Huntington Theatre Announces SELECTED SHORTS ON TOUR: TALES OF SPRINGTIME, SEX & BASEBALL

Huntington Theatre Company in association with Jonathan Reinis Productions and WGBH present the hit public-radio series and podcast Selected Shorts on Tour: "Tales of Springtime, Sex & Baseball" at the Boston University Theatre June 8 at 4pm and 8pm. Tony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Kate Burton ("Grey's Anatomy," The Cherry Orchard, and the upcoming The Seagull at the Huntington), Emmy Award nominee and Tony Award winner Denis O'Hare ("True Blood" and "American Horror Story"), and Academy Award nominee Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone) perform powerful, surprising, romantic, and funny stories by comic master Dorothy Parker, baseball writer W. P. Kinsella (Shoeless Joe), and quirky contemporary humorists Aimee Bender and N. M. Kelby.

Tickets are on sale now at huntingtontheatre.org/selectedshorts. Ticket information is below.

Each Selected Shorts presentation features short stories - always fiction, a mix of classics and new - centering on a theme and brought to life in performance by great actors from stage, screen, and television. The weekly public radio show Selected Shorts is broadcast to roughly 300,000 listeners on more than 140 stations including Boston's WGBH, where it airs on Sundays at 4pm. It is produced by Symphony Space and WNYC Radio and distributed by Public Radio International. The Selected Shorts podcast consistently ranks as one of the most popular podcasts on iTunes.

Kate Burton (host/performer) previously appeared at the Huntington in The Corn is Green, The Cherry Orchard, and Hedda Gabler. She will return in March/April 2014 in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull directed by Nicholas Martin. Ms. Burton was nominated for Tony Awards for Hedda Gabler, The Elephant Man, and The Constant Wife. Additional Broadway work includes Present Laughter, Spring Awakening, and The Beauty Queen of Leenane. Her Off Broadway credits include David Mamet's Boston Marriage. She has appeared in the films Max Payne, Stay, Quid Pro Quo, Sherry Baby, The Night Listener, Swimfan, Unfaithful, Celebrity, The Ice Storm, August, Big Trouble in Little China, and Liberal Arts. Her television credits include Notes for My Daughter (Emmy Award), "Grey's Anatomy" (Emmy Award nomination), "Rescue Me," "Grimm, The Closer," and recurring roles on "The Good Wife" and "Scandal."

Denis O'Hare (performer) received the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor for his performance in Take Me Out and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in Sweet Charity. He has appeared in such films as Milk (Critics' Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble), Michael Clayton, 21 Grams, Garden State, and Half Nelson. His other theatre credits include Hauptmann, Assassins, Inherit the Wind, and Elling. In 2010, O'Hare joined the cast of HBO's "True Blood" as Russell Edgington, and he has appeared in a recurring role as Judge Charles Abernathy on the television drama series "The Good Wife."

Amy Ryan (performer) was named Best Supporting Actress by the New York, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. film critics circles, and nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in the film Gone Baby Gone. Other film credits include You Can Count on Me, Capote, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Keane, Changeling, Green Zone, Jack Goes Boating, Win Win, and most recently Breathe In. Her theatre work includes numerous Broadway and Off Broadway productions, with Tony Award nominations for both Uncle Vanya and A Streetcar Named Desire. On television, her most recent recurring roles are on "In Treatment," The Wire," and "The Office." Upcoming films include Devil's Knot, The Tomb, and Clear History.

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