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René Auberjonois, Kate Burton, Michael Imperioli, Linda Lavin to Read Selected Shorts at Berkeley Rep

René Auberjonois, Kate Burton, Michael Imperioli, and Linda Lavin will participate in a holiday-themed installment of the hit public-radio program Selected Shorts at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

On Saturday, December 8 at 2pm and 8pm, Burton, Imperioli, and Lavin will read from “The H Street Sledding Record” by Ron Carlson, “Violets” by Edna O’Brien, “Live Wires” by Thomas Beller, and John Cheever’s “Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor.”

On Sunday, December 9 at 2pm and 7pm, Burton and Imperioli are joined by Auberjonois as they reprise the stories by Beller and Carlson and add in “Jamaica” from David Schickler, and Frank O’Connor’s “Christmas Morning.”

For more information and to purchase Selected Shorts tickets, visit berkeleyrep.org.