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Campbell Scott, B.D. Wong Set for Westport’s Selected Shorts Reading

B.D. Wong
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B.D. Wong
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)

Campbell Scott and B.D. Wong will join series host Isaiah Sheffer for a special live performance of Selected Shorts at 8pm on Monday, May 19 at Connecticut’s Westport Country Playhouse.

Scott will read Karl Taro Greenfeld’s short story “Silver”; Wong will read Daniel Kehlmann’s “The Mathematician”; and Sheffer will read Lisa Halliday’s “Stump Louie.”

Scott’s stage credits include The Real Thing, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Hamlet, and The Athiest. His many film and television credits include The Dying Gaul, The Spanish Prisoner, Dying Young, and Six Degrees.

Wong won the Tony Award for M. Butterfly, and has also starred on Broadway in Pacific Overtures and You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. He currently stars on the NBC-TV series Law & Order: SVU.

Tickets are $15-$25 and can be ordered by calling 203-227-4177 or visiting westportplayhouse.org.