner, May 2003).
• Jeff Goldblum read Bulldog by Arthur Miller, previously published in The New Yorker and reprinted in The Best American Short Stories of 2002 (Houghton Mifflin).
• Alfre Woodard read ZZ Packer's Brownies from ZZ's debut collection Drinking Coffee Elsewhere (Riverhead/Penguin Putnam 2003).

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

April 13, 2003 @ Canal Club

Program:

• Kellie Waymire read Passenger by Marian Thurm from What's Come Over You (Delphinium/Harper Collins 2001).
• Lorraine Toussaint read the opening chapter from In Clara's Hands by Joseph Olshan (Bloomsbury 2003).
• Miguel Sandoval read Finger Dance from Luis J. Rodriguez's new collection The Republic of East LA (Rayo/Harper Collins 2002).
• In tribute to Lynne Thigpen, Roma Maffia read Bruce Holland Rogers' short story, The Dead Boy at Your Window (2000 Pushcart Prize collection, edited by Bill Henderson; originally printed in The North American Review).

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

March 9, 2003 @ Canal Club

Program:

• Elizabeth Peña read an excerpt from Borrowed Finery: A Memoir by Paula Fox (Henry Holt 2001; winner of the 2002 Pushcart Prize, edited by Bill Henderson; originally printed in The Threepenny Review).
• Gil Bellows read Oblivion, Nebraska by Peter Moore Smith (winner of the 2002 Pushcart Prize, edited by Bill Henderson; originally printed in The Massachussetts Review).
• Stephen Collins read the The Moor by Russell Banks (winner of the 2002 Pushcart Prize, edited by Bill Henderson; originally printed in Conjunctions).

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

February 9, 2003 @ Canal Club

Program:

• Nancy Travis read Mrs. Thing from The Ideal Bakery (North Point Press 1987).
• Tony Shaloub read The Accident from Willow Temple: New and Selected Stories (Houghton Mifflin 2003; story originally printed in The Ohio Review).
• Richard Schiff read The Ideal Bakery from Willow Temple: New and Selected Stories (Houghton Mifflin 2003; story first appeared in The Ohio Review; story reprinted in The Ideal Bakery, North Point Press 1987).
• Donald Hall read his narrative poem The Night of the Day from The Old Life (Houghton Mifflin 1996).

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox

December 8, 2002 @ Café des Artistes

Siv Cedering

An Evening of Gastronomic Delights and Literary Delectables Offered by Authors and Actors of Note
Program:

• Siv Cedering read The Christmas Present from her memoir
• Brian Howe read Champagne by Tobias Wolff, This Boy's Life (Harper Perrenial 1990)
• Catherine Dent read The Doll by Edna O'Brien, The Fanatic Heart (©1985)
• Kevin Kilner read The H Street Sledding Record by Ron Carlson, The News of the World: Stories (©1984).

Directed by Cedering Fox

November 17, 2002 @ Café des Artistes

An Evening of Gastronomic Delights and Literary Delectables Offered by Authors and Actors of Note
Program:

• Don Cheadle read Bug Juice by Christine Lincoln, Sap Rising (Vintage Books 2002)
• Ellen Crawford read Self-Knowledge by Richard Bausch (Pushcart Prize 2000)
• Julianna Margulies read Thanksgiving by Joyce Carol Oates, Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque (Plume/Penguin 1995)

Directed by Cedering Fox

October 14, 2002 @ Café des Artistes

An Evening of Gastronomic Delights and Literary Delectables Offered by Authors and Actors of Note
Program:

• Amy Ephron read from her book White Rose
• Donal Logue read his original story Bricklayer
• Elizabeth Mitchell read The Legal Case by Michelle Latiolais
• Bruno Kirby read The Night of the Day by Donald Hall

Directed by Cedering Fox

September 8, 2002 @ Café des Artistes

Andrew Mccarthy

An Evening of Gastronomic Delights and Literary Delectables Offered by Authors and Actors of Note
Program:

