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2nd Tuesday of Every Month Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro 3905 N Lincoln, Chicago 7:30 PM FREE (Doors open at 6:00) |
This Much Is True is one of the longest running storytelling shows in Chicago, IL. (Since 2008). Every month, we come together in the cozy upstairs lounge of one of the city's finest pubs for an evening of true personal stories from some of Chicago's most fascinating people. An all new cast takes the stage each month to let you in on the heartbreaking, the hilarious, and everything in between.
TMIT is intimate. You'll feel like you have joined friends to share life experiences over a few pints.
Past guests have included writers, actors, chefs, theologians, SNL alums, musicians, bloggers, activists, professional storytellers, comedians, and more from our city and around the world.
We hope that you can join us.
TMIT is intimate. You'll feel like you have joined friends to share life experiences over a few pints.
Past guests have included writers, actors, chefs, theologians, SNL alums, musicians, bloggers, activists, professional storytellers, comedians, and more from our city and around the world.
We hope that you can join us.
Our next show will take place on
Tuesday, August 13th
Featuring:
Tuesday, August 13th
Featuring:
Kevin Biolsi
Kevin Biolsi is a statistician, a recent empty nester, and a beer brewer, although not necessarily in that order. He first told stories in front of an audience in 2016 and found it to be more exhilarating than any drugs he’s ever taken, although to be honest, those have almost exclusively been analgesics and anti-inflammatories. He has performed at First Person Live, Moth StorySLAMs, Story Lab, Story Sessions, Do Not Submit, and Serving the Sentence.
Janice Del Negro
Janice M. Del Negro, PhD, is a storyteller who excavates and decorates the bones of traditional folk and fairy tales as an invitation to others to do the same; her focus is reimagining traditional folktales to make them emotionally resonant for contemporary listeners. Del Negro has been a featured storyteller and presenter at the National Storytelling Conference, the Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, the Northlands Storytelling Conference, the Mariposa Storytelling Festival, the National Storytelling Festival, the Moonshell Storytelling Festival, the Rocky Mountain Storytelling Conference, the Tejas Storytelling Festival, and many other celebratory events. Her book, Folktales Aloud: Practical Tips for Playful Storytelling was awarded a Storytelling World Resource Award in 2015. Her most recent title, Engaging Teens with Story: How to Inspire and Educate Youth with Storytelling (2017) received a Storytelling World Resource Award and was named SLC/ARBA’s “Best Professional Resource for School or Youth Librarians”. Her latest recording is Fortune’s Daughters: Ghost Tales and Folktales. In 2016 Del Negro received the National Storytelling Network’s Circle of Excellence Award, “presented to artists who are recognized by their peers to be master storytellers who set the standards for excellence and have demonstrated, over a significant period of time, a commitment and dedication to the art of storytelling.” Del Negro is a Professor at the Graduate School of Information Studies at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois.
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
Joe Hernandez-Kolski lives in Los Angeles. Originally from Chicago, he’s in town for his sister Christina’s wedding...and to eat Father & Son pizza now that it’s closing. :-( You may have seen him on Netflix’s “Gilmore Girls” or HBO’s “Def Poetry." More info at pochojoe.com
Kristina Lebeveda
Having moved to The United States from Russia in 2000, Kristina Lebedeva dedicated most of her efforts to earning a doctorate in philosophy. As her academic work continues to explore the intersections of ethics, trauma, social justice, and disability, Kristina’s fiction and autobiographical essays address such themes as mourning, violence, suffering, survival, and memory in a way that is both surreal and unflinchingly factual. Kristina is currently working as a language instructor, splitting her free time between writing, theater, and digital art.
Megon McDonough
Tony Ozzauto grew up in the south Suburbs of Chicago. While attending Columbia College his instincts told him to leave school and move to California. Where he became News Director of a financial television station and produced 2 local talk shows. He moved back to Chicago after 13 years and quickly got involved in the television production community winning several International Television Awards for producing corporate television programs. At the age of 58 Tony decided to make a career change and enrolled in cosmetology school. After graduating he become a platform artist traveling around the country performing on stage at trade shows and teaching seminars. He is now teaching cosmetology in a western suburb. At the age of 63 Tony made some radical changes in his life. These changes opened up his world which allowed him to see things differently they have opened his mind heart and talents to write and tell stories.
Kimberly Vanbiesbrouck
Kimberly Vanbiesbrouck is an actor, dancer, singer, writer and most importantly, a Mom to a brilliant up and coming Theatre/Directing Major at Ithaca College...go figure! She’s a Belgian girl raised in Detroit, but thanks to her highly useful Bachelors degree in Theatre and Dance, she has appeared in numerous productions across this great land of ours; from A Chorus Line, Forbidden Broadway, Always, Patsy Cline, Motherhood, the Musical, to the long running, highly successful and all too relatable show, Menopause, the Musical. Kimberly has been fortunate enough to be apart of story telling events all around the Chicagoland area; such as, Filet of Solo, Chicago Story Sessions, Voicebox, Homewood Stories, Miss Spoken, Art Inspired Live Lit and Louder Than A Mom. She is thrilled to be making her debut at This Much is True!
Shamontiel Vaughn
Shamontiel Latrice Vaughn is a full-time, freelance copywriter, editor and journalist on Upwork. The Chicago native has 15 years of journalism experience (including the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Defender); 13 years of editing experience and 11 years of digital experience. When she's not reading, writing or editing, Shamontiel is a professional dog walker for Wag and a three-time officer of a Toastmasters group.
Scott Whitehair
Host/producer of This Much Is True
Scott Whitehair is a storyteller, teacher, and producer living in Chicago, IL. He is the producer of This Much Is True, creator of Story Lab Chicago, which has put 500+ 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, the historic Green Mill, and on NPR, the Risk podcast, and Siruis XM. He is a frequent guest instructor at the city's top universities, and his personal narrative class has been selling out 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.
Scott Whitehair is a storyteller, teacher, and producer living in Chicago, IL. He is the producer of This Much Is True, creator of Story Lab Chicago, which has put 500+ 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, the historic Green Mill, and on NPR, the Risk podcast, and Siruis XM. He is a frequent guest instructor at the city's top universities, and his personal narrative class has been selling out 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.