Your Life In Stories: Creative Exercises For Finding The Stories In True Experiences

Two-session series June 17 and 24, 2026

The stories of our lives are sometimes about significant events and heroic struggles, but can also be about unexpected awakenings in the course of an ordinary day. This workshop series provides fun, engaging creativity-generating exercises that help discover the stories that lie in true, lived experiences, and a step-by-step guide to crafting them to be shared out loud. We will look at ordinary and extraordinary life experiences through the storytelling lens, and apply the tools of story development to discover different approaches to sharing them. This can be an opportunity to work on a story you already have in mind and share different drafts to a supportive group, or discover a new one through this experiential group.

$100/series

Instructor: Jude Treder-Wolff,LCSW, CPAI is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, music and creative arts therapist, storyteller, improviser, applied improv facilitator and storytelling teacher. She is host and creator of (mostly) TRUE THINGS, a Long Island-based storytelling show performed in Port Jefferson, NY every month since 2014, which has also been featured at the Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center, The Patchogue Theater, The Peoples Improv Theater and The Tank in NYC, The Examined Life Conference in Iowa City, IA, The Arts In Health Care Conference at NYU, and other venues around the country. . A Moth slam winner, she has been featured on PBS Stories From The Stage, The Story Collider -true personal stories about science - live show and podcast, Funny Over 50 at Caveat in NYC and Generation Women at Joe's Pub, Story District in Washington, D.C, All-Star slam winner at Ex Fabula in Milwaukee, WI, and on the groundbreaking RISK! live show and podcast many times. She offers classes and workshops through her companywww.lifestage.me