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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) |
SPECIAL EVENT ON FRIDAY, APRIL 5TH @ 8:00 PM
Ike Reilly is one of his generation's finest songwriters, a charismatic performer, and an incredibly gifted musician, but more than anything, he is a peerless storyteller.
Join us in the cozy confines of a legendary Chicago pub for a special evening of acoustic music, and the stories around, behind, and within the songs.
This is a rare opportunity to share an intimate experience with Ike, and the atmosphere will be closer to spending the night at the bar with a talented friend and his guitar than a traditional concert.
Join us in the cozy confines of a legendary Chicago pub for a special evening of acoustic music, and the stories around, behind, and within the songs.
This is a rare opportunity to share an intimate experience with Ike, and the atmosphere will be closer to spending the night at the bar with a talented friend and his guitar than a traditional concert.
Limited seating! Tickets available now.
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 monthly show will take place on
Tuesday, March 12th
Featuring:
Tuesday, March 12th
Featuring:
Elizabeth Brown
Elizabeth Brown has left her exacting and only mildy creative career of pathology to join the exquisitely creative world of storytelling. She has frequently performed at the Short Story Theatre, a story telling venue in Highwood and also at First Person LIve located in Arlington Heights. She would like to give a shout out to Scott Whitehair whose workshop on story telling got her started.
Will Clinger
Will Clinger is the producer and host of the Emmy-winning travel series Wild Travels (wildtravelstv.com), now shooting its third season. He is probably best known as the host and segment producer of Wild Chicago, a television program that looked at the offbeat side of the city and aired on WTTW/Channel 11. His work on the show earned him fourteen Midwest Emmy awards. He has produced and hosted several documentaries for Channel 11: Vanishing Act – Memories of Vaudeville, Lost and Found – Chicago’s Offshore Treasures, The Bleacher Bums – Rabid Fans of Wrigley Field, and The Legend of Del Close, the first two of which also received Midwest Emmys. Will has acted in the feature films Witless Protection, Stranger Than Fiction, camp manna, B-Roll, After Effect, Something Better Somewhere Else, No Sleep ‘Til Madison, Stash, and Serious Business, as well as the short films Stealing Kisses, Hit and Run, and Train Town (which won a Silver Award at the 2007 Chicago International Film Festival and a 2008 Best of the Midwest award for Best Short Film). Will’s work in Train Town was nominated for a 2008 BMA Award for Best Actor. He has also appeared in a number of network and cable television shows, including Chicago P.D., Sirens, and ER. For the stage, Will wrote and performed the one-man play Dr. Harlon’s Keys to Better Living (Royal George Theatre) and co-wrote and performed in the musical Two for the Show (Theater Wit), which received the After Dark award for Best New Work and was Jeff-nominated in the same category. in addition to acting with numerous Chicago theaters, he has appeared with the Michigan Shakespeare Festival, the Peninsula Players in Door County, Wisconsin and traveled all over the country with the Second City National Touring Company. He bears a startling resemblance to Willie B. Famous of the comedic bluegrass group The Famous Brothers (www.famousbrothers.com)
Carrie Lannon
Carrie comes from a background in public relations, where she says you are telling stories just about every day and just about every one of them is true. Her work today finds her presenting to audiences on main stages and in workshops on her favorite business topics -- personal and business branding. She has been a television spokesperson, appearing on ABC's Shark Tank and numerous talk shows, and has performed at the Second City Training Center in sketch comedy and storytelling shows.
Reba Meshulam
Reba Meshulam grew up in an modest apartment above her parents' Mom & Pop store in a neighborhood of Chicago that was so uncool it didn't have a name. The store was between two taverns, so she learned early that you should always have a hose handy. As a video producer, director, and editor she has been telling the titillating stories of corporate America for her whole career. She has interviewed business leaders, sports greats, and political giants and has had great conversations with wonderful people from all walks of life. After 30 years of telling other people's stories, she figured it was time to share hers. After all, the truth is where it's at!
Earliana McLaurin
Earliana (Earl) is a Chicago-based actor, writer, and teaching artist. As an actor, Earliana has worked with several Chicago theatre companies including Steppenwolf Garage Series, Prologue Theatre Company, and is company member with 2ndStory Chicago. Earliana is also a passionate solo artist whose credits include: Miss Mattie’s Story (Stories Connect Us All 2013 Festival), Bubbling Lights (Side Project Theatre 2012 Choosing to Be Here Storytelling Festival), and Quit Being So Overdramatic! (Stockyards Theatre Project: 2008 Women’s Performance Art Festival). Earliana is a graduate of Truman State University and the University of Missouri.
Melissa Perrin
Melissa Perrin is a clinical psychologist with a private practice in the Chicago area working with individuals, giving consultation to businesses and other organizations. Her philosophy includes the knowledge that there is power in the stories we tell about ourselves; how we define who we are. Altering that story can be a powerful tool in living a full life. An ardent teacher, Melissa illustrates through stories and narration while giving seminars, at retreats for clinicians and to the general public. Melissa is a native of the North Shore. But, she secretly wishes she had been born and raised in Phoenix Arizona so that she could introduce herself as a Native Phoenician. [She just likes how that sounds.]
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.