Anna Sale

It's as quick an emotional fix as ChatGPT.

I want to just quickly acknowledge this is my second time hosting Selected Shorts.

I'm so glad to be here.

All of our performers here this evening have been on the Selected Shorts stage before.

And speaking of regulars on Selected Shorts, I just want to take a moment and just appreciate this institution.

I feel so honored to be a part of this show.

I remember being a kid listening to Selected Shorts on West Virginia Public Radio when I was growing up.

And we are coming to the end of a year

where so much of how we connect and share stories has been upended, cut, totally wiped away, and it feels so good to be here together with you, with these incredible performers, celebrating this institution with such staying power, Selected Shorts at Symphony Space.

Thank you for coming.

Hello.

So I typically go to the gym three to five days a week, but it's getting harder to just maintain those levels of strength and, you know, my body and tonus and things like that.

And one of the things I'm contemplating is going on TRT or testosterone replacement therapy.

And essentially, it's weighing out the consequences of potentially impacting my ability to have children.

You know, it's been something of weighing out, you know, do I want to potentially risk that, you know, long-term desire of being a father and having a family versus, you know, the vanity and looks.

Let me put this a little closer.

You know, I'm 35 now.

Last couple of years, it was kind of looking like puffier and puffier.

And with the implant, it gives a more angular version of your face.

I wouldn't use the word young.