Author • Actor Series

MANHATTAN | IN PERSON
19 May 2026

WORDTheatre's spring Author • Actor series will feature author David Means, actor Thomas Sadowski & more TBA...

Author • Actor Series Manhattan II

MANHATTAN | IN PERSON

19 May 2026 Tuesday 06:00pm (NY)

The Author • Actor Series returns to NYC this May.

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Thomas Sadoski is an American stage, film, and television actor known for playing Don Keefer in HBO’s The Newsroom and Matt Short in Life in Pieces, with extensive theater credits including Broadway’s Reckless and Reasons to Be Pretty, earning Tony nominations for the latter. A graduate of Circle in the Square Theatre School, he’s also recognized for roles in films like John Wick and Wild, and for humanitarian work with organizations like War Child and INARA.

Author

David Means is an American short story writer and novelist who first came into the scene in 1991 with his highly praised short story collection titled A Quick Kiss of Redemption. He has authored 6 short story collections spanning from 1991-2022 including titles such as Assorted Fire Events (2000), The Secret Goldfish (2004), The Spot (2010), Instructions for a Funeral (2019), and most recently Two Nurses, Smoking (2022). David Means has won awards such as the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (2000), The Pushcart Prize (2001), O. Henry Prize (2006, 2011), and the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award (2005).

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