Monthly Storytelling Showcase with Corey Rosen
Channel: Mechanics' Institute
Date: 2023-12-04

Join us for an evening of laughter and storytelling! Local author and host of "The Moth," Corey Rosen, returns to Mechanic's Institute with storytellers and stand up comedians that have developed new material in his "Your Story, Well Told" workshops. Hear stories and jokes being told for the first time. Some performers making their stage debut!

The Storytelling Showcase on November 29 features a special format, co-produced with Backfence PDX (Portland), a storytelling organization. The format is called "Backfence Roulette Storytelling" and features a spinning wheel with story prompts. The storytellers spin the wheel and have five minutes to prepare a true five-minute story and then tell it to the audience. The audience votes and selects their favorite story at the end of the night.

This Storytelling Showcase includes:
(host) Corey Rosen: @storyrosen
(co-host) B. Frayn Masters: @bfmasters
(co-producer) Backfence PDX: @backfencepdx
(storyteller) Harriett Jernigan: @therealdrhvaj
(storyteller) David Rodriguez: @rodriguesses
(storyteller) Beth Lisick: @blisick
(storyteller) Matt Sheehy: @lostlanderband
(DJ) Kasey Klemm: @kaseyklemm

Corey Rosen is a writer, actor, visual effects producer, and storytelling teacher based in San Francisco, California. He hosts The Moth StorySlams and GrandSlams, and has been featured on The Moth Radio Hour, Alice Radio’s “The Sarah and Vinnie Show,” and KFOG's "The Finch Files" Podcast. Corey is a performer at BATS Improv, one of the world’s foremost centers for Improvisational Theater and is the author of “Your Story, Well Told: Creative Strategies to Develop and Perform Stories that Wow an Audience.” For more information about Corey Rosen - visit: www.coreyrosen.com

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