The Great Outdoors

When I was a kid, my family took summer camping vacations in the Adirondacks, driving five hours north from New York City to a paradise of trees, lakes, and more stars that I’d ever seen. Night time conversations around a crackling fire enriched my life and influenced its direction. Now more than ever, connecting with nature is good medicine; for tonight's show I've selected three stories about The Great Outdoors first performed for a live audience in a theater in New York City.

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"The Great Outdoors" features true, original short stories from Anna Paret, Ann Levin, Marilyn Ogus Katz, and Steven Lewis.