WordTheatre: Heart Matters, Volume 1

 [Mystery of the mind for WordTheatre, Twin Oaks Farm - Sagaponack, NY - 06/28/2008]

WordTheatre, the short story experts, casts the perfect actors to bring great contemporary writing to life. Recorded live with the authors present, these nine exquisitely crafted stories explore the emotional complications of this thing called love. From the intoxication of a first crush to the devastation of a broken heart, take a journey through the anguish and ecstasy of human emotions. 

• Hallee Hirsh reading "The Ages" by Ramona Ausubel
• Mark Moses reading "The Meeting" by Aimee Bender
• Nicholas Brendon & Kirsten Vangsness reading "Billboard" by Richard Bausch
• Mary Stuart Masterson reading "A Preference for Native Tongue" by Don Lee
• Sharon Lawrence reading "Widow" by Michelle Latiolais
• Elisabeth Moss reading "Note to Sixth-Grade Self" by Julie Orringer
• Kathryn Erbe reading "Out of the Fray" by Mary Gordon
• Dinah Lenney reading "When Writing Is an Emergency" by Mary Otis
• Maggie Siff reading "Double-Blind" by Alethea Black

Produced and directed by Cedering Fox; edited by Sara Bencivenga; mixed and mastered by Theo Mondle; music composed by Greg Chun. WordTheatre gives voice to great writing. We are an innovative, internationally recognized, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring empathy, curiosity, and conversation through powerful and entertaining performances, both live and recorded, of the world's best contemporary literature. We aim to ignite a passion for reading, writing, and self-expression in our community and in future generations.
©2014 Cedering Fox (P)2014 WordTheatre

“[…] “No„ let’s go now. It’s horrible to be late, don’t you think so, Ruth?”
“No, Ruth is unable to be on time,” said Phil. “If she happens to be early, she’ll do something—wallpaper the bathroom or begin to learn to play the flute—anything to avoid the terrible fate of being on time.”
“How extraordinary, Phil, and you so anxious always about lateness,” Sylvie said. “This must be love at last.””

Friend of WordTheatre®, Kathryn Erbe lent her amazing voice when she read Mary Gordon's short story “Out of the Fray” at the WordTheatre with Ian Frazier, Mary Gordon and Don Lee event at the Soho House New York in 2010.

Kathryn Erbe's memorable reading of Mary Gordon's “Out of the Fray” is available for download now on Heart Matters – Volume 1 at Audible.com http://adbl.co/1C1Si8g

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