Stories from the 2011-2012 Season
ECCENTRICS UNLIMITED
Saturday, September 24 in Denver
"Heart Dog" by Beth Bell
(Winner of Lighthouse Writers Workshop story contest)
“But the One on the Right” by Dorothy Parker
“Gryphon” by Charles Baxter
“A Rose For Emily” by William Faulkner
A COLORADO COLLECTION
Saturday, October 22 in Boulder
Sunday, October 23 in Denver
Saturday, March 10 in Lone Tree
“It’s November 1880, and the Angel of Death is Having a Bad Day” by Joanne Greenberg
“The Color of the Impression” by Laura Pritchett
“The Final Conversation” by Robert Garner McBrearty
“Location” by Nick Arvin
VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
Friday, November 11 in Lone Tree
Saturday, November 12 in Denver
“The Last Stand” by Siobhan Fallon
“Sudden Money” by Studs Terkel from The Good War
“Gold Star” by Siobhan Fallon
"Speaking of Courage" by Tim O'Brien
MAKING MERRY
Saturday, December 10 in Boulder
Sunday, December 11 in Denver
“The Boy Who Laughed At Santa Claus” by Ogden Nash
“A Visit From Saint Nicholas (in the Ernest Hemingway Manner)” by James Thurber
“Who Can Retell” by Myra Goldberg
“Christmas Eve at the Slash Y” by Jack Schaefer, from his novel Monte Walsh
"Auggie Wren's Christmas Story" by Paul Auster
very, very, VERY short stories
Saturday, January 21 in Denver
Assorted two to three-minute stories read by members of the Buntport Theater Company
NO SUCH THING AS SUPPLY AND DEMAND
Saturday, February 11 in Boulder
Sunday, February 12 in Denver
“How To Lay Off your Kids” by Carina Chocano
“My Hard Bargain” by Walter Kirn
“The Landlord” by Wells Tower
“Catalogue Sales” by Molly McNett
DISTANT VOICES
Sunday, March 11 in Denver
“War Dances” by Sherman Alexie
“Ash” by Roddy Doyle
“The Headstrong Historian” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
APRIL FOOLS
Saturday, April 14 in Denver
“The Public Career of Mr. Seymour Harrisburg” by John O’Hara
“Four Short Crushes” by Paul Simms
“The Apple Tree” by Trevanian
“Coyote V. Acme” by Ian Frazier
“Audio Tour” by Patricia Marx
SMALL VICTORIES
Sunday, May 6 in Denver
“The Verger” by W. Somerset Maugham
“A Few Good Men” by David Nicholson
“Immortalizing John Parker” by Robin Black