The stories on this program feature two exceptional children and a nervous parent. “Solomon’s Big Day,” by performance artist Toure, follows a child prodigy as he tries to paint a masterpiece and escape pretentious adults. Daniel Alexander Jones reads. George Saunders imagines a father who goes to extremes to protect his family in “Lars Farf, Excessively Fearful Father and Husband,” read by James Naughton, and horror maven Shirley Jackson has a light touch with a story about a precocious kindergartener. “Charles,” is read by Lois Smith.
