Guest host Maulik Pancholy presents three stories about curious courtships. First, does the perfect date night include zombies? Tony Hale reads “First Person Shooter,” by Charles Yu. A president’s wife is the ideal luggage item, until she develops a mind of her own in a vintage tale by Whitfield Cook. “The Portable Mrs. Tillson,” is performed by Laura Grey and Jordan Klepper. The show concludes with another period gem--“Gertrude the Governess: or, Simple Seventeen,” by Stephen Leacock, performed by Sonia Manzano. This pastiche of Victorian melodrama has everything.

Guest host Maulik Pancholy presents three stories about curious courtships.&nbsp;First, does the perfect date night include zombies?&nbsp;Tony Hale reads &ldquo;First Person Shooter,&rdquo; by Charles Yu.&nbsp;A president&rsquo;s wife is the ideal luggage item, until she develops a mind of her own in a vintage tale by Whitfield Cook.&nbsp;&ldquo;The Portable Mrs. Tillson,&rdquo; is performed by Laura Grey and Jordan Klepper.&nbsp;The show concludes with another period gem--&ldquo;Gertrude the Governess: or, Simple Seventeen,&rdquo; by Stephen Leacock, performed by Sonia Manzano.&nbsp;This pastiche of Victorian melodrama has everything.

Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy. New episodes every Thursday. Produced and distributed by Symphony Space.

Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy. New episodes every Thursday. Produced and distributed by Symphony Space.

Selected Shorts

Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy. New episodes every Thursday, from Symphony Space.

Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy. New episodes every Thursday, from Symphony Space.

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