Sonia Manzano, David Rakoff, Isaiah Sheffer Set for Selected Shorts at Long Wharf

Sonia Manzano and David Rakoff will join host Isaiah Sheffer for Selected Shorts, a celebration of the short story, to be performed live on Long Wharf Theatre’s Mainstage on March 14.

This one-hour program, which is broadcast weekly on local public radio stations, features stage and screen actors in readings of classic and new short fiction.

Manzano is best known her role as Maria on Sesame Street, a character she has played since 1971; she has also won 15 Emmy Awards as a writer for the program. Her theater credits include The Vagina Monologues, The Exonerated and the original production of Godspell. She is the author of the picture books No Dogs Allowed! and A Box Full of Kittens.

Rakoff is the author of the books Half Empty, Don’t Get Too Comfortable and Fraud, and is a regular contributor to Public Radio International’s “This American Life.” As an actor and director, he has worked with Amy and David Sedaris on the plays Stiches, One Woman Shoe, The Little Frieda Mysteries, and The Book of Liz.

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