Selected Shorts

The hit radio series Selected Shorts returns to Glen Ridge with an afternoon of moving, hilarious, and poignant short fiction about the bonds between brothers & sisters, husbands & wives, parents & children, and reappearing exes. “Runs in the Family” is hosted by Becky Ann Baker (New Amsterdam) and features performances by Krystina Alabado (Broadway’s Mean Girls), and Zach Grenier (The Good Wife).

The stories are mostly fiction, sometimes classic, sometimes new, and always performed by great actors from stage, screen, and television who bring these short stories to life.

About Selected Shorts

Selected Shorts is produced by Symphony Space in New York City and broadcast on more than 150 stations around the country. The Selected Shorts podcast consistently ranks as one of the most popular podcasts on iTunes, with over 100,000 downloads every week. The series began in 1985 and enjoys sold-out performances to this day. Selected Shorts was conceived with a simple premise: take great stories by well-known and emerging writers and have them performed by terrific actors of stage and screen. Evenings are often co-hosted by writers or involve a special collaboration with literary publications, podcasts, museums, and more. Each Selected Shorts is a unique night of literature in performance.

Selected Shorts was made possible in part by the Glen Ridge Film Fund Grant, the Friends of the Glen Ridge Library, and the Women’s Club of Glen Ridge.

Featuring these actors of stage and screen*

Krystina Alabado, Becky Ann Baker, and Zach Grenier.

*Actors are subject to change.

As this is a fundraiser for the Friends of the Glen Ridge Library, no refunds will be processed for this event.