WORDTheatre: Short Story Specialists

Seated next to a bore on her left, Dorothy Parker has a field day with her neighbors in this story. Who but Hannah Waddingham could step into Parker's shoes and deliver so brilliantly? You are in for a treat!

As the war in Ukraine rages into the second year, we honor the people of Ukraine by shining a spotlight on one of the country's many supremely talented authors, Oksana Zabuzhko. Olivia Williams inhabited the titular story of her collection, Your Ad Could Go Here, in a fully realized performance at WORDTheatre's London Benefit for Okhmatdyt, Kyiv's largest Children's Hospital, in October of 2022. Support Oksana by picking up her book at Bookshop.org!

For Black History Month, we are celebrating one of the great poets, Lorna Goodison, whose Pushcart Prize winning story, By Love Possessed, was performed by the brilliant CCH Pounder in Venice, California. Enjoy!