Hartford
DETAILS
Thu, May 04, 2017
Hartford, CT
Show: 8 PM
Ticket INFO
Member Presale: 2/27/17 06 AM
Public Onsale: 3/2/17 06 AM
Speak Up Storytelling presents “Impostors” featuring: George Dawes Green - Founder of THE MOTH!
Our friends at Speak Up! return for their second 2017 installment of their amazing storytelling series. We are so honored to have George Dawes Green, founder of THE MOTH, join us for this show, along with Speak Up Founder and Producer Matthew Dicks. This show promises to be an amazing night of storytelling centered around the theme of “Impostors”.
Other Storytellers taking the stage will be:
Julia Pistell, award winning writer and comedian, host of the podcast Literary Disco, founding member of Hartford's Sea Tea Improv, regular contributor to WNPR
Riley Horan, Moth Grand Slam winner
Ron Apter, Speak Up's most prolific storyteller
Jeni Bonaldo, Speak Up and Moth storyteller
Renae Edge, Professor at Norwalk Community College, Moth storyteller, first time Speak Up Storyteller
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Artist Bio
Speak Up is a Hartford-based storytelling organization that seeks to promote the art of personal storytelling to a wide audience and foster and support a community of storytellers in Connecticut. Speak Up brings professional and amateur storytellers to stage to share true stories from their lives. Speak Up founders and producers Matthew and Elysha Dicks work closely with storytellers to help them craft their stories for the stage and teach storytelling workshops to storytellers and professionals at all levels.
Speak Up shows feature storytellers who tell true stories from their lives on a predetermined theme. Our shows showcase a blend of seasoned storytellers and people telling stories for the first time.
In addition to Infinity Hall, Speak Up has established partnerships with Real Arts Ways, The Mount, The Connecticut Historical Society, and The Noah Webster House.
Click here to check out the Hartford Magazine article.
Shows are produced by Matthew and Elysha Dicks. They are hosted by Elysha Dicks, and Matthew Dicks serves as one of the storytellers for the evening.
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