'The Moth' To Hold 3 Storytelling Shows At Lincoln Center

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Upper West Siders will get three chances to see popular storytelling series The Moth at Lincoln Center this year, the performing arts center announced.

The Moth will showcase five storytellers during Lincoln Center's "White Light Festival" on Wednesday, Nov. 8, according to a press release. The stories will focus on "the sometimes contradictory nature of light," to keep with the festival's theme, Lincoln Center announced.

The performance, named "Blinded by the Light," will mark the third collaboration between Lincoln Center and The Moth.

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"We are very happy to be partnering with The Moth this fall and beyond," said Jane Moss, Ehrenkranz Artistic Director at Lincoln Center, said in a statement. "Self-illumination is central to the White Light Festival’s focus. Sharing these personal revelations and private moments in a communal setting will add another, intimate dimension for our audiences this year."

Tickets to "Blinded by the Light" are currently on sale an can be purchased online or by visiting or calling the Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Office, located within the Time Warner Center on Broadway at 60th Street.

The Moth will return to Lincoln Center on Nov. 21 for a StorySLAM event and again on April 18, 2018 for a Moth Mainstage presentation, according to a press release. Tickets to those two events go on sale Nov. 7 and March 6, according to a press release.

The partnership between Lincoln Center and The Moth coincides with the storytelling series' 20th anniversary.

"We are thrilled to be partnering with Lincoln Center again, both in the spring and in this fall’s White Light Festival. We are grateful to them for including storytelling in this year’s festival,” Catherine Burns, artistic director at The Moth, said in a statement.

"Storytelling is one of the world’s oldest art forms, arising from the earliest people sharing stories by the light of camp fires. For the last 20 years, The Moth has used stories to shine a light on our commonalities with the hope of promoting stronger connections, greater understanding, and the ability to see each other more clearly."

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