Upcoming and past live shows
Save the date(s) for two new No, YOU Tell It! shows coming your way. More info on the storytellers soon!
No, YOU Tell It! “Precious” will be at Sunnyside Plays on March 12th at 7 pm.
We had so much fun last year that we can’t wait to team up with Lambda Literary again for a special show on May 7th at Dixon Place.
No, YOU Tell It! “Coming & Going” will also be our anniversary show celebrating eight years of switched-up storytelling!
Poets and stand-ups trading true-life tales inspired by a theme was a jumping-off point for our Brooklyn Book Festival Event… Our four storytellers ran with that aMUSE-ing idea and all took fantastic leaps last night.
Congratulations to our story partners on fully embodying each other’s stunning stories and captivating the crowd. There was standing room only at The Astoria Bookshop but not a word was missed.
Top left: Pichchenda Bao, Carolyn Castiglia; Top right: H.E. Fisher, Ellie Dvorkin; Bottom left: Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons, Ellie Dvorkin, H.E. Fisher; Bottom right: Carolyn Castiglia, Pichchenda Bao
Meet comedian Carolyn Castiglia who is rehearsed and ready to “aMuse” you.
TONIGHT! 7 pm SHARP at The Astoria Bookshop.
Carolyn Castiglia is a stand-up comedian you may recognize from her television appearances on Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, HLN, NickMom, Lifetime, fyi, WE tv and more. Or from the thousands of live performances she’s given here in our great city of New York. She lives in Brooklyn with her 13-year-old daughter and their very handsome cat.
Don’t miss this special evening of poets and comedians trading true-life tales!
THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2019 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL EVENT.
Tuesday! Arrive at The Astoria Bookshop early to grab a seat (and wine!) and stories start at 7 pm SHARP. Rehearsals begin tomorrow but first, meet “aMuse” storyteller Pichchenda Bao.
Pichchenda Bao is a writer and poet. Born at the end of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, she was an infant when her mother carried her across the Thai border. She and her parents arrived in the United States as refugees. Now she lives, writes, and raises her two young children in New York City. Her work has been published by Newtown Literary, the Stilt House zine, and great weather for MEDIA, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is a 2019 Aspen Words emerging writer fellow.
Second story meeting for No, YOU Tell It! “a Muse” is tonight! The full group is coming back together to workshop each other’s revisions in preparation for next week’s Brooklyn Book Festival event at The Astoria Bookshop. First, let’s meet our next aMUSEr, comedian Ellie Dvorkin.
Ellie Dvorkin is an actor/writer/host who is best known as one half of the hilarious comedy music duo “Mel & El”. Hailed as “outrageous” by The New York Times and “ready for prime time” by The New York Post, Mel & El have brought down the house at Joe’s Pub, Ars Nova, Gotham Comedy Club, Upright Citizen’s Brigade, 92Y, and onboard Atlantis gay cruises. These days, El’s bathroom humor can be seen/read on MomCaveTV, but it is most appreciated by her five-year-old son Charlie, who loves to talk about butts. See more at elliedvorkin.com and welcometothemommyshow.com.
Wonderful first story meeting this week for our upcoming #BKBF event. Time to meet our first aMUSEr H.E. Fisher!
H.E. Fisher is a cross-genre writer, whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in, Okay Donkey, Pithead Chapel, Tiny Flames Press, The Rumpus, The Hopper, JMWW, Hip Mama, among other publications. She is the 2019 recipient of The Stark Poetry Prize in Memory of Raymond Patterson, and was shortlisted for the 2019 Barren Press Poetry Contest. H.E. is pursuing her MFA in Creative Writing at City College of New York. She lives in Rockland County, New York. She can be found at: hefisher.com and twitter.com/HE_Fisher_.
Join us at The Astoria Bookshop for this special BKBF Bookend event! FREE. We are bringing poets and stand-ups together to develop their nonfiction stories inspired by the theme “aMuse” on the page.
Top L: Pichchenda Bao, Top R: Carolyn Castiglia, Bottom L: Ellie Dvorkin, Bottom R: H.E. Fisher
They will then trade tales to present each other’s story on stage. Storytellers include:
Pichchenda Bao (Newtown Literary, 2019 Aspen Words emerging writer fellow)
Carolyn Castiglia (Comedy Central, NickMom)
Ellie Dvorkin (Mel& El, MomCaveTV)
H.E. Fisher (The Rumpus, 2019 recipient of The Stark Poetry Prize)
THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2019 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL EVENT.
Click here to RSVP via Facebook. More info on our “aMuse” storytellers coming soon…
Summer’s flying by but we have a reason to be super excited for September.
Save the date for No, YOU Tell It! “aMuse” on September 17th at The Astoria Bookshop. THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2019 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL EVENT.
For this special BKBF Bookend event, we are bringing poets and stand-ups together to develop their nonfiction stories inspired by the theme “aMuse” on the page. Then trade their true-life tales on stage.
Check back for more info on our storytellers soon!
4 storytellers, 3 creative team members, 2 story workshops to develop the pieces on the page, 1 personalized rehearsal session with each storyteller to help them embody their partner’s story on stage = an invigorating evening of “Snapped!” stories last night.
Huge thanks to Lambda Literary for helping us bring this special night of Queer Storytelling with a Twist to Dixon Place. Happy Pride all!!
Pictured left to right: Mike Dressel, Robb Leigh Davis, Mariam Bazeed, Erika Iverson, Kent D. Wolf, Naomi Gordon Loebl and Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons. Photo credit: Ariel Mahler
Click here to visit our No, YOU Tell It! fundraising page to learn more about how you can help us keep the switched-up storytelling going and more!
Our “Snapped!” show is tonight. Join us In the Lounge at Dixon Place at 7 pm for drinks. Stories start right at 7:30. First, meet our final storyteller Kent D. Wolf.
Kent D. Wolf is an agent with The Friedrich Agency, representing literary fiction and narrative nonfiction–from novels to story collections to immersive journalism to personal essays. His clients include National Book Award for Fiction Finalist Carmen Maria Machado, New York Times Bestselling essayist Samantha Irby, Barnes & Noble Discover novelist Ingrid Rojas Contreras, and New York Times Notable novelist Martin Seay, among others.
