Join host Drew Prochaska and special guests for the March ARTICHOKE Storytelling Series, a night of live storytelling and comedy.
Kate Greathead is a 9-time Moth Storytelling champion. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, NPR's Moth Storytelling Hour and elsewhere. She's the author of the novels Laura & Emma and The Book of George.
John F. O'Donnell is an NYC-based, national headlining comedian with over 20 years of experience. He was a correspondent on the radical comedy news TV show, Redacted Tonight, for 5 years. His one hour stand up special, The Manic-Depressive Chocolate Fountain Operator, was directed by Brendan Canty of Fugazi and released on the 800 Pound Gorilla Media label. According to the Comedy Central Insider, "John F. O'Donnell is one of the more explosive comics in New York City. On stage, he's like a tightly capped liter of soda filled with lit fireworks."
Michele Carlo has told stories across the U.S., including the Moth's Mainstage in NYC, RISK!'s live shows and podcast, on NPR and the WGBH-PBS series Stories from the Stage. She is also a podcast host, actor and author of the NYC-set memoir Fish Out Of Agua. www.michelecarlo.com
Henry Suarez is a storyteller and writer born and raised in Corona, Queens. He recounts his escapades trying to maintain his Dominican culture as a first-generation American, the unpredictability of parenthood, and his struggle to keep his sanity in midlife. He’s a two-time Moth StorySlam champion, and has been featured on Story Collider and TALE: NYC’s Finest Storytelling, among others.
Stacey Bader Curry is a mother, spouse, real estate broker, morning dog walker, and storyteller from NYC. Stacey is a Moth Grand Slam winner and has recently appeared on PBS's Stories From the Stage. In addition to telling stories at various venues in New York, Stacey runs a storytelling workshop for seniors at the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House and might just like listening to her seniors more than anything. In her spare time she enjoys watching YouTube videos that demonstrate how to repair large household appliances.
For the past 35 years, Neil Intraub has been the co-director of TheatreMoves, Inc., a not-for-profit theater organization that encourages public school students to work together, write stories, and express themselves collaboratively through facial expression, different movement textures and voice. He has won a Moth Grand Slam, 2 Moth Story Slams, and has been featured on PBS’s Stories From the Stage. See link below for tickets.