Letters, Leftovers, and The Lottery: The Writing of Shirley Jackson

Letters, Leftovers and the Lottery: The Writing of Shirley Jackson is a thoughtfully curated, multifaceted portrait of one of America’s finest writers. In this one act show, (approx. 80 mins), composer Allen Cole and actor Melody Johnson combine reading, performance, and live piano playing to Jackson’s newly published letters, lesser known psychologically charged stories, and a haunting retelling of Jackson’s most well known short story The Lottery.