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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, December 11th
Featuring:
Tuesday, December 11th
Featuring:
Martin Andrews
Martin Andrews is an actor, director, and storyteller. In 2009 he co-founded WORKING GROUP THEATRE, a nationally-recognized theatre company, whose original plays, events, and educational programs are created in collaboration with artists and community partners to tell the untold stories that surround us. He has received support from the New England Foundation for the Arts, The Association of Performing Arts Presenters, the Met Life Foundation, The National Endowment for the Humanities, The National Endowment for the Arts, and others. Martin is a certified Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework® and was Co-Creator and Co-Director of the FIRST INTERNATIONAL FITZMAURICE VOICEWORK CONFERENCE in Barcelona, Spain, which brought together over 100 students and teachers from twelve countries. Martin was the Core Creator and Producer of THE BROKEN CHORD PROJECT, an award-winning theatrical examination of Alzheimer’s Disease and caregiving carried out through interviews with patients, doctors and caregivers. From 2010-2015 he was the creator and director of WAS THE WORD, a monthly spoken word, storytelling, and music series in Iowa City that raised money for human service organizations. Martin co-produced/co-directed TELLING: IOWA CITY and TELLING: ALBUQUERQUE, full-length plays created from the stories of returning veterans and acted by the vets themselves. As an actor, Martin has originated roles in seven world premiere plays with Working Group and has continued to act around the country developing new work and performing established plays at The Kennedy Center, Hancher Auditorium, The Know Theatre, Riverside Theatre, Duke City Repertory Company and many more. Before moving to Chicago in 2017, he served as Artistic Director of SHAKESPEARE ON THE PLAZA, a free public Shakespeare Festival in the urban center of Albuquerque. Martin has taught and directed in the Department of Theatre at Central New Mexico Community College, Cornell College, Coe College, and The University of Iowa. MFA, Theatre, University of Iowa; M.Ed, Social Science and Latin, Wright State University; BA, History and Philosophy; The Ohio State University.
Jack Bourque
Jack hails from Connecticut and comes to Chicago in the winter for the chills. This is his first time at This Much is True. He has told his stories at Is This A Thing? and Do Not Submit. He has been a teller at Speak-Up in Hartford. He recently retired after nearly 40 years as a professional recruiter where story telling is essential. Now serving his second elected term as an elected selectman where facts are critical and leading improv groups where fiction rules -- constantly working at keeping the two roles separate. He’s appeared in community theater and been an award-winning Toastmaster. His best title role: father of four daughters and in love for more than 50 years with his wife Pat.
Michael Gifford
Michael Gifford is a teacher at The Harold Ramis Film School at The Second City and co-creator of "Steamworks: The Musical." He is an essayist, Atheist Methodist, homosexual, and dirtbag.
Susan Haarman
Susan Haarman has worked with college students for ten years and can show you the gray streak in her hair it gave her. She's also been a knife salesman, a camp counselor, a hospital chaplain, a waitress, a designated driver for hire, a Jesuit Volunteer, and a lifeguard. She tells stories and is often sleepy.
Carol Kaufman-Kerman
Carol Kaufman-Kerman is the resident storyteller at Jewish Community Centers in Chicagoland. She can be seen at storytelling festivals and conferences, corporate events, a five time guest speaker at DePaul University, Caroline’s on Broadway in New York City and a three time teller at This Much is True. One of her highlights is singing Hello Dolly at The Park West in 1982 on stage with her brother Andy Kaufman. Carol’s stories range from folktales to her family and New York roots. Her personal stories remind us of our own life and family and the anecdotes that have shaped us. She believes that we keep our loved ones alive through story.
Antwan McHenry
Antwan McHenry AKA “Mr. Openyonated is a photographer, businessman, blogger, author, life coach and community activist. His passion for mentoring and developing youth pushed him to cofound Called2Serve NFP and later launch U Can Turn It Around Inc. At an early age he participated in oratory competitions and reporting current events at his elementary school under the direction of Judith Abbey which he credits for planting the seed for his desire to blog, write and perform. In September 2011 he published his first blog at Openyonated.com with an article entitled “The Problem With Fear.” In addition to writing articles on the blog he would later start attending local music and poetry events of Chicago artist taking photos and video to give their talents exposure that he felt they needed to enhance their profiles. Throughout the years he has collaborated with various organizations in the city that serve the community.
Lydia Stux
Originally from Ohio, Lydia insists on saying “pop” for “soda,” and pronouncing “roof” with the same vowel sound as “foot,” to the amusement of native Chicagoans. Now retired from an uninspiring career, she has more time to act, sing, write and travel. She helped organize the recent Chicago-Paris Cabaret Connexion, which brought French and American singers together for a week of camaraderie, singing and master classes. Lydia is a newly-minted docent at the Museum of Contemporary Art. After being exiled to the suburbs for several decades, she moved back to the city a year ago, swapping living with twin sons for a quieter existence with her cat, Phantom, who bites.
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.