His radio, television, theatre, and film credits are extensive and include work as a commentator on the arts for WNYC’s weekly radio column Around New York producer/writer for ‘The Road to the White House,’ a 20-minute public affairs series for NBC-TV (Emmy nomination) and writer/director, ‘The Last Chapter,’ award-winning historical documentary film on 1,000 years of Polish-Jewish history. On the Symphony Space website, Sheffer’s biography reads, “Isaiah Sheffer is co-founder and artistic director of Symphony Space and director and host of ‘Selected Shorts’ live and on radio. “Once we get someone, we usually don’t have much trouble getting them again.”
He worked with each of the actors briefly before their performances. “The first thing I usually hear from the actors, which makes it much easier for me to recruit other actors, is the receptiveness of the audience,” Sheffer told The Times in 2001. Now, they are also available as podcasts. That focus on the words made for great radio - the live performances are taped and broadcast as selected shorts. Actors bring a degree of showmanship to the stories they read, but it is the stories and words that they focus on showing off. In the show, actors read short fiction it’s a great combination. “Selected Shorts” began in 1985 as a stage performance. On its website Friday, Symphony Space announced that Sheffer, 76, has died. Sheffer hosted its program, “Selected Shorts,” which broadcast on 130 public radio stations nationwide, reaching hundreds of thousands of listeners each week.
Fans of literary radio broadcasts across America recognized the voice of Isaiah Sheffer, the founding artistic director of Symphony Space in New York.
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