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2nd Tuesday of Every Month (Dates subject to change with virtual programming. Please see below!) 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.
TMIT continues on(line)!
TUESDAY, JUNE 8TH
@ 7:00 PM CENTRAL
Our performance will take place on Zoom, and is free to attend, simply visit the link and fill out the simple form to receive log in information and further details. CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR "SEAT!"
Also, a SPECIAL OUTDOOR EVENT!
Storytelling in The Square
Saturday, June 12th @ 7:30 PM
North Center Town Square (4100 N Damen)
Please join us for a safely done LIVE, IN PERSON PERFORMANCE in a beautiful outdoor venue.
For details and tickets, please click here.
Saturday, June 12th @ 7:30 PM
North Center Town Square (4100 N Damen)
Please join us for a safely done LIVE, IN PERSON PERFORMANCE in a beautiful outdoor venue.
For details and tickets, please click here.
June Cast
Julie Baker
Julie Baker is a writer and storyteller from the Boston area. She’s appeared on The Moth and Stories from the Stage; she posts daily 99-second stories; and produces Blue Chakra Stories, a virtual open-mic series for 99-second and longer form stories. Follow Blue Chakra Stories on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.
Michele Carlo
Michele Carlo an author/storyteller/comedy-adjacent performer who has appeared across the U.S., including NPR with Latino U.S.A., the Clearwater Music & Arts Festival, RISK! live shows and podcast, PBS’ Stories from the Stage, and the MOTH's GrandSlams and Mainstage in NYC (full artistic resumes upon request). Many of Michele’s early Moth stories appear in her book Fish Out Of Agua: My life on neither side of the (subway) tracks, published by Citadel/Kensington in 2010.Michele also writes and performs solo shows, and is best known for her adaptation of Fish Out Of Agua — which includes traditional Puerto Rican folktales along with her personal stories, and a tale about the gentrification of Park Slope, Brooklyn called “There Goes The Neighborhood.” She is featured in PBS’ 2015 Emmy award-winning documentary “Latino Americans of NY & NJ,” 2016’s “66th & Broadway New York Stories,” and the 2018 season of WGBH-The World Channel’s storytelling show” Stories from the Stage.” In her “free time,” Michele works with freeform internet radio station Radio Free Brooklyn, where she hosted the weekly show, “Fish Out Of Agua with Michele Carlo” (2016-2019) She also curates, produces and hosts storytelling shows, including NYC’s first (and some say best) all native-New Yorker story series, "It Came From New York," (2005-present), The New York Story Exchange (2014-2019) and “Super Story Party” (with Eric Vetter’s NoName & a Bag ’O Chips, 2013-present).
Ray Christian
Ray escaped the urban slums of Richmond, VA by joining the United States Army at the age of 17. As an infantryman and paratrooper, he served around the world and was awarded The Bronze Star and Combat Infantryman’s Badge, among many other decorations for his service. After 20 years, he retired and went back to school, earning his BS in Liberal Arts, MA in Public History, and EdS/EdD in Education Leadership. Ray’s stories have appeared in Readers Digest’s Best Stories in America (2016) and American Hero’s (2017) editions. He was selected as the 2017 Serenbe France Focus Storytelling Fellow (Atlanta, GA) and his stories have been featured on NPR radio shows such as The Moth Radio Hour, Snap Judgment, and Backstory as well as the Risk podcast, among many others. As a competitive storyteller, Ray is a ten-time Moth Story Slam Champion, and winner of the 2016 National Storytelling Festival Story Slam. Sharing his stories across the US and Canada, Ray has made several appearances on Moth Mainstage, The National Storytelling Festival Exchange Place (2019) , and was part of the 2018 tour of Snap Judgment Live! Ray is currently the producer and host of What’s Ray Saying, a podcast that utilizes history , storytelling and commentary to provide a unique perspective on the African American cultural experience.
David Hu
David Hu is a Bronx Bred Storyteller based in Brooklyn. Storytelling has taught him about Self-Approval and Assurance. He is a Moth Storyslam Winner and his stories have been featured on the Risk! Live Show and Podcast.
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 700+ 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 700+ 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.