A Touch of Magic

By turns funny, moving, romantic and surreal, and filled with unexpected twists and turns, each of the tales on this lineup has a magical element.








- Andrew Lam's 'The Palmist', performed by James Naughton. A chance encounter on a bus between a fortune-teller and a teenage boy.
- W. W. Jacobs' 'The Monkey's Paw', performed by John Lithgow. A wonderful ghost story about a trinket with terrible powers.
- Saki's 'The Occasional Garden', performed by Daniel Gerroll. If you can't grow a garden; poof! - you can rent one.
- Donald Barthelme's 'The Balloon', performed by Maria Tucci. There's something suddenly in the sky in midtown Manhattan....
- Kevin Brockmeier's 'The Year of Silence', performed by Anthony Rapp. What if everything went quiet?
- Jonathan Safran Foer's 'The Sixth Borough', performed by Jerry Zaks. Yes, New York had a Sixth Borough, but it drifted away....
- Aimee Bender's 'Drunken Mimi', performed by Bernadette Quigley. A romance between a mermaid and an imp.
- Haruki Murakami's 'The Little Green Monster', performed by Dana Ivey. A piece of Murakami magic: Is this a monster I see before me?