GREAT ESCAPE: Art of Comedic Storytelling Graduates Present At Magooby's

On Sunday night, in Timonium is celebrating a graduation, of sorts.

The class that enrolled in Marc Unger and Rain Pryor's five-week seminar, "The Art of Comedic Storytelling," will be taking the stage to present their practiced and polished tales of romantic dates gone wrong, a near-miss with a drug test, searing humiliation on a family cruise, a battle with bed bugs and a messy memory at a sleep-away camp.

SPOILER ALERT: Two of the stories involve poop—and lots of it.

The students, aged 19 to 50-something, have day jobs ranging from a civil engineer to a party clown. Some are naturals on stage, and some will be slaying the demons of stage fright. Each performer will be allotted five to seven minutes to entertain, shock and amuse a live audience with true stories drawn from their own lives.

Magooby's is charging a $5 entrance fee and is waiving its two-item minimum. Unger and Pryor will also be performing, so even if some of the amateurs bomb, the professionals will still make you chuckle.

"I'm really looking forward to seeing the evolution of these stories,” said Andrew Unger, the owner of Magooby's. “I like the fact that Magooby's can be the type of place with a wide variety of events. We plan to do more stuff like storytelling and spoken word events."

Visit Magooby's website here to reserve tickets, or call 410-252-2727. Doors open at 6 p.m., and showtime is at 7 p.m.

Click if you'd like to read the series of articles “And Then What Happens?” that track the students' journeys from first-timers on stage to storytellers with flair.