This December at SHINE, storytellers recount "Miracles"

‘Tis the season of miracles and this month SHINE celebrates with true stories of extraordinary and amazing experiences. SHINE storytellers will share their tales of divinely inspired and down-to-earth “Miracles” on Sunday, December 20 at 7:00 p.m. at the Promenade Playhouse in Santa Monica. SHINE is a popular storytelling event that features storytellers coming together once a month on Sunday evenings to share inspiring true stories. The event is known for its relaxed community atmosphere, live music, and powerful, entertaining stories.

SHINE will be hosted this month by Deana Barone, a dynamic storyteller, actress, writer, and director. Deana also runs The Tell-Tale Company, acts, tells stories all over Los Angeles, tutors children and teens, and leads story workshops for actors and business people. She created, curated and co-hosted the long-running The Trunk Show (The Elephant Theatre’s monthly multigenre storytelling show), is a Moth StorySlam winner, and a produced playwright.

Live music will be provided by Sunny Hilden, an inspiring singer and Grammy-winning songwriter. Sunny has written for Ray Charles, Sting, Patti LaBelle, Diana Ross, The Temptations, Herbie Hancock, Yolanda Adams, Jon Anderson of Yes, Andrae Crouch, En Vogue, David Archuleta, Disney, films, CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, HBO, and many others. She is also a music producer, big band musical director, poet, author, actress, pianist, oboist and advocate of creativity that inspires people to be grateful, helpful and festive. http://www.sunnyhilden.com

Storytellers for SHINE are chosen from some of the nation’s top award-winning storytellers, writers, and performers. New storytellers of all ages and walks of life also take the stage. Six storytellers are booked in advance, and one is chosen from the audience in a random drawing.