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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, May 14th
Featuring:
Tuesday, May 14th
Featuring:
Bridget Brown
Bridget Brown is a national inspirational speaker. She encourages people to "dwell in the possibility" like Emily Dickenson. Bridget has never let the fact that she has Down Syndrome stop her from having a full and beautiful life. She is an advocate for all people who are marginalized and helps the world open their doors, minds and hearts to include people with different abilities. She is also an actress and has been in a few movies and TV shows as well as many plays and musicals.
Nancy Brown
Nancy Brown loves stories and hosts family storytelling parties often. She is a social worker who advocates for people with disabilities and other social justice issues. She
is an inclusion consultant and runs a free camp for children who would never be able to afford a summer camp. Nancy loves adventures, camping, biking and experiencing awe and wonder! She is the mom of 3 adult children and 4 grandchild who are the love of her life.
is an inclusion consultant and runs a free camp for children who would never be able to afford a summer camp. Nancy loves adventures, camping, biking and experiencing awe and wonder! She is the mom of 3 adult children and 4 grandchild who are the love of her life.
Rives Collins
Rives Collins is a Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence at Northwestern University, where he has taught in the Department of Theatre for the past thirty years. A specialist in the areas of Storytelling, Theatre for Young Audiences, and Drama in Education, he is the recipient of the Clarence Simon Award for Outstanding Faculty Member and the Galbut Award for Outstanding Mentor. In 2016, he was invited by the New Visions/New Voices program of the Kennedy Center to direct a staged reading of Ever in the Glades by playwright Laura Schellhardt. Also that year, he delivered the keynote address at the National Storytelling Conference, and reprised the presentation at The Cradle of Creativity conference in Cape Town, South Africa in May of 2017. In addition, he is an Associate Artist at Adventure Stage Chicago where he has recently directed two world-premiere plays. A lover of stories since he could talk, he is featured regularly as a professional storyteller and keynote speaker at festivals, schools, libraries, businesses, and museums, proclaiming that, “Storytelling is at the heart of everything I do.” He is the co-author with Pamela Cooper of The Power of Story: Teaching Through Storytelling. As an active member and past president of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education, and as a current board member of the Children’s Theatre Foundation of America, he works with an international community of artists, educators, and scholars to champion the cause of drama and theatre in the lives of young people.
Ray Lauk
Ray Lauk is the owner of Dr. Ray’s Toffee and is also a school district administrator and professional speaker. During the summer, Ray teaches school leadership in Bangkok, Thailand, to teachers and administrators working in international schools. The author of FUEL for Learning, Ray is working on his second leadership book entitled, “Where Were Your Brains?” Ray will be running his 8th Chicago Marathon this October just weeks before turning 60. His goal is to finish in the top half of his age bracket and eventually to be the only one in his age bracket.
Wendy Mages
Wendy is a native Chicagoan who lives on the East Coast where she is a member of the faculty at Mercy College in NY. She performs at storytelling events in the US and abroad and has told stories for Fail Better, The Moth, The Mouth Off, Speak Up, Stories from the Beat Lounge, Story Barn, Tell Me Another, and We Rise Storytelling Collective.
Janki Modi
Janki Mody is a teacher, writer, performer, and pregnancy loss advocate. She has written and staged two solo shows, The MTHFR Gene: Evidence of a Uterus in Crisis in 2018, and This is All Fine, earlier this year as part of the 2019 Fillet of Solo Festival. Janki is the mother of two beautiful boys who love to leap off the furniture, allowing her the gift of amazing reflexes. She is always so honored to have the opportunity to speak on her advocacy, her experiences, and just to be able to share a little of the human vulnerability that connects us all.
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.