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The Moth is a nonprofit group based in New York City, dedicated to the craft of storytelling. [1] Founded in 1997, the organization presents a wide range of theme-based storytelling events across the United States and abroad, often featuring prominent literary and cultural personalities [1] alongside everyday people like veterans, astronauts, school teachers, and parents.
The StorySLAM is a live storytelling competition in the vein of poetry slams [1] organized by The Moth, a non-profit literary society from New York City, since 2001. Storytellers (slammers) have 5 minutes each to tell a story, based on a theme chosen for the event. [2] No notes are allowed: stories must be told and not read.
Dicks began competing in live storytelling events in New York City 2011. He is a frequent participant in The Moth in New York City and Boston and has also told stories for This American Life, The Story Collider, Literary Death Match, The Liar Show, and more. He is a record 58-time Moth StorySLAM winner and 9-time GrandSLAM champion.
At a live The Moth event, recorded on January 25, 2006, Oliver recalled how he and his sister Helen escaped their eccentric mother by running away to Paris using their trust money from their deceased father. [7] Their mother chased them in her car when they tried leaving.
While living in New York as a graduate student, Thau discovered the then-fledgling live storytelling show The Moth. She began working for the organization in 2000 as a part-time employee, starting the organization's Community Outreach Program.
Live storytelling is an emotionally powerful medium, and one organization in Chicago is using it to get more people to talk about mental health. “You'll notice, even in the last like five years ...
He also started teaching courses on storytelling in New York, running private workshops on his own, and longer-running classes at the Magnet Theater. [8] In September 2015, Wade released his first comedy album, Human Comedy. [9] On May 1, 2018, he released his second comedy album, Live at the Magnet Theater. [10]
Comedian Harry Deansway is suing Steve Coogan’s production company Baby Cow over a comedy series called “Live at the Moth Club,” which he claims rips off his YouTube show “Shambles.” In ...