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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 the longest running monthly storytelling show 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, November 12th
Featuring:
Tuesday, November 12th
Featuring:
Eliot Besmann
Elliot Besmann identifies as a self-loathing narcissist. Originally from Tennessee, they started doing stand-up storytelling when they realized it meant people would have to quietly listen to them talk for 7-10 minutes without a single interruption. Elliot's work focuses on their queer and Jewish identities, the inherent folly of conflicting cultural norms, and being a giant nerd. Their work has been featured on podcasts for Scout and Birdie, Beyond Queer Stories, and The Nerdalogues, and they perform at storytelling shows around Chicago on a regular basis. In their spare time they enjoy cross stitching swear words and dressing up as a variety of supervillains.
Krista Damico
Krista Damico grew up in Ohio, is an amateur philosopher, scientist, choral singer, and a third-generation Italian-American. She's now lived in Chicago over half of her life. She's told stories around the city at StoryLab, Story Sessions, The Sidesplitter, Loose Chicks, Serving the Sentence, Bring Your Own Diary, Is This a Thing?, Vino & Veritas, Gilead Chicago, Pour One Out, and Truth or Lie. Krista continues to figure out how to tell (and live) her stories and thanks you in advance for listening.
Judith Heineman
Judith Heineman is an international award winning storyteller and Chicago Moth winner. After 22 years in Chicago she is reinventing herself back in her native NY where she is living almost full time. Her husband is thrilled! She is also returning to her theatre roots studying with the amazing Olympia Dukakis. She is a veteran festival producer including The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival. Her CD with musician Dan Marcotte: Grimm's Grimmest: The Darker Side of Fairy Tales won a Parents' Choice Gold Award, a Storytelling World Honors, and a NAPPA (Nat'l Parenting Press) Award.
Jitesh Jaggi
Jitesh Jaggi is a recent immigrant from India, currently living in Chicago. He ended his career in Finance one day when he lost all his data that he forgot to save on an Excel sheet, and realized that he just didn't care. That tipping point led to him becoming a writer and he is currently working on a book of essays. You can reach out to him at jaggi.jitesh@gmail.com. A two-time Moth StorySlam winner, he also coaches individual and corporate clients in telling their professional stories. He loves writing bios because he can refer to himself in the third person. Jitesh can be easily bribed with chocolates and books.
Lee Melchior
Storyteller and Executive Coach, Lee Melchior started telling stories as a kid growing up in the Mississippi River Valley, then as a peace activist who immigrated to Canada, an inn keeper on the Dutch Caribbean island of Saba and later as a communication consultant in New York and Chicago. She has appeared at Story Sessions at City Winery, Truth or Lie Reading Series, Homewood Stories, The Moth, The Back Room in Oak Park and This Much is True. She produces shows at Chimera Loft and The Ice House, both in Evanston. And she hosts Do Not Submit Open Mic in Edgewater.
Diamond Tucker
As the youngest of 7 children, Diamond has found herself with many stories to tell. She’s even made a career of listening to others’ stories as a therapist. Her first foray into storytelling was through writing and performing original music. She has traveled the world collecting diverse perspectives and stories. Diamond has recently started using live storytelling as a new creative outlet and looks forward to continuing her storytelling journey.
Jack Zimmerman
Chicago writer, storyteller, and urban photographer Jack Zimmerman was a fleet sailor during the Vietnam War, a trombonist on WGN’s Bozo Circus Band, and a PR man for both Ravinia and Lyric Opera. Now retired, he spends his days reading Zane Grey novels and watching “Rifleman” reruns.
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 600+ 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 600+ 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.