Join us at Musehouse: A Center for the Literary Arts for an evening of six tale-spinners sharing their true accounts of tribulation and triumph with the audience!
Hosted by favorite Philly storyteller Hillary Rea, the event features a lineup of the city's top performers, including:
Marjorie Fineberg Winther, named "Best Storyteller in Philadelphia" and winner of the 2012 First Person Arts Summer Grand Slam
R. Eric Thomas, featured TEDx2011 speaker whose solo show, "Will You Accept This Friend Request?" premiered to a sold out run in November 2011 as part of the First Person Festival
Nicole Yates, popular standup comedian who performs all over the tri-state area and blogs on www.DidjaEat.com
Steve Clark, local storyteller, literacy teacher and coordinator of the Infinite Summer literary jam
...and more!
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Host Hillary Rea performs stories from her storytelling series Crush Comedy at venues all over Philadelphia including World Cafe Live, Space 1026, The Barbary, Connie’s Ric Rac and L’Etage. Favorite shows include those with The New Dreamz, “MothSLAM Champion” Adam Wade, and opening for Michael Showalter. Hillary performed a the 2012 North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival and the 2011 First Person Festival. In the Fall of 2011, Hillary was a part of the RISK! True Stories Boldly Told live show hosted by Kevin Allison and featuring the Sklar Brothers. In June 2011, Hillary was an artist-in-residence for Elsewhere Artist Collaborative and Museum in Greensboro, NC. Outside of storytelling, Hillary was last seen in Dark Comedy at the 2011 Philadelphia Fringe Festival.
Currently, Hillary hosts the monthly storytelling shows Tell Me A Story at Shot Tower Coffee and Fibber at Philly Improv Theater. She is a show host and frequent storyteller at the First Person Arts StorySlams.
$5 suggested donation at the door.
