Hello and welcome to WORDTheatre Weekly: The Short Story Podcast where great authors and actors meet! I’m your host, Cedering Fox, WORDTheatre's Founder & Artistic Director.
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Ok so this week's story is titled “Creatures,” written by Marisa Silver and performed by Jason George. We simply love this actor from Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19.

Marisa Silver is a New York Times bestselling author, screenwriter, and film director. A WORDTheatre favorite, she has published five novels and two short story collections.

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And now, to introduce her story, here is Marisa Silver.

MARISA SILVER INTRODUCES THE STORY.

JASON GEORGE PERFORMS THE STORY.

We hope you’ve enjoyed “Creatures,” by Marisa Silver, performed by Jason George. Again, if you're enjoying what you're hearing on the WORDTheatre Weekly Podcast, please support our work. You can keep this free podcast going by becoming an annual Member. You will have access to videos of our performances and be the first to know about upcoming events. Visit WORDTheatre.org for more information or if you are in the UK, visit WORDTheatreUK.org. And if you'd like to pick up books by the authors that you hear on this podcast, please visit Bookshop in the UK or the US and look for the WORDTheatre affiliate page.

On behalf of Kirsty Peart, my UK producing partner, and myself, we'd like to thank the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, Randy & Jane Sinisi and their Phiphen Studios | Post NJ, our Executive Coordinator, Scout Riley, Our Literary Coordinator, Jason Goodman, as well as Emerson College, Loyola Marymount University, and UCLA because they have been sending us fantastic interns.

Thank you for listening. This is Cedering Fox, until next week, signing off!