Center for the literary arts in New York State
Selected Shorts
literature in performance
7 p.m. Saturday, May 2, 2026
UAlbany Performing Arts Center Main Theatre
1400 Washington Ave., Albany NY 12222. See map
Advance tickets: $15 general public / $10 students, seniors & UAlbany faculty/staff.
Day of show tickets: $20 general public / $15 students, seniors & UAlbany faculty/staff.
All tickets must be purchased on-line from the UAlbany Performing Arts Center’s web site.
Information and assistance can be obtained by contacting the UAlbany Performing Arts Center’s main office at (518) 442-3995 or pac@albany.edu.
Selected Shorts returns to the University at Albany bringing great actors and a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy. With readings by Patricia Kalember, Nathan Hinton, and James Naughton.
Due to scheduling conflicts, Krystina Alabado, Jayne Atkinson, and Michel Gill will not appear at this event.
Patricia Kalember’s stage credits include “The White Card,” “The Nerd,” “Losing Louie,” “Y2K,” “Don’t Dress for Dinner,” “Sea of Tranquility,” “Loose Knit,” and “From Above.” She played the role of Gloria Steinem in “Gloria: A Life” in New York and Boston. She received an Outer Critics Circle nomination for her role in the original cast of “The Foreigner.”
On television, she’s had recurring roles on “The Tick,” “Power,” “thirtysomething,” and starred in “Sisters.”
Other television credits include “Law & Order: SVU,” “Orange Is the New Black,” “Gossip Girl,” “Blue Bloods,” “Allegiance,” “Madam Secretary,” “Veep,” “The Good Wife,” and the HBO miniseries “Olive Kitteridge.” Her numerous films include “Jacob’s Ladder,” “Path to War,” “A Far Off Place,” “Signs,” “Rabbit Hole,” “The Company Men,” “Limitless,” “Girl Most Likely,” and “Run All Night.” She can currently be seen on “Power Book IV: Force.”
Nathan Hinton began his professional career at the Joseph Papp Public Theater and has played major and supporting roles with the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C.; Pittsburgh Public Theater; Actors Theatre of Louisville; Triad Stage; Berkeley Rep; Dallas Theater Center; the Huntington; Rattlestick Playwrights Theater; and the Working Theater.
He was a member of the first national touring company of “Angels in America” and won the Barrymore Award for Excellence in Theatre as part of the ensemble of Richard Greenberg’s “Take Me Out” with the Philadelphia Theatre Company. His film and television credits include “Madam Secretary,” “Manifest,” “The Code,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” “Walking Home: A Survival Guide,” “The Equalizer,” and “Evil.”
Hinton is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.
James Naughton has won Tony Awards as best actor in a musical for “City of Angels” and “Chicago.” On Broadway, he directed the Tony-nominated productions of Arthur Miller’s “The Price” and Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” starring Paul Newman. He also directed the television production of “Our Town” for Showtime and “Masterpiece Theatre.”
He has appeared in numerous films and television shows, including “The Devil Wears Prada,” “Damages,” “The Paper Chase,” “Gossip Girl,” “Ally McBeal,” “Planet of the Apes,” “Hostages,” “Turks & Caicos,” “The Affair,” “The Tap,” “The Independents,” “The Romanoffs,” “The Accidental Wolf,” “And Just Like That...,” “Not the Same Clarence,” “Faraday & Company,” “Three Women,” “The First Wives Club,” “Law & Order,” and “SilverSizzle.” He recently starred in the short film “Sit With Me While I Die,” for which he won best male performance at the Bridgeport Festival.