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3rd Thursday of Every Month Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro 3905 N Lincoln Ave., Chicago 7:30 PM (Doors at 7:00) FREE |
New Voices Telling Fresh Stories
Join us for an intimate evening of storytelling in the cozy back room of one of Chicago's best pubs. Each month, an entirely different lineup of up-and-coming storytellers will share their stories.
Over the last 15+ years, we have provided the space for 950+ people from every walk of life and experience level to share their true personal stories with packed houses of attentive listeners. Each show is an unpredictable mix of the hilarious and the heartbreaking featuring memorable tales from your friends, neighbors, and fellow Chicagoans. Hosted by Scott Whitehair.
August 20th Cast
Benjamin K. Herrington
Benjamin K Herrington (bkh) / wears many masks & speaks in many voices / looks for hidden messages _ v e r _ w h e r _ / feels incredibly grateful to have had his poetry & prose published by Apocalypse Confidential / B O D Y Literature / Granfalloon / La Piccioletta Barca / The Prairie Review / won a Brooklyn Poets Spring 2024 Fellowship / swaps stories / paginates poems / runs Lake Michigan shorelines / is working on a novel & seeking gn0s1s.
Jeff Ladin
Hi, I am 58, and a karate teacher, and owner of Windy City Self Defense, and a storyteller. When not living in Rogers Park , I have been traveling through life and around the Earth accumulating lots of experiences that I feel could resonate and entertain.
Sara Marberry
Sara Marberry is a writer, speaker, marketing consultant, and professional collector of stories. She's just as likely to be interviewing a healthcare or senior living designer as she is wandering through a historic cemetery, taking a painting class, admiring great architecture, or striking up a conversation with a stranger just to hear about their life. A nationally recognized voice in healthcare and senior living design, Sara also writes personal essays and is working on her first novel. Her stories have been published in Storied Stuff, Swim Swam, The Blue Hour Magazine, Realize Magazine, and This I Believe. She recently stepped onto the storytelling stage herself and discovered she likes being on both sides of the microphone. Sara believes the best stories are about ordinary people navigating everyday life with humor, heart, and resilience. She loves stories that help us laugh at ourselves, see one another with greater compassion, and uncover the lessons hidden in life's twists and turns. Because if we're paying attention, every day gives us something worth talking about.
Jen Pea
A bumblebee on the sidewalk, pinned down by rain. Children barricaded behind desks and dictionaries. Peeling a ripened orange. The winter shoreline: water and pine and ice and stone. A mother holding the baby she cannot name. Jen Pea tells the stories that won't leave her alone.
Ann Schuessler
Ann Schuessler has been a builder her entire life. Raised in the Chicago suburbs, she headed west after college and spent decades in the Pacific Northwest working in construction, bicycling, exploring the great outdoors, and starting a family. She returned to Chicago during the pandemic with her wife and 2 children to be closer to extended family. These days, she invents construction products, is an avid utilitarian bicyclist, explores the great City of Chicago, and is a regular host of family get-togethers.
Abigail Wright
An aspiring writer and storyteller, Abigail Wright has worn many hats, some better fitting than others, but each leaving an indelible impression on her skull for conversion into creative output. At eighteen, she traded Midwestern suburbia for downtown Manhattan, graduating from New York University at the height of the Great Recession. She then fled the country to teach English in Spain, collecting a misspent youth’s worth of European adventures. On returning stateside, she earned a master’s degree in translation and interpreting from the University of Illinois in 2016 and obtained her American Translators Association certification shortly thereafter. She continues to work in the language industry and is the not especially humble or obedient servant of Newt and Arthur, two warm and wonderful cats locked in a permanent cold war.
Scott Whitehair (Host)
Scott Whitehair is a storyteller, teacher, and producer living in Chicago, IL. He is the producer of This Much Is True, Chicago's longest running monthly personal narrative series, creator of Story Lab Chicago, which has put 950+ new storytellers on stage since 2011, and director of Do Not Submit, a grassroots network of open mics across the city bringing people together to connect with each other. Scott tells anywhere someone will listen, including The National Storytelling Festival Exchange Place, Steppenwolf Theater, and the historic Green Mill. He is a frequent guest instructor at the city's top universities, and his personal narrative class has been selling out almost every month since 2012. Scott is in demand as a coach and trainer, spending his days helping individuals, companies, and non-profits develop their voices as storytellers. In 2014, he was the featured instructor at Hong Kong Story Worthy Week, headlined by David Sedaris, and in 2015 taught an intensive at All Hallows College in Dublin. He is honored to be a 2024 Meier Foundation Award winner.
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