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Short Stories Live Spring 2025

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Date:
Sunday, April 6
Time:
4:00 pm PDT
Cost:
$10 - $35 Sliding Scale

Venue

The Wyncote NW Forum
1119 8th Ave (Entrance off Seneca St.)
Seattle, 98101 United States
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Event Format

In-Person

Note: Town Hall events are approximately 75 minutes long.

Three headshots of the Short Stories Live Readers
Arts & Culture

Town Hall’s beloved literary series, curated by Jane Kaplan, returns for another afternoon of readings brought to life by local actors.

Authors John Cheever, Lydia Davis, Percival Everett, and Alice Walker explore where we come from, where we stand, and where we may be headed. Join stellar performers Felicia Loud, Nate Tenenbaum, and R. Hamilton Wright as they read stories that reveal the complex and evolving search for place.

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Meet the Readers

Felicia V. Loud has worked extensively in Theater. In 2022 she wrote and starred in her one-woman show that debuted here at ArtWest. Her work includes, Pullman Porter Blues at Seattle Repertory Theatre, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill at Strawberry Theater and ArtsWest, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings at Book-It Repertory Theatre, Rock of Ages at The 5th Ave Theatre, Native Son at the Intiman Theatre, The Amen Corner at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, Black Nativity at Intiman Theatre, Two Trains Running at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Theatre, and Fat Ham at the Seattle Repertory. She is delighted to be back at ArtsWest to play with this amazing cast of COVENANT!!!

R. Hamilton Wright, a native of Seattle, has been a working actor for over forty-five years and in that time has appeared in over 150 professional productions. He lives in a little brick house in North Seattle with his remarkably talented wife – playwright Katie Forgette.

Nate Tenenbaum is an English/American stage actor based in Seattle. Pre-pandemic regional credits: Seattle Rep’s production of Indecent and Dreamgirls the musical at Village Theatre. During Quarantine: Baked one strawberry cheesecake, sewed one shirt (unwearable), and played his vinyl. Post Quarantine regional credits: A Christmas Carol at ACT Theatre in 2021 and The Wiz at The 5th Avenue Theatre.

Curated by Jane Kaplan.
Presented by Town Hall Seattle.

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