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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, June 11th
Featuring:
Tuesday, June 11th
Featuring:
Robin Bady
Brooklyn based Robin Bady is an award-winning storyteller who performs throughout New York City (she is a MothSlam winner), nationally and internationally. She curates “No, We Won’t Shut Up!” a show of female storytellers speaking out about race, sexual assault, wages theft and sexism. She hosts the monthly house concert series every month, the BADYHouse Storytelling Concerts, in her Brooklyn townhouse. Robin is currently touring her solo show about her family’s experiences during McCarthyism - “Nancy Drewinsky and the Search for the Missing Letter” – which can be seen this weekend at the Stage Left Cafe in Woodstock, IL.
Marilyn Rea Bayer
Marilyn Rea Beyer has spent a lifetime speaking in public, teaching, and performing the works of her writing heroes such as Poe, Joyce, Bradbury, and Brautigan. Many years on public radio in Boston, as PR director at Perkins School for the Blind, and teaching writing to college students has confirmed her belief in the power of words. Marilyn has been writing poetry since 2005, with a number of her poems appearing in a recent anthology, We Will Not Be Silenced of works by sexual abuse survivors, as well as in online journals. She has performed her poetry and her personal stories – a collection she loosely calls “Chicagolandia” - in many Massachusetts venues. She was a semi-finalist in the 2018 MassMouth story slam competition at Club Passim in Harvard Square. With her husband, documentary filmmaker and history author Rick Beyer, Marilyn returned to her hometown of Chicago in January. She’s excited to find new stories here!
Kevin D'Ambrosio
Kevin D'Ambrosio is an actor, motivational speaker, storyteller, and writer. He recently appeared in Interrobang Theatre Project’s stage play, Utility. As a storyteller Kevin has performed with Tellin' Tales Theatre, The Much Is True, at The Ragdale Foundation, and is a Moth StorySLAM winner. He co-hosted and co-produced Second City Training Center’s, Sunday Morning Stories. Kevin teaches a storytelling class at Piven Theatre and co-created a storytelling lab to detainees in Cook County Jail. He is a graduate of The ACADEMY at Black Box Acting. Find out more over social media at @kdaspeaker.
Clarence Hogan
Clarence aka Sonny is a Comedian and Storyteller that uses his skills to build community and empower young people. Recently Sonny facilitated a series of storytelling events called Englewood Speaks at Kusanya Cafe in Englewood and a series in North Lawndale called Westside Stories. He has appeared on The Moth’s Grand Slam and hosted The Moth’s Storytelling event at The Promontory. Currently he is the Center Director at Chicago Youth Centers site in North Lawndale.
Sara Mathers
Sara is the Director of Organizing for a community organization committed to racial, social and economic justice. She likes interrupting people during dinner to talk about politics, whiskey soda and bitters, and all things inappropriate.
Kristin Pedemonti
Kristin Pedemonti is an award-winning Cause-Focused Storyteller, Speaker, Finalist in TED Talks Talent Search and published author of three books including A Bridge of Stories: Risking it all to connect classrooms and cultures in Belize. Currently, she serves as one of the highest rated facilitators at the World Bank where she is a Storytelling Consultant and Presentation Skills Facilitator. Kristin has performed and presented on 5 continents in 20+ countries, and was the 1st American accepted to perform in Iran at the Kanoon International Storytelling Festival in Iran. She is the Founder and former facilitator of her volunteer project Literacy Outreach Belize. Kristin donated programs for 33,000 students and taught 800 teachers how to use their own indigenous legends to teach first person narrative writing in their schools. She is a firm believer in the power of story to connect, create better understanding and to heal. Her latest project, Steer Your Story, provides tools and techniques to shift from limiting beliefs to a more empowered and propelling story. A survivor of childhood trauma, Kristin uses her gifts of compassion, curiosity and courage in service to others so they too can steer their story into one of empowerment and fulfillment.
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.