• Andrew McCarthy read Simplify by Tod Goldberg
• Minnie Driver read The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde
• Alan Mandell read Stirrings Still by Samuel Beckett

Directed by Cedering Fox

June 9, 2002 @ Café des Artistes

Elizabeth Perkins

An Evening of Gastronomic Delights and Literary Delectables Offered by Authors and Actors of Note
Program:

• Amy Dawes read from her book Sunset Boulevard, Cruising the Heart of Los Angeles (LA Times Books 2002)
• David Henry Sterry read from his book Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent (Regan Books/Harper Collins 2002)
• Elizabeth Perkins read her story With a Bang and a Whistle
• James Cromwell read Revivals by Donald Hall

Directed by Cedering Fox

May 13, 2002 @ Café des Artistes

An Evening of Gastronomic Delights and Literary Delectables Offered by Authors and Actors of Note
Program:

• Brendan Fraser read Big Ball of String by Wayne Reynolds
• Kasi Lemmons read Dorothy Stallworth's Frauenhofer’s manuscript Castles of Deferred Dreams
• Dustin Nguyen read Chapter Three from The Unwanted by Kien Nguyen (Little, Brown 2002)
• Janel Moloney read Five Dreams of Falling from What About the Love Part, a collection of stories by Stephanie Rosenfeld (Ballantine 2002)

Directed by Cedering Fox

April 14, 2002 @ Café des Artistes

David Clennon

An Evening of Gastronomic Delights and Literary Delectables Offered by Authors and Actors of Note

Program:

Wendie Malick read The Day My Towers Fell by Joan Caspi

• David Clennon read Sportsmen from Thomas McGuane's To Skin a Cat (Vintage 1986)
• Barbara Tarbuck read Wants by Grace Paley, Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
• David Masiel read an excerpt from his new novel 2182kHz (Random House 2002)
• Gavin Scott read his short story Indian Rope Trick

Directed by Cedering Fox

March 10, 2002 @ Café des Artistes

Robert Forster

An Evening of Gastronomic Delights and Literary Delectables Offered by Authors and Actors of Note
Program:

• Tracee Ellis Ross read an excerpt from her memoir For Curly Girls Who Have Considered Straightening When the Products Weren't Enough and Then They Discover Their Truth
• Steven Elliott read Near the Bone from The Anchor Book of New Irish Writing (Anchor 2000)
• Julia Sweeney read her story It Could Happen ANY MINUTE!
• Robert Forster read Sweet Day by Hal Ackerman
• Enrico Colantoni read The Balloon by Donald Barthelme from his collection Sixty Stories

Directed by Cedering Fox

February 17, 2002 @ Café des Artistes

Peri Gilpin

An Evening of Gastronomic Delights and Literary Delectables Offered by Authors and Actors of Note

Program:

• Brian Cox read from his 1991 memoir Salem to Moscow: An Actor's Odyssey

• Peri Gilpin read Prosthesis by Dan Chaon, Among the Missing (Ballantine 2001)
• Grace Zabriskie read A Love Song by Andre Dubus, Dancing After Hours (Vintage 1996)
• Forest Whitaker read an excerpt from Outfield, Outside, an unpublished memoir by Curt Flood, (adapted by Arye Gross)

Directed by Cedering Fox

January 27, 2002 @ Café des Artistes

Dana Delany

An Evening of Gastronomic Delights and Literary Delectables Offered by Authors and Actors of Note

Program:

• Christina Pickles read Three Good Months by Ronald Alexander
• Michael Schiffer read an excerpt from his book Lessons of the Road: An Overland Journey to the East (Kenan Press/Simon & Schuster 1980)
• Dana Delany read The Boy From Montana by Susan O'Neill, Don't Mean Nothing: Short Stories of Vietnam (2002)
• Elliot Gould read a story from Adam Gopnik's From Paris to the Moon (Random House 2000)

Directed by Cedering Fox

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