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.
Last weekend, the LA Times Festival of Books, the largest literary festival in the United States, brought together countless authors, publishers, politicians, actors, and more to celebrate the written word. So many WORDTheatre authors were on this year’s lineup, including Ben Shattuck, Daniel Olivas, Luis J. Rodriguez, Percival Everett, and Danzy Senna, an author of six critically acclaimed books of fiction and nonfiction who was appearing on a panel to discuss her latest novel, Colored Television. In honor of that event, this week’s episode will feature Danzy’s short story “Replacement Theory,” which was performed at WORDtheatre by Zuleikha Robinson, known for her roles in the series Lost, Homeland, and The Lone Gunman.
But briefly, let me remind you about some of our upcoming events!
This Wednesday May 7th in New York City, we will honor John Edgar Wideman in an evening of stories & music, with the author interviewed after the performances by David Means. And then we head to London and The Crazy Coqs for WORDS & Wickets: A Literary & Musical Celebration of Cricket on Monday, May 19th! For more information visit WORDTheatre.org and WORDTheatreUK.org!
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Now, sit back and listen to “Replacement Theory” by Danzy Senna, performed by Zuleikha Robinson.

ZULEIKHA ROBINSON PERFORMS THE STORY.

We hope you’ve enjoyed “Replacement Theory,” by Danzy Senna, who was in the room to hear it performed by Zuleikha Robinson. Becoming a WORDTheatre Member is the best thing you can do to support our work and keep this podcast going. Visit WORDTheatre.org for more information. And if you'd like to pick up books by the authors that you hear on this podcast, please visit Bookshop.org/shop/WORDTheatre, and you will be helping two non-profits!
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, our podcast editor, Maya Johnson, as well as Emerson College, Loyola Marymount University, and UCLA because they send us fantastic interns.
Thank you for listening. This is Cedering Fox, until next week, when we’ll be coming at you from NYC, signing off!