Since 1985, Symphony Space in New York City has served as the stage for exciting pairings of authors and actors.  Selected Shorts producers match Oscar and Tony Award-winning actors with short stories by acclaimed contemporary and classic authors.  The results are magically entertaining events turned into captivating radio programs.

Selected Shorts readers have included: Jane Curtin, Paul Reiser, Leonard Nimoy, Alec Baldwin, Jerry Orbach and Meryl Streep.  Stories include those by great contemporary writers like: John Updike, E. Annie Proulx, Alice Munro, William Trevor and Tim O'Brien, in addition to such legends as: Ernest Hemingway, D.H. Lawrence, Langston Hughes, James Joyce and Willa Cather.

Airs:  3 p.m. Saturday on KSTX 89.1 FM
Website:  www.symphonyspace.org