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2nd Thursday of Every Month Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro 3905 N Lincoln Ave., Chicago 7:30 PM (Doors at 7:00) FREE |
This Much Is True is the longest running monthly storytelling show in Chicago, IL. (Since 2008). Every month, we come together 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.
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.
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.
August 13th Cast
Le'Trice Buckingham
Le’Trice Buckingham is a Chicago based multi-disciplinary artist whose practice weaves together visual art, storytelling, and poetry to subvert and conjure. Rooted in the transformative power of art, her work engages with ancestral memory and the fluid
intersections of history and imagination. Through bold abstract imagery and layered symbolism she creates spaces for reflection, resistance, and reimagining. As a storyteller, Buckingham draws from oral traditions, folklore, and lived experiences, infusing her narratives with rhythm, movement, and historical resonance. Her work has been featured in literary journals, exhibitions, and community-based art initiatives, and she continues to cultivate spaces for creative expression through Art Conjure, a collective dedicated to Black storytelling and visual artistic conjuration.
intersections of history and imagination. Through bold abstract imagery and layered symbolism she creates spaces for reflection, resistance, and reimagining. As a storyteller, Buckingham draws from oral traditions, folklore, and lived experiences, infusing her narratives with rhythm, movement, and historical resonance. Her work has been featured in literary journals, exhibitions, and community-based art initiatives, and she continues to cultivate spaces for creative expression through Art Conjure, a collective dedicated to Black storytelling and visual artistic conjuration.
Gary Hardcastle
Gary Hardcastle has been telling stories his whole life, first as a philosophy professor at universities across the US, then as a freelance audio producer in New York City working with the BBC and NPR, and, as of January, 2025, as a newly-minted Chicagoan. Along the way he’s written a few books, raised three kids, and played lead guitar in a kindie rock band. He’s a 2019 graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, and the producer of the podcast Common Ground: Stories from America’s Vintage Movie Theaters. When he’s not on deadline, he loves driving two-lane roads through the middle of nowhere with his wife, Steva, and his two dogs, Babka and Crosby, searching for old movie theaters and the perfect roadside diner.
Eunice Jarrett
Eunice Burns Jarrett is a product of Hammond, Indiana. She has been a public school teacher and a clinical therapist. She is the proud mother of 2...and the ex wife of more. An avid reader and shameless promoter of her son's comic book writing. She is a storyteller and stand-up comedian being what she always wanted to be when she grew up ... RETIRED.
Kate Prior
Kate Prior is an underachieving overachiever. She teaches cybersecurity basics to clinicians by day and writes short stories and makes art in the evening. Sometimes, she participates in storytelling events around the city. You can catch some of her past storytelling performances on YouTube at PriorTales [link: https://youtube.com/@priortaleschicagostoryteller
Paul Teodo
Paul Teodo is a retired healthcare executive. He has been telling stories on stage in and around Chicago the past 15 years. He is a multiple Moth story slam and grand slam winner. Paul is also the co-author of 3 novels PASTAMAN, Call Me Z, and Rey of Hope. Along with a book of short stories. South of Cermak : Chicago Stories. All available on Amazon.
Kimberly Vanbiesbrouck
Kimberly Vanbiesbrouck is a proud Theatre Major and the first person to graduate college in her big Belgian Family. A long standing member of the Union, Actor’s Equity Association, Kimberly has appeared in such shows as Always, Patsy Cline, Forbidden Broadway, A Chorus Line, as well as Judy Garland in, Beyond the Rainbow. Currently, she travels the country performing
with, “Menopause, the Musical.” As long as there is Menopause, Kimberly will probably be using her Theatre Degree to sing, dance and act her way through, “Menopause, the Musical.” Kimberly has told stories around the Chicagoland area, including: Serving the Sentence, This Much Is True, The Moth, Stories R Us, Voicebox and Homewood Stories. Her proudest production of them all, is her wonderful child, Isobel.
with, “Menopause, the Musical.” As long as there is Menopause, Kimberly will probably be using her Theatre Degree to sing, dance and act her way through, “Menopause, the Musical.” Kimberly has told stories around the Chicagoland area, including: Serving the Sentence, This Much Is True, The Moth, Stories R Us, Voicebox and Homewood Stories. Her proudest production of them all, is her wonderful child, Isobel.
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 950+ 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. He is a 2024 Meier Achievement Award winner.
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 950+ 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. He is a 2024 Meier Achievement Award winner.