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.
May 9th Cast
Rebecca Anderson
Rebecca Anderson is a pastor at two churches in Chicago, one of which she started from scratch with a friend. Her biscuits are unparalleled, and she knows the best places to pick juneberries. She's the head honcho of Earshot (EarshotStories.com), running storytelling workshops across the country. If you want to get to know Rebecca, you can find her on Sunday mornings at Bethany UCC, a progressive-traditional church in Ravenswood, and Sunday evenings at Gilead, a queer storytelling bar church which is also launching a new monthly storytelling event called The Balm. The next one is Sunday, June 2nd. Rebecca hosts potlucks, plants gardens, and almost certainly wants to have coffee with you.
Sue Fink
Chicago-based singer-songwriter Sue Fink enchants audiences with her whimsical perspective on the world. Through song and story (and story-songs), she shares witty and perceptive observations of the human condition. Her genre is folk with a hint of jazz, a large dollop of humor, and a drop of sadness for good measure. You may have seen her perform around town (or the Midwest), or heard her songs on local and national folk radio stations. Her “Alternate Universe” song was included in Episode 691 of This American Life (NPR). https://suefink.com
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.
Antwan McHenry-Belmer
Antwan McHenry-Belmer is is a photographer, self published author, blogger and founder of U Can Turn It Around NFP.and Cofounder of Called2Serve NFP. He has worked with youth via the Chicago Public Schools System for 20 years. He has documented Chicago's local poetry scene through pictures and videos for almost 10 years through his company Openyonated Inc. More recently he graduated as a 2023 Chicago Peace Fellow. He still considers himself a relatively new storyteller and is excited about the craft.
Lee Melchior
Lee Melchior is a longtime Chicago storyteller, producer and open-mic host. Like so many of us, Lee’s life changed during the pandemic. She stepped away from her 23 year Executive Coaching practice, a business that took her around the world several times from London to Dubai to South Korea as well as traveling in 40 U.S. states. Now Lee is taking time to get to know her hometown. Not retired. Reinvented. She is writing and exploring Chicago, hiking our lake front and forest preserve trails and telling stories throughout the city.
Tom Reilly
Tom is an educator, tech non-profit exec, father, and lover of the outdoors. He began his storytelling career in high school to explain his whereabouts to his mom. Tom has since told stories with The People Tree, Let Me Tell You, and Teller's Night.
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 850+ 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 850+ 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.