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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 6:45) |
This Much Is True is one of the longest running storytelling shows in Chicago, IL. 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 takes place on Tuesday, July 11th,
featuring :
featuring :
Robert Cornelius
Robert Cornelius, a Chicago native, has been an artist for over 30 years, performing as an actor, singer, dancer, director and storyteller. He was most recently seen onstage as Dr. Kelekian in Wit at The Hypocrites and Howard in American Theatre Company's production of the William Inge classic, Picnic. He performs and records with local favorites Poi Dog Pondering as well as fronting his own band, RC7. Robert has been Arts Education Director at Victory Gardens Theater for the past ten years, bringing arts programs into CPS schools. And he loves telling stories.
Katie Dow
Katie is a preschool teacher who has been a writer but is now dabbling in storytelling. She has told stories at Story Club, Story Lab, Do Not Submit, 10x9 Chicago, Loose Chicks, Sidesplitter, and You're Being Ridiculous. She grew up in Minnesota but, aside from random stints backpacking the world, has spent her adult life in Chicago. Most of her free time is spent with her 3 pound Chihuahua, Mrs. Fezziwig. They're usually drinking wine and watching British reality TV.
Judi Goshen
Judi spent 20 years as a commercial actor pedaling everything from Johnson’s Baby Shampoo to Budweiser Beer. She has become active in Chicago's story telling scene telling at Story Sessions, Chicago Solo, Solo in the Second City, Celtic Knot, Upright Citizen's Brigade, That's All She Wrote, Arlene's Speak Easy, Story Jam, Homewood Stories, This Much is True and Telling Tales Theatre. She has just completed a dating Memoir based on her solo show, Fornicationally Challenged, and is currently searching for a publisher.
Archy Jamjun
Archy Jamjun is a storyteller and writer from Chicago. He has participated in many shows around the city including Essay Fiesta, This Much is True, and OUTspoken! In 2014, he won The 25th Annual Chicago's Biggest Liar Contest and in 2015 he won The Moth Grandslam. He is also an MFA student at Roosevelt University and a server at The Gage.
Fiona Maxwell
Fiona Maxwell is a rising senior history and theatre major at Northwestern University, where she studied storytelling with Rives Collins. She is the student organizer and a student teller at the Evanston Public Library’s Annual Storytelling Festival. She studied at the Piven Theatre Workshop, where she was a member of their youth performing ensembles, and is currently an assistant teacher. Last fall, Fiona performed the one-woman play The K of D on the Lab@Piven Series. She also researches the history of children’s dramatics and storytelling, and is working on her senior thesis about the community impact of children’s dramatics and stories at the Hull-House settlement house in Chicago during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Joshua Safford
Joshua Safford has been a full time storyteller and magician on the Renaissance faire and faerie festival circuit for the past 23 years. He largely tells original fantasy stories but would like to thank Scott Whitehair for pushing him to do personal narrative. He has also performed at the Illinois storytelling festival, Starburst Storytelling festival, Here’s the Story, Noise From the Underground, the Black Out Diaries, and This Much Is True several times. Television appearances include the learning Channel’s “The story of Magic” and Penn and Teller’s “Bullshit.” He is proud to honestly put Bullshit on his resume.
