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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 |
We will be following all current health and safety guidelines. At this time, vaccination status will not be checked and masks are not required, but welcomed.
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.
December 8th Cast
Kevin Biolsi
Kevin Biolsi is a statistician by trade but has managed to avoid the glamorous, fast-paced, and ultimately self-destructive lifestyle so often associated with that profession. He started telling stories in front of audiences in 2016 and found it to be more exhilarating than any drugs he’s ever taken, although to be honest, those have almost exclusively been analgesics and anti-inflammatories. One day he hopes to finally tell a story that doesn’t revolve around any of his many personality flaws. Kevin and his wife Carol have lived in Evanston, IL, since 1993 and have shared their home at various times with their daughters Lauren and Megan, dogs, cats, rabbits, and a guinea pig.
Karen Genelly
Karen Genelly has always loved to tell stories. She is a native Chicagoan who grew up on the north side of the city, and even though she has traveled a lot, she always returns home to Chicago. Karen spent her professional life as a teacher and a counselor working for the Chicago Public Schools. Her time with CPS can be described as the best of times and the worst of times-the best being the kids and the worst being Rahm Emanuel. As much as she loved teaching and being a counselor, she decided to broaden her horizons and to test her abilities in other areas, such as storytelling, so she retired from CPS after 40+ years. She has traveling the world and learning new things, such as there is life outside the public schools, and that getting on and off a camel in India can be a tricky business.
Beth Horner
Beth Horner is a 40+ year nationally & internationally touring storytelling artist. Beth has performed at The International Art of Storytelling Festival, the National Storytelling Festival, on Live From National Geographic, in prisons & mental health facilities, and is recipient of the National Storytelling Network’s Circle of Excellence Oracle Award. She once conducted a series of storytelling workshops for NASA Astrobiologists and served as narrative consultant for NASA/Johnson Space Center’s StoryMining Project, though which she collected the stories of the scientists behind the Apollo Moon Missions. She has also had her stories turned into songs at the first Dollywood Lyrics and Lore Songwriting Conference.
Edward Kelsey Moore
Edward Kelsey Moore is the author of two novels, including the New York Times and international bestselling novel THE SUPREMES AT EARL’S ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT, a feature film adaptation of which is currently in production at Searchlight Pictures. His work has appeared in the New York Times and numerous literary journals and has also been featured on Chicago Public Radio and Minnesota Public Radio. In addition to his writing, Edward maintains a career as a professional cellist.
Dhamana Shauri
Dhamana Shauri likes to craft stories that entertain, uplift, and educate. Her goal is to explore the human condition and create images that allow the listener to “see” as well as hear her story. Her career as a teacher has provided her with a world of lively information from which to draw.
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.
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.