Greetings and welcome to WORDTheatre Weekly: The Short Story Podcast where great authors and actors meet!

My name is Cole Kido and I am a WORDTheatre video editing intern. I currently major in film production at Loyola Marymount University as a rising junior, where I hope to one day become a professional video editor.

In the month leading up to The Ocean: Our Liquid Universe, we will be sharing ocean-themed performances on WORDTheatre Weekly. First up,
we’re bringing you “The Silver Clip,” by Ben Shattuc\k, performed by Michael Provost of The Holdovers and JoBeth Williams of Poltergeist.

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PROVOST / WILLIAMS PERFORM THE STORY.

Again, you just heard “The Silver Clip,” written by Ben Shattuck, and performed by Michael Provost and JoBeth Williams.

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WORDTheatre’s original production, The Ocean: Our Liquid Universe, will debut at the Wilderness Festival in Oxfordshire, England on August 3rd. The show will come to LA on November 6th at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, and will be co-presented with the Library Foundation of Los Angeles. Keep up with us on WORDTheatre.org or if you’re based in the UK, visit WORDTheatreUK.org.

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